Playing Thru The Pain

Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Cats and Dogs is another episode of ninety four feet podcast. In the building, that's fine, is your boy? Big Zeke here, I'm here with my brother dre Drey in the building was good nation also here. I'm also here, my brother Casey was good. Good people. All right, thank you for joining us this week. How y'all doing, Man, I'm good. I sounded like a little shade Shaun, a little shaves. Glad you to join us this week. Brother,

I just said, I'm glad you joined us this week. No share, I can't be glad that you joined us this week. So, so I think this is our in twenty four only our second one altogether, right, I think first No, I think it's our second. It's our first all together. No, no, no, because after the first of the year, me you and Chris, I wasn't here for the beginning to start to year, so me you and Chris did one. Then it was the second one with just Keiloh and Zeke, and then last week it was us

three. I was here last week it was just this is so this is our first one, first one four, This is our first twenty four ex episode all together, all together. It's good. I'm great man. You know it's it's a mild winter so far, it's nice side, it is nice outside. This is a really good winter. So well, I say, a really good winter. But I think the pink win popped out, so that's good. We didn't have enough snow and enough cold weather for this

whole season. That no, really quickly. First of all, I can't get out, how I am? Go ahead? No, go ahead? How are you? Geezy boy? If you're not gonna speak up for yourself. It's twenty four and it's gonna be a year of surprises and people standing on business continue, how are you doing? I love it, I'm alive, so I'm gonna say I'm blessed man. Let's keep it moving, that's it. Yeah, how you do all that big reduction so you can just I'm fine? Is keep it moving? Yeah, that's nice. Really quickly,

First of all, Happy Black History month? Brother, Yeah, okay, let's start think. Yeah, let's black history mots, let's let's let's do that. Yeah, let's do that something that this nation is trying to erase exactly, but we're not gonna let them. Oh no, we can't let them exactly. You better teach the truth, all right now. Only people, only people that's offended by the truth is because they don't want to they don't want to face history. Exactly. You can't erase black history and

call it critical race. You cannot and call it racist teaching because of what you don't like to hear. Exactly. So Black History Month is here to stay. And if they do take it away, make sure you teach your kids the truth so that they know that our people did struggle, that our people did build this country. Right on, brother, people were some of the let me stop, okay, let me stop. No, go ahead,

brother, I love my people. Let's go. Let's go despite who you voted for anyways, Joe Biden, No, first of all, no politics. First of all, no politics. But first of all, you know I do want to do that first, that's first of all. Second of all, I want to quick a shout out to Tony Tony Sneils Snail. Tony Snails he needs a ten day contract in order for him to get ten years of benefits to cover him and his family and his two him and

his two sons who have autism. I read that there's more to that story that even he would have to play over half the season to get he would need to be They say he just needed a ten days. He can get a ten day contract to get some of the benefits, but to get the four retirement, he would need to play half the season. So that's why no team signed. Either way it goes, that's why no team shigned them. But they'll put some people on. I think they I think that somebody

needs to sign him. But so I just want to put that out there, not the Bucks. If the Bucks he solid. Listen, the bus already got two spots were given away, so I know one look. All I know is this. They don't have to be the Bucks. I think some NBA team should do it. I agree, I agree. So I just wanted to do those two shout out shouts out real quick and then let's

go ahead and get to the injury part. YO. So again, in the injury world of the n b A, we have the Chicago Bulls Zach Levine, who is also the subject of some heavy trade rumors now that he's on the injury list. It is hilarious to me, but he's out for the rest of the season with a foot injury. That's unfortunate. Kyrie is still out for the Dallas Mavericks with the thumb injury. The Pacers are without Miles Turner. He is day to day with an ankle injury. Tyreez Halliburton

is still out as well ankle day. Today. The Los Angeles Lakers are without Jared Vanderbelt with a right foot injury. He may be shut down for the rest of the season, and given how terrible the Lakers have been, why not. Kem Reddish is also out for the season with the right ankle spring. He is out for two weeks. The New York Knicks are without Julius Randall. I told you that shoulder injury was what's more tough than what y'all thought. That was, well a couple of weeks. I have you

saying like he's gonna be out for a couple of months. Bro. He was. It's been what a week already be re elevated in two to three weeks. That's three weeks to a month. That's a mom you know. The Philadelphia seventy six Ers are without Joel and b displaced flap in his left maniscus. Out for the weekend. But I also saw another update that he's a potential candidate to be shut down as well for the season, which is

totally which is so unfortunate. Yeah, it's very unfortunate. And we'll get to that later for the shooting around time for the Super Round subject segment. We like to talk about rumors, stuff going on and rumors and news going on around the NBA. The Memphis Grizzlies have traded Steven Adams to the Houston Rockets for Victor Allen Dupo and three second round picks. I don't know if

this is more of a excuse me. I don't know if this is more of a field up for the future trade or I don't know, because Adams is out for the year, and you know, Victor is in and out of the in and out of injury re course. I don't know if this is a contract thing. I don't really know what this is about. I guess we'll see in the future how this affects the Houston Rockets more than the

Memphis Grizzlies. Memphis Grizzlies have a list of injuries where they're pretty much I don't want to say canceled the season, but they're pretty much done for the year. So I am We're gonna ask you guys opinion on that. I just wanted to report the news. This week, the reserves were announced for this year's All Star Game. Now, last week we talked about the stuff the snubs starters. Now that we have the full rosters, do you have any snubs on your list? Well, well, I'll say this, first

of all, I'll read the rosters off. Complete the rosters. For the West All Star Team, we have Lebron James, Kevin Durant, we have Joker, we got Luca Gilbert, Alexander, Steph Curry, Anthony Edwards, Kawhi, Leonard Carl, Anthony Towns, Anthony Davis, Devin Booker, and Paul George. And then for the East, we have Giannis Uh and b he won't play due the injuries. Well, he might play, I don't

know. We'll see what happens with him. But Jason Tatum, Uh, Damian Lillard, Tylerise Hellenberg, Jalen Bronson, Tyrese Maxie, Donovan, Mitchell, Band them, what's the name the guy from Orlando, Julius Randall, and Jaylen Brown. Gentlemen, do you have anybody in your snub list? Well, first of all, on that Eastern Conference side. About five of them won't play, so the snubs will end up being on the roster anyway. Randall's not going to play and Bee's not going to play. I need

to look at the roster again. Man is still Tyrese Hallibert. That's three right. So when you think about the All Star snubs from the Eastern Conference again, when you when you let the coaches pick the players you, I don't think that popularity is at the table because they're they're obviously if it was, they were for players on their own team. But when I think about the Eastern Conference, I think about Trey Young, I think that was a

snub. Some Bonus was a snub. Harden was a snub really to me, And for since we were talking, we're on the East right now. Those are the two snubs for me. But if you're talking about a snub, that means you gotta take somebody off. That's true. He's gotta take somebody off. I kind of just read that snail. Thing is he's covered for insurance. It's his children who ain't covered. And unless he gets that ten years then his children are covered too. He was diagnosed with autism at

thirty one years old. And I'm guessing he probably had some high bills, and he also remembers since you brought it back. He has to play for a whole season, not just he doesn't have to play for a whole season.

What the thing is, if the team signs him, because it's so close to the deadline, he can't be traded, so which means his contract last through the end of the year, and any team that's willing trying to make a trade before the end of the year or waive somebody to pick up somebody for the playoffs, that spot has gone because his contract would make him a standard spot. He's not a He can't be on a two way contract

like you know, you can have some two way contracts. According to Wojes, multiple NBA teams would have signed Tony Snell to a ten day contract if that's all he needed. He would have been eligible if he signed for the year. So I'm saying that to say, not to be right, but to change the narrative that teams aren't just turning their back on him. They're just basically saying a ten day won't help him. That's all I'm saying. It might get him a little coins in his pocket. But it's not gonna

give him what he needs to sign him. I just said that. That's exactly what I just said. He but back to the snuff. I just say that they don't if they signed to a ten day contract, they gotta go through the rest of the year. But they have to sign him at the beginning is what I'm saying. What you mean the start of the season, he would have to play. They can sign them right now when they can go through the end of the year, and he'll get it to get

the benefits. That's not what this said. I'm reading it right now. But you may be right, but nevertheless, this is the this is part of Atlantic Okay, you may be right, but it's unfortunate. It is unfortunate. But hopefully he can get a job in the NBA. But think about all the teams that can sign him though. To do what to do? What I mean, come on, man, they got a spot.

