Celtics vs Bucks, Lakers Playoff Odds, Mavs Issues ft. Paul Pierce & DeMarcus Cousins | WHATS BURNIN

I'm full damn mode now. So I've been enjoying that. This is the first time in my career where I've had the opportunity to just be at home watching my kids grow, drop them off at school, pick them up. So, um, I've embraced that role in it. You know, it's really been dope for me. Um. And uh, you know, just trying to stick to my same basketball skills, you know, lived and you know, playing some type of you know, five on five daily just to keep my motor running

and being a game shape. So just trying to maintain all that and be what my name is called. This man is still in his early thirties. I think you have done so much in this league people forget that. But does your body feel I mean, you haven't been taken the pounding you did during a regular season, so how do you feel in terms of what you still have to give? And I feel great. I got a lot left in the tank. I'm one percent healthy. I've taken about four years also thirty two, but I'm really

about you know, I'm a couple of years young. I'm really twenty nine. All right, we'll give you that. Paul likes to say he's twenty nine two, but he's not. He is never oh, never grow over. Well, I'm glad we have you here, while we have you here with the full expectation you'll be catching on somewhere at some point and you'll just do this from the road, so it'll be fine, like Draymond and c. J McCollums, So

it'll be all good. I do want to talk about one of your former teams to start, and y'all were arguing about this before the cameras even started rolling, which tells you how real this discussion is. All right, the Bucks have won fourteen games in a row as we all sit here. The Celtics they did lose on Monday, so that actually put Milwaukee into first place. But god, this is like as close as it can beat when

you compare these two teams championship chances. I want to break down their starting five for you guys, So we put the fives up here in the studio. Let's just start with Boogie. Who's the best player on the court when these when these ten guys are on the court. We'll show him up on the screen too. When you get these ten guys in the court, who's the best player in the courts? Do you think that's true for sure? I mean, then Yanna's the best player in the league. Okay, yeah,

no doubt about it. He's the best. Burns was in here the other day. I believe he said he thought Jason was better. I mean, just the way Janni's affected Gay. I mean, you know, I'm myself, I foul love the self. I mean honestly, you know, honest as a two time MVP, he's in his prime. He dominates both ends of the court. I mean, nobody is doing the things he's doing on both levels, on both sides of the ball equally like him. So I'll give him the edge, all right, So Jhanna's

number one. Jason Tatum number two. We can all agree who's the third best player on the court, best player, Let not go there. Drew honestly think it's n I told you, I told you. Yeah, I'm going with Drew Holliday. Third best player on the floor, Drew Holiday. Question the things I mean you play Drew. He hasn't been my teammates, so I know from experience on one note, but the things that this guy does on the court go unnoticed. Like obviously we have a defensive Player of the Year,

Marcus Smart. But that's cool. But for me, it's like levels and once you play these guys on a personal level, you know, like man, I got Drew Holiday in front of me today, or I got you know, a certain guy. Drew Holiday is that type of guy where it may not show up on the stas sheet, it may not show up in the highlights, but you know you had a long light in front of So if you if you okay, Marcus murders on me versus Drew Holiday is on me. Drew Holiday is the one that worries you

attacking and I'm not. And that's not taking any shots at Marcus smokes the league Smarts. You're kind of guy. So I know that you're not taking any shots at him. He's just not Drew Holiday on the defensive. I mean, I respect Drew, no doubt about it. I played against Drew and and you know, I just like his mcgame is mature. Even at this stage his career is still making. He makes the All Star Game, and the third best player is Jalen Brown. I mean he's younger, athletic, he's

entering his prime. Uh No, he's not a champion like Drew, and he hasn't been in those moments. So I get why you know, Boogie has say that because of the moments that Drew has been in in the competition, and he has a respect around the league. I know that Drew. Everybody, every guard say, you know, from guys like Chris Paul, Damon Litterard, they all respect Drew. But I'm going with the younger up and coming All Star Jayden Brown. So