You got Cleveland, you got the Celtics, she got the Bulls, you got the caval I mean, you got the Cavaliers, you got the Warriors, you got the Pacers, you got the Lakers, you got the Heat, you got the Timberwolves. So the Pelicans, the Blazers, and the Wizards. Okay, we get it. That's what one of them things can get. That man the remainder of the year, so his kids is covered. Come on, man, you know what? Okay, So sure, Mark Cuban gonna do what you do. Rescue people, help if you can't

on the list. If you look at the Eastern Conference reserves, the only questionable player that got it really is none of them are questioning, but the lowest scoring one that they picked on the reserve, the person with the least amount of averages really would be Jalen Brown and Bound. So you really can't kick none of them off. But it comes to a question. JJ Reddick said it's time to expand the teams from twelve to fifteen. No, because

the talent pool is deeper. I don't agree with that. I don't agree with that at all. But the thing is, the NBA has always prided themselves on being the best of the best, and the coaches voted for the reserves thinking these are the best of the best. Now, while those names I picked are absolutely snubs, I would not drop anyone from the current Eastern Conference roster to play with it now. I I've seen this roster and I

was like, I don't like, is gonna get destroyed? I feel like, okay, this is the interesting thing to me is about this is a couple of things. I looked the more of the West than I did the East. But to me, bam and take him off? And then for who Rudy because it got to be positioned for position. It don't have to be positioned for a position. I think if you're gonna take somebody off, I would be it would be bamed for me. And then you know what, I'm a nice guy. Throw it Derek White on here. I replaced

band with Derek White. Derek who Derek White? You know who Derek is? So I would replace him with him. He was close. And then as far as the West, to me, the West is more of a tragedy. I'm gonna say a tragedy. That small lineup you running with will get destroyed, just so you know, because now you have no bigs other than NB, you have no bigs. The East is loaded with guards, so you just added another guard. That small lineup would get destroyed. Only

a big man on the west is joker what Lebron is a monster? KD. Is a monster sixteen, Carl Anthony Towns seven foot. He played like he's six seven, but he's seven foot. They have four words and Kawhi. They got Paul George, they got Anthony David. You trip it. So it would take a band probably put on Dereck Way and pretty much have all guards for Why though, why I feel like I was so, I was this so to me? To me, Miami overall isn't playing good ball.

So I just feel like they shouldn't have any All Stars. And so I was looking, and I was looking at the snub teams. You see the Lakers, I mean not the snub team, but the snub the players the Lakers. I'm gonna get there in a minute. I'm to get there in a second. So you have these players who are on this All Star team. Now, if you make it about a popularity vote, I get that, but for your coaches to put you in, it's kind of like, really, So the East I'm kind of okay with. I'm looking more

at the West. You got Anthony Davis, Get him up out of here. Karl Anthony Towns, I can see without him. Steph Curry, if you didn't make it, if you don't make the popularity vote. You can have a see what and what do you mean? I sound crazy? You were placing Steph four. It's got snub I I'm replacing Jamal Murray. He

can replace Booker, he can. Jamal Murray can replace Steph Curry. Uh, you got Derek, you got de Aaron Fox on here, and you got some bonus, Like you got three guys who are who should have been on the All Star team. And I feel like Jamal Murray especially gets snubbed a lot when it comes to these type of situations, All Star teams, all NBA teams, Like, he gets a lot of What do you think why do you think you get those snubs? I think because he's not better

than none of the guards on the roster exactly. No hurt. I feel like the problem is hurt. He was, he's been hurt. But I also feel like because of that, and then Choker kind of takes up a lot of the time. I canna say, a ton of time, a lot of media time, dude. So he's out of the last five years he's been hurt, four and a half has The only time he was healthy was this this playoff run, this last playfun. Every year he gets hurt. But when they when they made the playoff run, when they made the

championship, he was healthy. What you got to do with the whole season. But what we have to do with the All Star though? But when has he done it a whole season to be considered a All Star? He been doing it this year? No, he hasn't. He has. He's been hurt. He's been hurt here and there. But what I'm saying is this, you have a team who has the bottom of the barrel, which is the Los Angeles Lakers and the Ghoden State Warriors. And don't forget your

Dallas Mavericks there they're barely hanging on by three and two. Don't leave yo, don't leave the savior out. Okay, first of all, I agree where youre coming from. You're coming to stuff. You're coming to stuff. Curry's rescue, bottom of the barrel. Minnesota's falling off. Minnesota's in the top five. They falling Offumber one though. The top five. I'm gonna say, already, time five, already, tip five, Yes and no,

sure, thank you. Sure, That's what I'm saying. So I'm sitting here, you have these these teams who are top five, they should have at least one of two All Stars, and then one of the top six teams have been left out. Who Sacramento Kings. The Kings have no

All Stars All Stars, which is a big snub to that franchise. But if you look at and then then what right now see their fifth If you look at if you look at the Sacramento Kings and you look at the all star roster, I would have put Sabonis in over Paul George would I would have you gotta take so you can't say that, who are you? Oh? Well, you did say you're taking away Anthony Davis. I'm taking away Anthony Davis. I'm taking away Steph Curry. And I'm taking away Carl Anthony

Towns. Okay. I if it was up to me, some bonus would be in and I would take I would give him that over Paul George. I'm not giving it to him over Cat. Cat is averaging a near double double. Uh. Steph Curry is untouchable. Devin Booker's numbers are really the best guards even against the starters, except for Shot. Shot is the only one with and Luca with with great numbers, but it's hard to take away anybody. So out of all these snubs, I'm good with the snubs because

I would replace none of these players. The only replaceable one really would be Paul George for me, and that's that and that's real talk. And then maybe ben cherro on the East, he probably would be replaced too, But again, the NBA is changing, and told to Reddick's point, these players don't really play in an All Star Game anyway, So what harm does it do to go to fifteen that's just stream more players. I mean, I

just feel like it's still it's not enough clock. You want to give each player enough clock to be adding three more guys is at another fifteen minutes. But my only thing is you talking about he they were snubbed. Yeah, I don't see one person I would replace anybody off of sacrament All with on that roster. I do Oh Paul George. No, SA Bonus can get in for Paul George. No, because they played two different positions. This is the first play he can play. The forward. Center isn't as Paul

George is a wing. Paul George's listened as a forward for this aw that's a wing. That's that's fine, But I'm saying Sabonis is a forward center. He plays both. Yeah, he plays what he plays power forward and or center. Paul George plays guard and forward. Well, in this game, they have him as a as a forward, so he can replace him. He ain't not plays cat, He's not gonna play. He doesn't have better numbers than Paul George. This isn't a position based up. He doesn't

look it up. He just made that up. You don't know that to be true or not. I'm one hundred pure that. So Paul George numbers are. He's averaging twenty two points a game, three assists, and five rebounds the game. Okay, Now, Sabonis, who is a bona fide star, which we agree with, right, he's a star. I don't know if he is a star. He's all right. He's averaging nineteen and thirteen nineteen and thirteen, so you're right, he scores four less points than

Paul George double double though he's a double double every game. Who team has a better record? Clippers? Okay, there you go. So then so then you're saying that Mike shouldn't be in it. Then who you're saying that Lebron and Ad shouldn't be in again, right because they're barely in playing. Lebron is averaging twenty five to seven and seven. All I know is this. All I know is this. Lebron should be in the I say should be, but he was voted in by the fans. He's gonna be voted

by the fans. Anthony David shouldn't be there. And today Davis has been averaging a double double. Anthony Davis, he's about twenty five and ten right now. Anthony David shouldn't be when he shows up. No, he's been showing up this year. Yeah, because he's been healthy this year. He's been healthy this year. And congratulations. But like you said that man, Like as you said, at the end of the day, it's a number game. This is the first time that a top six seed doesn't have at

least one all start on the team. It takes off. I think that's a tragedy. Somebody's gonna drop out before the All Star Game. Either way it goes and they still and they still gonna get the spot. Somebody can always get hurt. But like Julius Randall probably won't even play for the All Star going to but then it's a consolation prize. It's not. Yeah, it is. You said that because I wasn't good enough to make the reserve and now i'm and now I can't make this. I'm not one hundred percent

sure, but I'm sure. I'm not one hundred percent sure, but I think they get some type of money to this situation. So some gamers too, Yeah, look all right, okay, I'm like, so I don't like this up because now they't not focused. I'm focused. Now they look like they need the controller. Now focus, jeez, really, yes, really focus? You know what. I'm just gonna leave it alone anyway, you alone. So I mean, like I said before, I'm just asking

if you I don't find anybody should be snubbed anybody in it's fine. I again go to fifteen. I don't think the fifteen needs to be. Fifteen is a lot. That's a lot. It is a lot, but it would help to solidify. Like the NBA is the one that says that we are the best league in the world. Let me ask a question. Let's say they did they did fifteen, how many minutes should each person get? Then you can't have fifteen? Sure you can, you can you can't because

each quarter is twelve minutes. Huh right, not every player. So some of these players don't want to touch the ball like that. For example, Kawhi don't like a lot of minutes and situations like this. Okay, he don't. I mean, like, I'll say this, like the starters play the first quarter, then after that, after that they kind of like you know, say they they play to third and then your starters played a pot four? Do that? Where did? Where does the three come in at?

Because if you playing five fifteen, give your starters the first quarter, that's five, give your your second unit that's that's another five, that's the second course, give your third unit the third, and give your starters the four, and then the starters get first. Whoever plays the best out of those three quarters, out of those three lineup, plays the fourth. There you go, there you go. We just gave Adam Silver an idea, and you better give us credit and the money for it if you use it,

because the NBA right now the money too. I want it all. You got fifty million dollars a year. Did y'all see that? He's what a ten year, five hundred million dollar deal. I'm sorry, he one hundred and fifty million dollar deals. According to you and everybody else's the NBA. He's deserved all he does. Think about every every problem the league has, it's his problem. He solved and he has to figure it out. He solved it, Bro he has evaluated this league. Draymond solved it.

Think about it as he solved it. Because Raymond has been the quiet Church, not all quiet a little but her fourth game back, he's got him tamed a little bit. Now everybody he has been, he's got him shutting up. He's got He's got him tame until further though, this Adam Silver has brought us the n season tournament decision. He brought us the Kobe Bryant

tribute off. He's brought us the playing tournament. He's brought us the All Star Game to where players on the same team can play against each other. Mm hmm. He's continued to create a global phenomenon. I just want to put this out there really quickly before you go all these lists accomplishments. This isn't rocket science here. This it'stern into it. He didn't God rest his soul, David. They hated he was working. You know what's funny he

was working with a harder product. He sure was, he was working with a hatter product. Hated him. You know how easy is promote the NBA right now? Hey, we're the NBA. You want to you want to collabs? Yeah, no problem, I tell you. In fact, Uh, the NBA is playing in Vegas this summer for a us A game. You're going, clearly you all should come. But when they dropped it over seventy five for some of the tickets sold out just with the announcement. And

it happens to run right into Summer League too. So now the NBA is the Stars, kind of like the Rock is to Cody Rhoades. Uh, the Stars, right, Yeah, we sad what I said, we don't know who, We don't know who you're talking about. That's what that was. That's that's how America wrestling fan should be too, respect Wayne, who was So what are you talking about? Clue? The NBA under Adam Silver

is making the most money it's ever made. This is not a hard I said, this is not the largest TV deal with because we need a new a new era of value of money. The man flowers giving him nothing. I just said, I gave him flowers enough as I did. And then here you want to try to co sign for it, like I just said fifty million to pay us, like he give me you one point two a year. I wish did shut it. You ain't talking under ain't you on Lebron taxes? And you depended me claiming you? And then if I'm on

Lebrons, use on steps facts facts. I want nobody he said he didn't spend no lives facts. I'm not, no, not on anybody. You want Lucas. No, You'll want me to be on Lucas, but I'm not so. Chris Middleton's no, no, no, no, Chris, Mike Conley, Mike Conley and the Memphis Briss. Kendrick Perkins has a few hot takes this week recently, and I wanted to give your guys thoughts on them. One of his hot takes was Miami needs to trade Jimmy Butler to

a contending team of his choosing and begin to rebuild. Why because they're trash? They were playing good, I thought with Rose. Because they're trash. They just lost, like I think they lost like seven of their last eight games. Oh so they only won that one game. Yeah, that one highlight game they kept playing over and over. Yeah, that's it, okay. And on top of that, Jimmy's Jimmy, Butter's like thirty five years

old. He's getting older. The Miami seems to be getting younger. So I think, even with Terry Roseer, I think this is a time where it might be time for him to hit the rod jack. What do you guys think? Well, first of all, I don't mind Kendrick Perkins. I don't. But how did he survive to keep his job when they got rid of all the other ones? I like, you don't like. I didn't say that, I just said, do you remember they laid off? He's reporters all like Jeff Van Gundhy, Jalen Rose and a bunch of others

in Perk State. I like Perk because he's funny, but sometimes his takes are just airtime. No, you're saying I think he makes I think he makes bold predictions, and some of them some of them last, some of them don't. But if you really think about it, if you really think about it, he's there, Charles Barkley, if you really think about it, I don't think that's not a bad I'm it's just what I'm thinking. It's like I can see it. Okay, So I'm gonna say this about

what do you What do you think about the take? Though? I think it's that's outlandish, right, Jimmy doesn't deserve to go to a contender. Why what is Jimmy doing to make him so great? He has not delivered Miami a championship. Yes, he's gotten him to the finals three times, and he's a long lost miserably every time they went. So when I think about Jimmy Butler, Jimmy Butler a lot like KD wanted to be the man. He wanted to be the star. I think this is go ahead,

IM gonna uncle Jimmy. He wanted his own team. He wanted his own team has helped co sign for what I've said all the time, you need help, you can't do it by yourself. Well you got Tyler hero right, bam out of Tyler twenty five bamn, double double. No, those are all role players, they're not stars. Let me just face, let me finish my ticket. Then I'll give it to really quickly, really really quickly. I know Milwaukee and Miami has bad bad blood. Are you crazy?

Go ahead? Let him finish because this is this is this is crazy. Good players get the Jimmy Butler kind of money and the Jimmy Butler notoriety, and you go go to a team that you claim is yours. You need to ride it out with that team. Why would we give you anything and trade you to a contender? Right, No, Jimmy wanted to be in Miami. He wanted to be the man. Now, get it done with your team. Don't give me that crap about Jimmy. Don't have nobody.

Jimmy took his team to the finals with a just two years ago against No against Denver. Yeah, last year, Okay, he just took his team. Took his team to the finals in the bubble. So Jimmy can take team to the title. No, Now, figure out how to get it done. Jimmy has been off and on this season. Right, Jimmy has been injured this season. And to give him to a contending team straight garbage. Absolutely not. Miami does not need to rebuild. Miami has a

good ball up. They just need to figure out how to mesh together. And if Jimmy, if your star is injured, you be number eight in the conference team. No, you don't trade Jimmy to no content Miami when they make the playoffs, Miami is a contender at least in the East. The Ape seed a ce No, they've had a lot of injuries though, that's that's nstand. So what made Perkins say that though Jimmy time, it's

mostly hold up. I don't think it's airtime. I think like, if let's say, okay, let's let's let's let's really take a look at the over five hundred. They're over five hundred, but are they barely over five hundred? No, because the sixth seed has won twenty seven games and Miami is one game behind that. So they're in eighth, but they could easily be in six. So get out of here and then you're out of here with that, man, Come on, come on, man. The only

cont only two contender teams in the East are the Celtics the Bucks. And that's it, the only one. The only two title contending teams in the East are the Celtics and the Bucks. Now now without Joe L and B, they have nothing coming without because if you can see, they're falling off, and they're falling off quickly. They just lost their last game, but they have their in the fifth place. There seventy six ers. Word on

the street. Well, I will get to that in a second. So so you're saying no, I'm saying no, Key saying no to trade and Jimmy, Yeah, I'm saying with everything. I thought it was an interesting take. I do. I will say that I don't think I have the I don't want to say, hey, I want to say for Miami, you can't keep doing the same things to think you're gonna get a different result. And and what that being said is maybe it's time to move on,

because what does it have been five years now? He's been there four years. He's been there at four or five years, but the pay them well, get rid of him before he before you don't get nothing. The heat thing is culture, Like they their culture. They don't care about nothing else but their culture. And there are gonna be times where that culture rises to the top, which is like last year when they went to the NBA Finals when they played Denver, Like they beat some good teams, they beat,

they play hard. I think Miami as a full roster is a very dangerous team. But I think this year they just haven't had it. And then they got a lot. Like I said before, they have it. They do have a lot of young players, so and then Jimmy's getting older. So you put Jimmy on somebody like the Knicks, somebody like Philadelphia, it can be the difference maker. That's what I think. That's what I was like, This is an interesting take real quick. What about the Bucks?