that's a that's an advantage right there. They got the third best player on the court when they match up, all right, Well, he thinks that they had. Bookie thinks that the Bucks have the first and third best player in the court. You're saying that the second the Celtics. I think they have the first and fourth, which makes this a great match up, you know what I'm saying. All Right, so you I'm sure, I'm sure, Book you put Jalen Brown right after Drew, Right, Okay, So now

let's go to the other guys on the court. You've got Al Horford, Robert Williams for the Celtics, right, yeah, okay, for the Bucks. I'm waiting to see you. All right, So look all right, look, so when you talk about Brook Lopez Black Robert Williams, Yeah, Brook Lopez, Yeah, he is the better player, but Robert Williams can defend him. Like is he a better offensive player? Yeah, but Robert Williams can defend him. You know who, that guy, Horford can defend him. You know, brook Brook is nice, you

know who I know is nice. But they got defenders for him, like he's not gonna dominate. I was going to say that they got they got our Horford the defender, Robert Williams the shop blocker. They got both. See what I'm saying, that's for sure, shopping. Yeah, our Horford is a defender. I don't know it's our Horford going Brook lopezers Horford going nice. They gonna you know how they mix it up. Yeah, it's not a mixed up. That mixed can change. Cain't nobody really guard dude, but you

can't trust it. But Harford gonna give more physicality. Henna, he ain't gonna just run through him. And then when he go by our Harford go through him. He gonna go through and then and then Robert gonna be there to beat that up. No, because brook Lopez is out there spreading the floor shooting forty from the from the that's where it gets tricky. Yeah, that's where then we're gonna have to go with Grant Williams. Then we're gonna

have to go yo, yo. That's not gonna work against jan and Bok can't nobody, can't nobody guard yall that. So let's just say, let's just say nobody guard Yanna. We're gonna give him his thirty five. Okay, we can't let him get eighteen. No, he will give you twenty. Now, we can't let that out the season. The season, Brook Lopez set, let's go, look, where is Chris Middleton in this discussion? By we haven't got there yet. Really, you

think that all the guys you've talked about. Chris Middleton is underneath on the list of best players on the floor, the fifth best player. And the reason I'm saying I can say that confidently in the reason why it's, you know, Chris Bottle some energies. Yeah, he's gonna be a very very important piece once the playffs twenty plus games to get his rhythm. Yeah, once that that puzzles. An equation changes one. I'm leaning towards Milwaukee, taking this out of

the e. But this the thing grays and nowan. Now what you're gonna do with him? How you gonna have gonna do his job? How you gonna hide him? Hire him, hide? Played with grace. You're gonna hide him? You don't what you don't You're gonna have to hide? You gonna do it? Who're gonna guard? Who he guard? Marcus Smart? All right, pick and roll a Farcus comes at this pick I got tay, Okay, switch you know how that side of that game worked. Man, he's a lot. Were waiting for

the size. They're gonna be a lot. He's gonna be a liability. They're gonna have to find somebody who can these athletic six seven wins out here, he gonna he gonna be a liability and the show when they when they played last year with the game seven, he caught some of that forty piece that Tatum game. All right, So if we get that again, no disrespect to Philadelphia, but if we get in Eastern Conference finals, Buck Celtics, who wins? I think whoever go no, no, no no, no,

who wins? Paul Pierce? I mean, I think, no, no, no, this is this is this is styles make fights. You know what I'm saying. Yes, whoever got the home court advantage is gonna win. You really think that that's that deal? Yeah, that's huge, that's agree. That is huge series. Okay, so you think the Bucks. I think the Bucks are taking I think we got our swag versus them last year. I think it was a doubt before that year because

they put them out the playoffs. That gave you that confidence though, like you know when you walk in the gym like we know we can you know you know you know like when you when you match matter, it's the same players. Man, think about this, when you when you played and you knew who was guarding, you knew you gave him buckets, right, I don't think they got better from last year? Who subings? I mean the numbers are better, what Malcolm broad Yeah? Personnel wise, they are

big benches. The benches improved as well. With your two star guys, have they gotten better? Yeah, Jason TAM's averaging thirty Yeah, the number their numbers have gone. Have they gotten better with making people around them? That which has always been the problem? Yeah, guys, gonna be you're talking about you're talking about it, but who you want? What you want? Two star players better from last year with getting others involved in making them better. It's not about

making them better. The team is better because they got the best record the league, regular season, in playoffs. Two different stories. All right, Well, what I like about this argument is that we're going to get to see I can't wait to see the regular season. We're going to get to Milwaukee. We got a bet. Okay, all right, So what's the Milwaukee Celtics bet? What do you got dinner? All right? So the three of us are going to dinner and one of you is paying. Do you see?