Real quick? This is Bucks, even even the Bucks like you take you put Jimmy Butler, take away Middleton changes, it changes, it changes. So if you the Bucks, would you give up Middleton Boat Champ in some first round picks for Jimmy. Jimmy said, a yeah, Chris Middleton, bow Champ, Bobby in two first round picks. Who Jimmy, not Bobby, not Bobby. But I give that's what that's what Miami gonna want.

I give a Bowl chance, that's what that's what Miami gonna won't. They are going want some like something like that's they're going to be looking for. I give a Bowl Champ and the draft picks for Jimmy. I give. I give a Bowl Jamp in Middleton because they need somebody who gonna come in and play right away too. I'll give up Middleton and Bowl Champ for Jimmy in two first round picks. Round, I'll give them first round picks thirty

four almost thirty five year old player. When the last time the Bucks picked up somebody draft picked that was worth that. But that's that's but in the bucket. Think about it though, that's Bucks history. Since we was kids, we been going. The Bucks always picked up people when they thirty five forty. Think about it, they still has some stuff left. We picked up Sam could sell that way. Gary Payton, Gary Payton, dnsmind Mason, Tim Thomas, Tim Thomas. Sorry. Note. Today the Memphis Grizzlies

play the Boston Celtics. They had thirteen They had thirteen players on injury, thirteen players on the injured list. Memphis does yes, how can you even play a game? So why did they even pick up Steven Adams? I thought he was hurt anyway they traded him. They traded him. I'm saying he's been out at the beginning of the year. Yeah, I know, like, how do you even get that deal done? Get the money off the books they're to get them. I think they got the money off the

books. Yeah, but I think also he's just trying to get bigger next next take Jalen Brunson needs being the MVP conversation. Now, last week we talked about differ between a conversation and a debate. The conversation four or five players, debate is two. I do think he needs to beat in the conversation. No, he's not even top ten. He's not even top ten, not even top ten. No, give me nine more people who are

deserving of MVP this year than Jalen Bronson. The conversation or winning No, I said conversation, Devin Booker. I don't know why you're riding this Booker train off the day, but continue, Kevin Durant, Kawhi, Leonard Luca, Okay, Steph Jason Tatum, stop it, Steph Giannis MB. But he'll be he only has four games. I'll let MB slide. Lebron Gill's Alexander H and of course the man who should win it again, Joker. Joker. That's like ten. Actually it's nine. It's like ten. Okay,

Steph, Now you're just throwings. No, I'm not out there. All of those ten, all of those ten, are they better? I'm saying before you say this, are they better? Overall? Yes, I'm saying this year. If you look at the standings, New York is in fourth place. They don't get there unless they're in Jalen Brunson. If they get the top five, finish the year top five, you have to put

them in the conversation. Every player that I name not only has better stats than Jalen Brunson, but they also have a better record than the Knicks. Every player I name, with the exception of the Dallas map, the Knicks are thirty two and eighteen. What you said, Devin Booker, his record is twenty eight and twenty one. They're in six. They're in six seed. Okay, fine, five or six tip for tax, fine whatever on his deep Curry Steph Curry is below five hundred fine fine. Besides this sixty

point name, horrible year. No cancel it. Cancel you for saying that. Okay, okay, now if you say this, you can say, give me the next five then I go. Jleb Brunson possibly is like number twenty right now, are you possibly? Y'all words the fact that you said Lebron James and you said Steph Curry is crazy over him. What's crazy is you're putting him in the conversation That's what's crazy. Players just can't have good

seasons anymore. It just can't have. Oh Andre from the whole point of the yearly reward, But he's not even top five, top five all time, No five right now for MVP consideration. He should be should not? Jesus Okay, So let's look at the NBA's top five right now, Number one Joker. Does he deserve it over Joker Hard? No? No? Does he deserve it over Shake Gilgess Alexander No? Has he deserve it over Joe l Ebid No? Is he deserve it over Gianni's No? Does he

deserve it over Jason Tatum? Oh? Yes, you know what what do you mean we're talking about? Hold on, we're talking about they're the number one team in the East, are number one team in the NBA. Hold a second, because just where we're talking about there the number one team in the NBA. This is what we're talking about here, because we're a team with a better record than the Boston Celtics. You're right, but that is what I'm saying here. This is what I'm saying. Boston has an all

around good team. So when you talk about MVP award, they had a number one team. Fine, I'll give you that. When you talk about the New York Knicks, they are thirty two and eighteen. This is a very high seed. They haven't seen this high of a seat since Patrick Ewen days. If Ton didn't leave the franchise and hanging, I would have asked him this question because I know he knows. But my thing is my thing is for a yearly reward is based and the MVP is based off somebody who's

having an outs standing season. So when you talk about Lebron, James, Steph Curry, Joel and b a joker. Joker is about to get to that stage where we just expect, if not a triple double, almost a triple double. He's about to get in that Giannis Lebron era where oh, we just expect us out of him. There's nothing special about this anymore. And I and I am I'm all for not giving. I'm part of that bandwagon of people not getting the MVP war for doing the exact same thing every

single year. It needs to go to somebody who's having an outstanding year. And for Jalen Bruston is having an outstanding year. He's averaging over twenty five over five assists. Look at it like this, since you're saying that, since you're saying players having an outstanding year, Halibert is having an outstanding year. He's having he's in the the same category. He's having an outstanding outstanding year. He's having an outstand in the year, you right, a standout

year. But his team ain't top five, number seven, So what so that should that should account for something? Most valuable play player. Okay, he and his team is number seven because he hasn't played in three weeks. Okay, they said that one more time. Halliburton's team is number seven because they haven't played in three weeks. So okay, now we're gonna get to this in a minute. But they're one against the Bucks dwellingb Tell Halliburt, those are two guys who may not be at the end of the year.

Lizabeths just be honest here, so that takes them too out of here. He's one of the guys, okay out officially, but he's he's still had one of these guys who's having an outstanding year. Would you say, Well, let me ask you this question. Would you say, let's say Jason

Tatum. Would you say Jason Tatum's having an outstanding year or are you saying the Boston Celtics are having an out standing year, because I don't think Jason TATM is doing anything that is putting him dissing himself from the rest of the pack. When Jason Tatum's off, that whole team is off. Jason Tatum is averaging twenty six point eight points a game, eight rebounds, and five assists. Okay, that is some incredible stats here. Listen. I get it. You like to build up the little man. I get it.

Ain't about me building up a little bit. I'm just saying, besides, there's other players besides Steph Curry, and you could put You have to tell me that I'm the guy that's protecting mar John Bochet. You're the guy that wants to get rid of him. I do. If you talk about Jalen Brunson getting some type of award, perhaps its most improved Player, but MVP. Nope, No, he's not MVP caliber. He is most twenty seven, twenty seven, four and six. That's his numbers. Those are his

numbers. It's great, but that's a lot of player numbers right now. That's great. Okay, you said twenty four. No, I didn't. I said twenty seven, twenty seven, twenty seven, four and six. We on Lebron numbers right now? Is he? Is he in the race now when your team at the bottom of the barrel Jannis is thirty eleven and six and Bead is thirty six eleven and six. Like I said before, these are Is he not having an outstanding year? We didn't say that.

I'm saying. What I'm saying is this you're giving me. Like I said before, Joker, Yannis Lebron, this is what they do, this is what this is who you are. So I should So if you and Kesey worked for me and you were the superstar and we had Employee of the Month and you were killing it every month and every month for Employee of the Month you get a thousand dollars, but you're killing it every month. But Kesey

shows improvement, but you keep winning, you should stop winning it. No, what I'm saying is if I am winning it every single year for doing what I do my work, ethic or whatever, and then Kesey all of a suddenly picks it up for one month, yeah he should get Employee of the month that month. Yeah, employee of the month, nine ploye of the year. So he's got players of the week, he's been to thestern Conference Player of the week. He's a Conference player of the month. All

I know is this. All I know is this. If this was Lebron James or if this is Steph Curry, I'll be screaming to the mountain top. I did not even mention Steph Curry. I did not mention him in the top five. I said he's top ten? Why why should he be? And then I said the next five categories is brunts and Halliburton. So you're saying, no, he shouldn't be in a conversation both No, not top five. He said, he's saying that he shouldn't be in a conversation,

not in the top ten. Okay, for sure, that's right. Joelnb is five games four now four now four games from being ineligible for MVP award in all NBA teams. Tyrese Halibird is also use to be ineligible fault for any all start, I mean all NBA teams and talk about that, but his is more significant because he's probably gonna lose out of forty million extra forty million dollars. Should the NBA really re evaluate the sixty five game minimum

to requirement. Absolutely not. This has been a big topic. Absolutely, I think it should stay intact because you you, the incentive is for being healthy, right. How you take care of yourself is it's key. I mean, injury happened. Though, injuries happened, but you got players. You got players. You got players who set out for sprian ankles. But back in when Jordan did unplayed sprian ankles was get some quarters on and get your butt out there and play. You know what I'm saying, wrap it

up and play. Is that healthy? You got a six titles. A bump did too, but we don't neither you doing that either. Go look at some of the players feats from back in the day compar to the feet of the people down. I'm just saying, a bump did too, keep you going on the court, but I don't think that's healthy anymore. Think about the Scottie Pippen not he played with a player like that. You get that, they get that not now. I just I just I just want

to put this out her protocol. I just want to put this out there, her protocol. The word on the street is, and B was forcing it and that's why he kept playing. And he was hurt a while ago, but he was like, I really want you know, I want this MVP Awar and so on and so forth. Blah blah blah blah blah. That's extra money and this is how he got injured. So here's what I'm gonna say. Here's why I love you. You take this, You take this, you suffer the consequences. Here here's why I love this rule.

Because their representation agreed with what their union agreed to this. Their union said, that's a fair deal. Am I still on? Okay? I am? Their union agreed to this. I said it last year. I was upset, not last year, but two years ago when the ball brother won the Rookie of the Year because he never he didn't play, he didn't play, and he still won it. He was hands down the best rookie he was still, but he didn't play. He wasn't hands down. The other

guy should have beat him out. I forgot it's been a while talking about. Yeah, no, he shouldn't have. So clearly that guy was not that important because you don't remember him well. I barely remember which ball brother I'm talking about from time to time. Right, you know, you know he's talk about LaMelo, right, yeah, you know. So I'm gonna say, like this, sixty five games, bro, I mean, that's missing seventeen days of work. That's quite a bit. Okay, if you

and I missed that kind of work, we be fired. And ah, yes, I know it's the NBA. No, I was just gonna say that it'd be like that. It'd be like that, So I'm okay with it. It's unfortunate because here's the thing. If you don't play Most Valuable Player means you're showing up to play. It's unfortunate. But I love the do not touch it, do not change it. M hm, I'm saying it. I I got a little pushback on it just because I feel like guys, guys were taking advantage of this rule. Be Anthony Edwards. He

shouldn't have been off Anthony Edwards dag Yeah, shouldn't. Oh yeah, and he won it and he missed over thirty games. That's foul. I love this rule. They should call it the LaMelo ball rule because that's where it came from. It came from Kawhi Leonard. It came from him too. But Kawhi didn't win an MVP Award. It actually came from Stars hold up or that because he started, he started, that, he started, he

started. But I feel like I'm just kind of like I'm kind of in between here because like a knee uh, I think it's like a knee, but that kind of injury is a serious injury where you can really hurt yourself to like you can be out for a couple of years. People have ended their career on knee injuries. So for him to feel like he has to force it, it's just kind of like it's kind of eye opening. I

think they will take a look at it. I don't think they'll change, but I think they will take a look at it, just because it's one of the things where like people were taking advantage of the rule, and if because I think Tyrese Halibert is one of the guys who's been speaking against it, and him and Draymond Green because they felt like it was stupid, And I just feel like I'm kind of in between because these guys do sacrifice their body a lot on one hand, but on the other hand, it's one

of those things where if you did what you're supposed to do. It shouldn't be this wouldn't be a thing. And here that he was forcing it. It's just kind of like, dang, it's kind of I'm gonna say sad, but it's just like it just hit a little different. It just hit

a little different. I don't think that I don't think that they should because if you notice on one hand, is you know, with the mb situation, because he was he's clearly MVP, but this this injury can't keep him out for the rest I can say the first of the season, but at least a week or two. And then you got Tyrese Halibert, who's gonna be miss on like an extra forty million dollars for his contract, and you know he is maybe forcing it a little bit too so, but that's that's

the bad part. On the good hand, we've seen Kawhi Leonard has a missed the game all year. Kawhi Leonard has a missed the game all year. He's missed a few, but not typical. Kawhi is mister what maybe two? Get that three? Paul George or miraculously he's playing a lot more like a lot of these guys miraculously are playing a lot more. But it also has to do with coaches and how they play their talent. They don't have to play as hard over there in Clipperland anymore. I don't know why.

What do you mean they'll have to play as well? Why doesn't play forty minutes? He plays twenty seven eight thirty? No, he's playing full. He's not playing full games. He's playing full. Why is not playing a full forty eight minutes? Bro, No, he's not. I'm not saying he's playing a full forty eight minutes. I'm saying he's playing more than twenty. No, I'm saying twenty seven to like twenty seven to thirty four

minutes or something thirty five forty Okay. Nevertheless, when you are taxing your players the way that some of these coaches do, That's why players hated Tom Thibodeau because he was running. People blamed Derek Rose's injuries on Tom Thibodeaux. Yeah, he's running. He's running, Ragget's between running Raggett, Scott Skiles.

He's averaging thirty four minutes. Again, So what I'm saying, thirty four out of forty eight is not bad for Kawhi because the whole game the game is forty eight minutes, like Lebron is being for sometimes to play forty eight minutes. Lebrona he played forty last night. Thirty four minutes is a is a great deal in the game, But say why one more time? He yesked to or what worse? We know that? So then why does he not considered MVP candidate then? Because he's not. I'm just saying,

I'm just I'm just I'm playing Devil's Advocate. Okay you want to answer that. I'm just saying do you want to answer? Yeah, because he's been doing it for twenty years, averaging twenty five is nothing for Lebron, So he's a freaking nature. So why would I for why would I award you for doing the same thing over and over and over and over again. But this is who you are. Hm hmm, this is who you are?

You want you think that's fair? Though? Yeah? Do you think that's fair that players of his caliber and Giannis and Joker caliber that they're going to be in that category where it's like, this is what we expect from you? And yes, anything less you don't you're not an m v P. Yes, So conversation, So Jannis doesn't deserve to be in a conversation.

I'm not saying he doesn't deserve to be in a conversation. What I'm saying is you can't just put people who are adding outstanding seasons put them to the side just because these guys are doing what they do. But they don't have an outstanding seasons too, but you're putting them to the side. I'm not putt How am I putting them to the side because you're like, Hey, this is what you do, so just sit over twenty five your whole career.

I should keep rewarding you. Yes, you're getting rewarded by other way. That means he's been putting in the work means and he deserves those. That means you're getting rewarded by other ways. You you lead the NBA, you're the all time leading scorer, you're uh, you always get selected to All Star games. You always in the conversation, but not I think he didn't get All NBA, but I think it was thirteen. But he's always in the NBA conversation. So he's getting rewarded. But do you deserve more

praise than guys who've been also putting in the work. But they've up their level. Because the thing about up in your level is you're like, oh, I see you, So why should I be like, nah, I see you. But you're not doing enough because Lebron do this last year, but he's doing it again this year. That's not amazing. That's not amazing. That's amazing to me because could you hold on because you you got something? Let me finish. You got some players who would just do it because

they know it's the contract year. They'll play good and having a great season and then they'll get paid and then you won't find them. But no matter what, you're gonna get the same thing out of Steph. You wanna get the same thing out of Lebron. You gonna get the same thing out of Beni. You're gonna get the same thing. Got a joker because they putting in the work even when they're paid. Okay, that's why they deserve it.