How do you see how I did that? That was fantastic And that's a vet move right there. I get your take on Dallas as well, you guys, because the Mavericks choked away that twenty seven point lead a few days ago. Look, sometimes teams have bad nights, right, I wouldn't be talking about this days later except head coach Jason Kidd, and I want to quote him exactly. This is how he put it. He said, there's a deeper issue.

The team needs to grow up, was his quote. He also noted that players are too busy arguing calls sometimes while they're running back up the floor that you see the shoulder slump when they don't think that they got the right call, that kind of thing. Luca, of course, has been criticized for this in the past. Luca was asked about it after the game about what Jason said.

Luca said, well, I don't disagree with him, and I don't know how they're going to eventually end up with Kyrie, But right now, Luca and Kyrie together when they player one in three. So that's sort of the Dallas situation. Paul, if you heard your coach in public say this team needs to grow up, you're a leader in your locker room, what would your reaction have been. I mean, obviously that's

a shot at Luca. I mean, but he knows that he's told this to Luca, because you don't, Luca got to understand that as a leader of the team, that's gonna filter down to the other players, you know what I'm saying, And so he doing it all the time. Other players feel like they and do it. I mean, I think as far as the team goes, I think they just need more time together to figure out the chemistry.

You know, I'm not really worried about that earlier. You I mean, of course you say Kyrie and Luka, You're like, oh damn that that's gonna be lit. But their defense is what they need to figure They can just turn the defense around. They got to figure out how out

of score people. That's just where they gotta be. Okay. So, but if you if you're a Luca and you have been in that position on a team, and you hear that, because you're right, Jason Kidd by the way he's been around the way he does not say that publicly, if he has not said it privately, a bunch, right, You hear that publicly, you get angry, Do you get hurt? Do you get determined? Do you get what? Do you get? You respected it's coming from Jay Kidd Championship guard. Always

you respect, and what about arguing with the officials? Mister demarcan gonna get into that territory. I mean you've obviously, look, I covered you your whole career. You have had all kinds of there's different kinds of run ins you've had with referees, but this specific way of where you feel you are not on the court getting the calls. And I've seen you You've done some of that sometimes with your shoulders slump and you're just you know, you're still

arguing as you go up the court. So what advice do you have for Luca if you feel like because Luca legit I've talked to Luca about this, He legit feels he is not getting the calls he should get and I can, I can relate. And with that being said, it's it's just really got to get to a point where you eventually just get over because it's gonna happen.

It's gonna every game they're gonna miss called right. And as a player, I know how it is on both sides because it's like a ship is frustrating the tail. I was having this conversation earlier. It's where it's like somebody is telling you to let somebody punch in the face ten times and you should just ignore it. Is that what it feels like? It does like that, just ignore it? Right? Well, this is happening every day, right

at what point am I? You know? So? But that being said, finding a way to get over it and keeping the main going a mind, which is winning the game. And the only way you can win the game is when you're best player. It's locked. But I will say this, it becomes an issue when you lose. When you're winning, nobody is talking about that, right you know what I'm saying, fact like that's but it contributes to losing. Yeah, But like I mean, you know I see Lebron always at

the refs. Yeah, you know, he's a winner, So nobody really say nothing about Len doing that a lot. So you know, when you in a position where you have a one yet or you're you're losing games, then it gets magnified. We all know that, right Well, I mean, look, they're still gonna be one of the most interesting teams

to watch down the stretch. I don't think Dallas is a finished product like the like think think I think they found the two core guys in Luke and Kyle and that this and for the next two years they're going to be trying to build a championship contender. Right, This isn't a finished product. This is the discussion we're going to have in a couple of months is can they keep Kyrie Irving? But that's a discussion for another day, my friend. That's why you subscribe to the Watts Burning podcast.