Aren't you a professional? That what you're supposed to do? So then why are you Why are you awarded somebody who do it for one season? I'm not because you don't know what they're gonna do it again this year. You're just you're so if Jaylor, So my thing is if jay Len Bronce would come to have another good season like that, Okay, then let's put them in a category. His career, he's putting better and better and batter play well. He left Dallas, we thought he was a rat. He

plays DC, he's been playing. But for him to put a team like the New York Knicks in the position that they're in right now, that's why I put him in that category, just like when he hasn't done nothing. Just like when Russell Whin Russell Westbrook was averaging a triple double, that's an outstanding season. Guess who also had average twenty five day year, Lebron James. But guess what Russ Brooke was doing something that was outstanding that year,

So he got MVP Samet. Same thing with James Harden, Same thing with Giannisubo when he went it back to back. Like these guys are having outstanding seasons. Now if Giannice is averaging thirty five, shooting fifty percent from the field and up in his game to another level, he's averaging twenty rebounds, man, yes, get that man, MVB, but you actually him to do the impossible. I'm not asking him to do the impossible. I'm asking

him to do the impossible. We thought averaging a triple double was an impossible till Rustbrook did it. Has anybody else done it? It? Has Us Brooke done it again? Westbrooker has done it again. Averaged a triple double? Yeah, he has not done it since he averaged he has. He done it two seasons in the row. One since he got MVP. The other season he didn't. Okay, so he did it two years and he got his MVP. One. Has Brumpton done this two years in the row?

What he doing right now? Last year he didn't do this. He was. He's getting better, so he'd get most improved, Like Andre said, most improved is coming back from to me most I you averaging twenty five to twenty seven, that's my most improved. When you're averaging on team, when you're averaging fifteen to twenty five, that's an improvement. Well, first of all, I disagree because Brunston was on a whole different team last year. I know he was. He's on the Knicks, wasn't he. I

thought he played with Dallas. No, that was a year before that. That's his second year beat on the Knicks. But how did he's the bona fide leader of the How did he do last year? Is he not? Is he not? How did he do that? Bonafi leader of the Knicks? What was what was his numbers like last year? Last year? Take a look care. So here's the thing I'm not disagreeing with you, But what I am saying is we cannot be a league that penalizes players for greatness.

And that's how I feel. You do sometimes great players for greatness. So they are penalizing because hold on here this real quick, real quick, tom, real quick, look at it from petive. Go ahead. You got kids out of the school that come there and they're always on honor row, right, so they always get the benefits. That's honor roll. But then all of a sudden, you have the one kid that's always acting up,

that did really good all third grade. Then you acknowledge him, you encourage him, you give him those moments to shine because you want him to still be a great kid in the fourth grade, and a great kid in the fifth grade, a great kid in the sixth grade. But the but these ain't kids. These has grown a man, suck it up and do what you gotta do, And they are because like he said, with people

like Lebron to step of him there good. They may not be getting awards, but they're getting the endorsements, they're getting the money, they're getting the accolades to be a part of different process. Their names are shining in another way that a person who just had one good year doesn't get. So they're still getting rewarded for averaging twenty five because think about it, Lebron averages twenty five his whole career. He will always be in a conversation and Bed may

be forgotten about in two in ten years. That's a nice hot take. But if you would have said that, but think of it, you would have said that, we would have agreed with you. Any four feet podcast, that's what it says up there. Does it get that off of them? That's Instagram thing that's tagged to ninety four feet and everything sports. Don't never call this grown man and field freaky anything in my preference again, change

to ninety four feet Instagram names. Okay, stay the ninety four free Instagram name. Email Nike with the same bro. We just called your Instagram name Isaiah. You would have line Isaiah or Gray. Look here, what tone said is one hundred percent accurate. And when you look at it from that angle, I get it. But you're talking about kids. You're supposed to encourage kids. We're talking about grown men that need to suck it up and

know they need to respect greatness. Respect because right, because yes, because like Steph Curry. Without Steph Curry, Warriors probably don't even win ten games this year, and he should have won m VP of the Finals the year they get so Steph should be right now, Steph should be in the category and he's one of the only the second player over thirty five to score sixty points. You at the bottom of the barrel, and he's at the bottom of the m v P race. You at the bottom of the barrel.

And he shouldn't be because the MVP is the most valuable player to their team. Right right now, Stephan is the most valuable player probably to their team. And Stephan, how valuable can you be when you're in tim spot under five hundred? Well? Look what how valuable can you be? Because because Bradley Bill can average twenty five at the Washington Wizards, should he if he

be two? He scored forty three last night? Should he get if he be too forty three, He's scored forty three six and like said, it was against the Washington Wizards. Relaxed. I'm just saying it was a home game. Speaking of he'll be out in the week, we'll facts, we'll talk about welcome home games and in just a minute. But but Bradley Bill has done that a couple of seasons. Steph has been doing This is a long time a couples. So should not call you fat either. The Instagram

game, Oh that's connected to the podcast. What is wrong with you today? I mean you have an argument see XD it's it's raight x D if you go shave shade it right than man? What is wrong with you today? MNA care about kill yo? What I'm gonna do that, I'm gonna I'm gonna move us along. Uh Doc Rivers, Doc Rivers. Doc Rivers, in his first week of coaching Milwaukee Bucks is off to a one and two start. Kendrick Keidrigan, like a Knicks fan, Kendrick Perkins believes the

Bucks uh needed a personnel change. A wing player for this team could take them the championship. Contention, what are your thoughts? So let's not be too hard on Doc Uh? It's been three games and then three games, I've seen more defense from these three games that I did all season under Adrian Griffin. Really quickly, I think think that is I just I just tht they didn't like griff well a couple of reasons. He just didn't seem li likeable though, did he He was not just looking at just I think he

was a guy who was fighting for respect. But his presidence didn't even say I'm in charge. That's true. No, going to the games, I've never felt his presence of he's in charge. I felt like Gianni's was in charge when I went to the games, refusing to go out, falling up the coaches played. I think that's in charge. He ain't gonna do that with Doc. He ain't gonna do that with Doc. So let me say,

let me ask you your question. Uh, let's give Doc time to get a custom I like, I wasn't a big fan of Doc as the coach. I think he'll be okay. I think we will be a better defensive team under Doc for sure, because we saw that in the game last night that we stole. They came back from twenty five. I watched that twenty five. They were standing on Dallas for a minute. They were, and so the personnel changes. We did what we do. It's like we are missing a piece. We are missing a piece. We do need to

make one more move. But you're having a whole high conversation like I'm trying to I'm listening, I'm just waiting, okay, So what is wrong with you today? It just I was after you got done talking. But since you want to do that, no, can I finish though? They Looker was on the verge of having a career night on the bunks last night, and it doesn't as much, and the Bucks stood on him enough to stop his career night because he was on fire in the first half. He was

defensively. You saw a different Bucks team. Yeah, you saw a different Bucks team last night. So I'm with him one in three and we got to get used to stually have two or two because of the win last night. Right, No, last night was Doc's first first win. That was the first win. But they were small losses three points, two points. They lost against the Trail Blaze or Damon show up for work that night, So let's not just blame the coach Damon show up. Yann didn't have great

numbers. Okay, but fifteen other but fourteen other teams lost to Portland too. Know this, we lost to the Portland you know what I'm saying. So like I just when people say, like, oh, they lost to Portland, Oh they lost to the Spurs. Question ten the other teams still lost. To answer question, yes, should they have won that game? Yes, yes, they should have. Should have, but sometimes teams have a good night. Yes, yes, question. And I watched that game.

Henderson was playing like like somebody who's seen the Milwaukee Bucks. It was like buckets, let me let me, let me, let me go off tonight. They were hit, they were hitting everything, but they were hitting threes that they didn't hit all season. Yeah, So the Bucks still need They don't have a lot of time, but we still need to trade. We do need another player in there that I don't think we can. We don't have any draft picks. That's why we don't have DeAndre Murray. We

don't have we don't have nothing from DeAndre. I'm sorry, Deontay Murray. DeAndre Murray was so the Bucks and they they can get to Middleton, they can get rid of Pat Connington, who's being linked I think before it's all said and done. I think that they're gonna pull the trigger with Atlanta. I think they're gonna get Boat, Champ Connington, probably Jay Crowder and maybe a future first round draft pick down the line. I can see. I

think they're gonna pull the trigger with Atlanta. I do you think I do well? I mean, I do the draft. I mean, I'm sorry. The trade deadline is Thursday? Yeah? Is that Thursday? Thursday? And Thursday six o'clock Thursday. But you so, I'm I'm I'm I agree because I think he to put it into context. He said wings are probably the most important position in the NBA today, and I agree with him.

So and the Bucks lack on that front, on that part right there, and it is putting us in a position where we looking at I'm gonna say a first round but maybe a second round bounce. But I think because I think the Bucks got something up their sleep, because we had no idea they was going to get Dame. Come on, now, let's be let's be one hundred. Even though we heard it, we heard about all the Dame

talk. We we thought Dame was going everywhere but here. So if the Bucks can pull that off, I got a feeling they're going to pull off something, but we before the trade deadline. We can get another strong wing in unless we tradeing away first round draft picks from twenty the twenty thirty draft. I don't think anybody would even going to go that far because we didn

twenty seven, twenty eight. I don't know we went twenty five. Them draft picks is gone first round twenty five to twenty eight, twenty five to twenty eight. Them draft picks is done. We don't need them. But still because we still got Yannis for at least four years. What I'm saying is, usually those are things we can Hey, y'all want this draft pick. Because we don't have those draft PEPs, we'd have nothing to trade for the next unless it's players the next the next first round draft pick that the

Bucks have. Drum roll, there are drum roll on there. It's gonna miss because I was wrong he had had that. Jo don't have that twenty twenty eight. Like I said, twenty eight. That's a long time though, bro. But to Keisi's point, yan Is just resigned a four year deal. Yeah, we got we got Jannison Day for the next three four years. So we're good for so your what draft picks? Draft picks were good and I'm to trade there. Put their trade there, you put them

in trades. Think about this, because people want they want first round draft, they don't want third, they don't want second. Think about on the first round draft. But the league is built on win now. The league isn't built on drafts. Think about it. Think about it though. The only team that that in the in the last ten years that had built on draft with the Warriors, and okay see, okay, see okay see and okay see every other team they're built off of They're built off of win now.

Rosters that that build a team off the draft is kind of out the door. The only team that's working on that right now is the Spurs. And how is that going for How is that going for them? We'll see in two year. We'll see in two years. You know who else they're calling a snub? Why since you brought it up, they're calling Victor wy i'mah. They say he should have made the ten games games better? Not

They better not substitute him in for nobody. They better not substitute him for nobody doing the first player to play the rookie game, and they're doing that for money. If he does, it's money going. His numbers right now are better than Rudy go Beart's numbers, everybody's every every since block. Yes, he has more blocks than ry Bear right now. Seven better. So is the problem. I'm saying, he don't even have to jump and he can block shots like the hair. I see him do it. You see

you see the idea. Honest, you did. But I'm saying that to say. I'm saying that to say, man, I am willing to sacrifice a twenty twenty eight drive pick if it means we get Murray. I'm willing to let go of Middleton. They won't. I'm willing to let go of boat Champ if it means we get Murray. But here's oh, now you is for Murray. You was giving them away for the Alabama trash. Okay, But here's the thing that concerns me about his straight No, I want to get rid of. I don't want to. I don't want to get

rid of. I want to say that. I mean, let me take that back. I just feel like he has uh his time as women passed window. I'll say I'll get it Okay, So here's what I'm saying. Here's why I'm changing it. But here's why I'm concerned about it. Because Murray is having a breakout season. We're only had, We're only excited because of this season. Last year he did Okay, Atlanta Payne improved, Atlanta paid him because who else they were they going to get because people aren't running

to Atlanta either. So giving up all this for Murray, to me, is a stretch. I rather negotiate. He's young. I rather negotiate with Jimmy Butler and get him over here. Really for when now, I don't know that Murray's because Murray's defense is suspect to Murray is solid on d He is than Chris, not better than Chris. Yes, no, yes, no, yes no, I'm gonna tell you why. Defensively, his is bad. His knees is bad, and it shows on the defensive level.

Murray is way better than him on defense. Not really, yes, he is, He's very Watching Burry Murray doesn't play a lot of defense. He's better on the defensive end, and he is an offensive end. He averages twenty. He just got there. Though he's better on the defensive end. Watch him play. He's better on the defensive end, and he is in the officsive fand and he's a tall, lanky guard who can play wing a little bit. He's an undersized guard. He's only six three. He's about

six four six five three. You sure he's about Steph. Hepe him and Steph about the same height. Murray, I'm talk about Murray from Atlanta, not Murray in Denver. I know what Murray? Are you talking about? The John T. Murray. We gotta give it to KESI for the name pronunciations pretty good at that. Thanks man, You're welcome. That was a true compliment. That was But you you thought about throwing say something. No, I'm looking on here, and I was finna say something I wasn't.

Wasn't that Oh okay, I just feel like, uh but yeah, like I said, I just feel like we do need a wing. We do we do need something else. Because and then to me, for Doc to have a winning I expect us to lose a Denver beyinest I sprobably was close. Uh for us to lose to Portland, I was disappointed in that. And then we'd beat we had to do a comeback win against Dallas, which isn't impressive either. I need an impressive win from from Doc, and we

would have beat Denver. That would have been an impressive win. I needed we almost did, I know, That's what I said. I'm surprised he was as close as it was, but I still want to see a impressive win from Doc. So remember what I told you a couple of weeks ago, when everybody was like, y'all fired Griffin prematurely, I said, no, the Bucks have the hardest schedule of the NBA right now in the second half of the season. This is what's coming up. The Bucks play Utah

today. That should be a dub. They played Phoenix, that's a lot. They played Dallas, they played Charlotte that should be a win. They have New Orleans again, they have Miami. Win both those games, well Miami too, I'm sorry, not New Orleans Denver again. They have Denver, Denry, Milwaukee. They have Denver and Milwaukee, they have Miami. So the next one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight games, the Bucks could go four and four because Phoenix Phoenix

is lost, are possible, Denver possible. Miami matches up with us. Well, and you know, you and I both know that as much as we should be Charlotte. They always come and dog us. The last game we all went to against Charlotte, Charlotte had eighty points and going into the second quartering to the third quarter. I think they did because we left early because we were getting smacked. We're getting smacked. So I looked it up and Atlanta has a few trade options for the Bucks with what they have with

their salary, with draft picks and all that. The first one would be a trade for guard Chris Dunn for Bowl champion Portland's twenty twenty fourth no second round pick, no pass, so just say pass or take past. The second one is will be the Atlanta one for the Johnte Murray for Bobby Porters pat Connaton bowchamp, Portland's twenty twenty four pick and Milwaukee's twenty twenty seven second round pick. That's a lot for one player. That's a lot for John

John Jay right. The next one would be Grant Williams from Dallas for Bobby Porter's past past. That's that's that'd be stupid. Yeah, fad, Bobby's untouchable. I don't think Bobby's untouchable this well, Washington Wizards guard the line right for Pat Connaton, I'll take it. I'll take it, I'll take it. You like the line right, I'll tell you here's why you don't. Because Pat knows the system. They're both at the same age though.

Yeah, the line is not a player to take a risk on. It's not a player risk him for something that's already have a lot of options what it looks like. Per the Atlantic, their best trade piece is Marjohn Bauchamp because people don't want to take a risk on Middleton and them knees, and they've also seen some potential in Bowl Champ, so teams will take a Bowl Champ trade. But me for the bucks, I need a little bit more than what people trying to offer for bow Champ. Agreed, because bow Champ

is really not as bad as people think. I'm not saying he bad, I'm just saying there's no every time that Bowl CHAMPI has had an opportunity to prove himself, he doesn't. And so you have to look at that and be like, because because he hasn't picked up that alpha alpha mentality, well, how long are we gonna wait? How long did it taken to pick up that alpha the mentality he gotten better every year, his bow champ gotten better. If you don't get enough clock, he's a reason for that because

it was a g and Griffin Faud. He was in and out of the rotation. It was games. He played great. He got a week, He got a week before the trade dead like he got a week or he's out here he didn't even play last night, well because he been bawling the G League. Congratulations, he's over there balling. So here's what you should take away from this, America. Don't ever come and work for Zeke and not be prepared because you get y'all cut throats, no development time, bro,

how long bro Bud didn't give him a chance? How long him break out like Ganas? You gotta invest the time? What play? If you think Giannis wasn't improving like crazy, he would have gave him opportunity. Yannis played four or five, he was improving. Bow championshippro he scored sixty. Contract is up next year, trip bro. Let me ask you this question, because y're on the boat champion train. If we resign him, how much you're trying to resign him for? Not too much? Not too much?