It's like Lakers, you know, I'm thinking Phoenix, let's go back to the East because they do want to hit the Hawks. Nate McMillan has moved on. They have moved on from Nate McMillan, and they have hired Quinn Snyder. Quinn, as we know, let the Jazz six straight playoff appearances, Atlanta's thirty one and thirty. They sit at eighth in the East. If you're Quinn Snyder and you're coming in, is there anything in particular that you think, Okay, I'm gonna change this and this will help us at least

somewhat this year. Well, I mean, Quinn has got to adapt to his stars, Okay, you know, like that's how the league is. I saw it was always gonna be you gotta coach predicated on how your stars play. So it's okay, we're gonna get the ball to Jonathan Murray and Trey Young and let him go. Right now, it's too late in the season to put a whole new system. You're gonna put some wrinkles and things, yeah, and stuff,

and maybe some things you can do defensively. But sometimes a new coach, you know, to write was on the wall up for late McMillan, because when Trey Young, when your star player is like sitting down, he quitting all you and doing all this stuff, sometimes that new coach bring a breath of fresh air and they look like a better team actually, as I've seen the last couple of games, and so sometimes that helps, and I think

they will be better. I think quinnill come in and you know, pig it back off with Paul said, obviously this year it is what it is. They'll finish out however they finish out. But I do feel like it would be a system put in place, a system that that's positive for everybody involved the whole start in five, I think the biggest thing for them and what kind of changed for them being a good and bad team is. I felt like they kind of lost the big fella

in John Collins. He's been in trade rumors every year. We as players know what that's like. It can it can bother you confidence, it can it can bother your rhythm, it can put you in the fund. And me personally, I am a fan of a big fella. I think he's very talent, and I think he's an important piece to them, you know, getting over that hunt to becoming

becoming that winning team. So I think Quinna do a good job with, you know, finding the place for him within that offense because obviously you're two heads of a snake or Trey Young and John Murray, so fixing that corps. I think they're being the right path. I mean, there's a lot, I think left to leak out from Atlanta. There's a story someone's gonna tell in a year or two about everything that went on in that locker room over the last year or so. Nick mc millan super

respected coach around the league. But what is it like when you don't get along with the coach or there's more getting behind the scenes than people know. Man, this is a players league, right, you got It's a new age it's a new day. These new stars, they ain't playing. If you ain't getting along with your star player, you out of there, Because I mean, who's selling the tickets ain't the coach. Who's selling the jersey, who're making the

All Star games, It ain't the coach. And so that's the most important thing, having that relationship with your star players. And when that's when I started crump, and I've seen it over so many years of being in the league, And when you don't get that relationship with your star players, then you might as well put one foot out the door because it's coming, that access coming, and you know,

whatever whatever was going on between them. Shoot, once I saw that writing on the wall when he didn't step out there in that game, when that practice, I was like so over for him. Yeah, he didn't come. Trade did not come to the introductory press conference. R quinn Snyder. I don't know. At some point are we reading too much into too much? I mean he might have, you know, been taking care of his kids or something. I adam no idea, so they don't have to come to that.

We'll see. We'll see um all right here in La closer to home. Just when things look like they were getting better for the Los Angeles Lakers. Oh, Man, Lebron is out indefinitely with a foot injury. And look, I know Lebron's injury was a heartbreak moment for a lot of Lakers fans. But the man is thirty eight years old, and while he is clearly still near the top of his game setting record, thirty eight year olds are not as durable as twenty eight year olds. And I want

to throw you guys some numbers. Over Lebron's first fifteen seasons, he missed seventy one games total. In the last five seasons with the Lakers, he's missed ninety eight games and counting, of course, because we got these games coming up. So, Boggie, you're only thirty two, but you've dealt with a lot of injury issues. Paul, you're very old and you retired when you were thirty nine, so you went through this