You can I'm asking you because he had a restricted deal. The number the bucks can give him a three year sixty sixty you drinking some good? Wasn't that fear of? But then I'm saying, like, that's the most he can get. They'll give him three d teams have to give him three year sixty three years twenty three. You did better than me because I was gonna say three years eighteen. I'm sorry, eight a year me. I would give him three years thirty three. You give him ten. You're giving

him eleven million dollars a year. Do you see what eleven million dollars get you this year? Now today? Have you seen what eleven million dollars get you this time? That is a personal issue. They had nothing to do with us. You got you gotta base it off being your money better. You gotta spake your money better. You gotta get it. You gotta go off. I'm just saying you gotta go based off of the NBA caliber. Now, like ten million dollars is like the bottom of the barrel, now

closed, but still that's a lot. Ten million is the bottom of the barrel, and boats happing not at the bottom of the barrel. Bro He almost there? No, Okay, let me ask this question. I need to see it. Let me see. Let me see what his stats. No players who make ten million dollars a year, so we can see really quickly. This is just because we got the time. Lebron James has did some something this week that was very cryptic. He put a time what was it? What is the thing called a time? No a saying, uh,

a hour glass. That's his call. Is he put an hour glass and uh, he put it on Twitter. He you know, I know you know about this, so he put it. I know Kesey know about this. He probably next to when you texted. But anyway, so he put it on Twitter or whatever. And then when he uh, when he was when he asked when he was asked about it, he didn't say he decided he wanted to comment on it. Word on the street is he's been linked to uh the Knicks, Lebron James. But he also put it tell

the whole story. He also put a tweet out there that said been there done. That was the talking about the Lakers, was about the he's about the Knicks. Sure. The latest thing that's aded is he was wearing that Knicks towel yesterday. According to other sources, he was wearing the Knicks towel yesterday. According to other sources, is they're linking him back to Cleveland.

Now, now you all were on some dope. They're they're linking him back to Cleveland because many people believe that that's the only way that money will play. Because they're predicting that Brian's gonna go undrafted. He definitely was going undrafted with five five points a game. Yeah, he's definitely going five five too and two are you ready to say it? Now? Trash? He's getting undrafted just because of his numbers. But is he trash? He's not trash.

He's not. He's not a caliber NBA player and drag, I'm tired of your sugarcoating. Is trash? Oh he's not. He's not ready for the NBA. But he's still a good player. He's trash, Okay, he needs to stay in college. So the range playoff that you might that you might know Larry As Junior makes ten million dollars a year. Who Larry Nance Junior. He's a big athletic guard. He's not an athletic guard. I'm sorry. He's athletic for it, I'm sorry. Motifs Talibut who he

used to be with Philly. Remember the fact that you said he used to be next gave Vincent, I get it, gave Vincent, gave Vincent deserving for us the bucket. Joe who gave Vincent used to play for US? He now plays for the Spurs. He never did. He used to play for He used to play for Miami and now he played for the Laker. He played for US during our championship ride. Did not? Yes? He did? He played against US when they just swept us. Who who? Who? Right? Go ahead, go ahead? Look the money be it

out there. Don't think that. Don't you know that money be out there so he can lose that money really quickly. Uh go ahead, LaMelo ball you career is over. He's made ten million. But guess what his salary go to next year? What five hundred thousand, thirty five million, LaMelo, that's what this new contract kick in his hookie contract. All bo champing him is all of it. I'm just saying players just in that, Okay, Joe Ingless deserve every since these dudes and left Milwaukee. PJ Tucker,

i'pe PJ get bought out so he can come make Milwaukee. That's what I really want, Nicholas platoon. You guys all right, I mistake Gabe gave Vincent for one of the who was the shooter that played for us? Talking about Javon Carter not light skinned yellow dude. I thought that was game from San Antonio. Yeah, he was getting he had one good game Forbes, Ry Ryan for the Light Scandis Forbes Forbes, Brian Words Championship Roster gives he had one, yeah, one hot game when he was getting he was getting

buckets on their that was it. You got buckets. Come on. So to Kisi's point, bar John can get ten a year, I give him ten a year. I don't think the Bucks three years. I think the Bucks give him an eight year, three year twenty four minute. If he's getting ten me a year, that means two years. I was saying. I was saying he was worth because nobody because here's the thing, here's why the Bucks have to start high, because someone's gonna offer bow Champ more.

Because that's why I said. But that's why why I said he would get a three year, three year sixty. He might played three year thirty Yeah from somebody else? Could you think of it like this Colin Sachs, the Colin Sexton makes twenty million dollars a year. Is he in that same boat? He's bow Champ, He's slightly better than bow Champs, slightly or slightly and he's valuable. He's valuable. Duncan Robinson definitely valuable. And he's up

this game a little bit this year. This year he's back. He's back because we were talking. They were talking about why is he getting his money or they were some of him highway robbery, but he got it, uh really quickly. Uh, this is a quick question. Tone. Lebron James joined the Knicks. You're back a Knicks fan. Yeah, you know what to thank you for keeping one hund. Thank you for keeping it one hund. I thought you gonna be like, no, man, I'm not bandwagon

jumping. I'm still a Lebron James said. No matter where you go, Cleveland, Miami, Lakers, I never said I was a Laker fan. How old did you see me wear anything Lakers? Well, you do have another Lebron jersey, Lebron who name is on the back of the jersey? I forgot you got Lakers. I don't like that it was on sale that just means you cheat me. I just I don't like that. I don't know about that. I don't know. I'm saying I don't know about that.

You got your Warriors jersey never it was an authentic jersey. You wouldn't believe how much it was. I don't. I don't own eighty nine. I don't own one, and y'all should know this from the Beat Gone Bad. I own one basketball, but the Bucks. We were in Vegas shopping at the hat store. You can that's cool. He never lets anything got go thank you to thank you. We were shopping in the Vegas lid store and there was a Golden State Warriors hat that matched my sneakers and it was

a basketball hat. And I said, man, I can't buy this. It's a basketball hat. Okay, there's two two laws here of sports. When you're a basketball fan, you only wear your team's hat. When you're a law, When you're a yes, when you're how many? How many Milwaukee Bucks hats have you seen? Between me and Kesey at least forty they had this competition. I don't think p could be Casey, bring all of your Bucks hatch to lay them on the table when I bring all mind.

I'm not doing that. Just what I'm going to bring all mind, just so we can see what we what I have. I want to do this one I did. Did you know this one? I only like that one. That's okay, but I love it. Remember I bought this in the middle of the game and we were wearing the matching hats. So so football, it's a little too old for this. Thank you, Thank you well. I was just avoiding Zeke's Zeke making jokes because I know you had it was no, no, I didn't say nothing. You pointed it out.

I was like, I was like, oh damn, y'all I left. I was like, oh, I know, but so it would it have to the arena. But whenever I go to the Bucks, came to y'all have fell with me every time. I always buy a Bucks hat every time. So anyway, y'all in competition when you're we're not Keasey knew about the competition, and so you would buy and hat when you're in an NFL game, when you're an NFL fan, you only wear your team hats. Right, I'll be wearing whatever man only sport that you can hat jump from and

be a bandwagoner is baseball. You know what, I don't give it to you a lot. I'm gonna give you that. I get that. Appreciate that. You know, I give you that. Appreciate that. Let me get that because I'm like, you know what, you know they have really cool as. I'm gonna give you that. I gonna get that. Get it. So did stop wearing so so stop wing wearing baseball. You wear a white they wear a white Sox hat or I'm sorry, you can't wear

Cubs hat. That's the that's the big the Cubs and the Brewers rivalry. No I would say this. I don't do Cubs. I do Cubs, other baseball, caps hockey hats. Shout out to Milwaukee Admirals twelve straight wins. I'm telling y'all, hockey is not a bad sport. We never said it was a black said the basket wat We say it wasn't a black sport. I'm just saying the games actually be slamming though, especially if you close. So it just be y'all two there, I take Presston, so just

be would you like to go Friday night? Which is just be all three there? People know his brother was there that same night, so it'd just beuld be a lot of multi racial couples. I bet it was. Oh I bet it was. Oh I tell you tickets. We should all go Friday. You should go. It's it's really fun. And then if you get fights, Oh my god, Broy. Now it's black history, monk. That's something you could take. Something's something you can take your lady to.

Because it's black. It's chill. It's black history. At the same time, it's Black History Month. Bro. Your quarterback is Dak Prescott what you were talking about. He's multiracial, okay, quarterback. So what does black history mouff have to do with hockey? That's facts, your corporate black black you know, you know Jordan today. The opinions of those spoken out though. But this has been another episode of ninety four free podcasts. Like

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