a little bit of what Lebron is going out. What is it like for both of you guys when you are used to your body being durable and that it's not anymore. Man, it's a reality check. Yeah, sure, because you know you can go through consistently for years and kind of developed his mindset that you you know you're invincible until you experienced that at first. Heartbreaking is like I said, the reality kicks in. But that's still separate from the guy we're talking about, Like he he's the

prime example of longevity. Yeah, and I mean with all greatness, you know, it comes to an end eventually. And you know, I hate to say it, but this guy is thirty eight. He's been around the league for twenty years, and you know his end is coming in. So this is just a product of you know, his end and come. Yeah. I mean it's tough that I remember at thirty eight, it was just tough for me getting off the bed. I used to have to put shoes on just to go to the bathroom. What does it mean, I'm sorry,

I'm clearly missing something. What does that mean you have to put shoes on the PLANTI fasciitis. Tell me they were at least slides, real tennis shoe serious air force ones right there next to the bed. Are you serious? I'm dead serious. It was a couple of years I had to put right next to the bed just to gout, just to walk ten steps to the bathroom barefoot. It's the same way for me with achilles can walk sneakers in the house. Yeah, I couldn't walk floors with my

feet were too sensitive for the floors. Yeah. See these things I didn't know because I am five foot four, and we'll never have these problems. M No. I mean the reason why I'm asking a little bit about this is that we have this image. To your point, we have this image about Lebron is sort of just kind of undestructible, right, I mean he even has ad campaigns where it's like Lebron versus Father Time and Lebron wins

like all that stuff. I think you have to be realistic, like here's a little here's a fancy graphic that Nate Bronson, our producer, like, you have to be realistic about where how many games Lebron can play a season now, right, I mean, it's it's it is what it is. I think too, this is the time where they like, look, Lebron wants to play for championships. Yes, and he pushed himself. He played through this injury that we've been hearing about. Yes, you know, all the way through and he's at the

point he passed the Korean record. I know that was an important thing for him. So he pushed through those injuries, and it's like at the point in the season to where he like, you know what, I'm not good with just fighting just to make the play in game or the playoffs. You know, I'm not gonna put my body through this because he's looking down the road now. So let's just say he played through it and they make

the play and he's not playing for that. So he's like, you know what, I'm gonna get my body all the way hill. There's no need for me to push through this just to make the play in. We're not a championship team. I see. I'm gonna disagree with you. I think he thinks if they can get into the play in and he's playing, he thinks they can beat anyone that is. I mean, I've heard him say it. I

mean you you worked out for that team recently. Do you think, Boogie, that the Lakers have the grit to first of all, keep maintaining without him and then whenever he does come back, if they get't get into the play in gat do they have the grit without Lebron? I don't think no. I don't think so. I think he's the engine to that team, which is crazy to say because he's literally the holdest gun team. But do

they have the grid? I don't think they do. We saw Anthony have a step up earlier in the season on Lebron speaking about town. I know your words. Great, it was grit. Isn't something that I see from that Laker team? All right? Well another about Lebron? All right, well it's another topic we'll shell for a future What's Burning episode is if they don't make the playoffs. To your point about he's playing for championships, just this effects Lebron in LA. We'll talk about that down the road too.

Time for on the Raidar presented by Draft Kings Sports Books. See, there's so much ahead for us on What's burn and you just got to hang out every week with us UM Pacific Division. Let's talk about them because hottest in the NBA, right Sons, Kings, Clippers, Warriors, and yes, the Lakers. Every single team could possibly make some noise in the playoffs depending on Lebron's injury. Here are the Draft Kings odds and which one of those teams is going to

end up with the best record. Right now, the Kings have a three game lead over the Suns. But of course Phoenix is just adding KD guys. So right now draft Kings has the Sun is the favorite to win the division and the King's next. I'm going with a sack they for real. I'm telling a young kid, Fox, it's a bonus. They ain't playing if you're going to cycle on the back to back them young boys. By Jim,

I'm telling you, I like to see. At first, you know, it took a while, but night, I'm I'm convinced that, like Sacramento is a tough team and they they've been showing it consistently all year, and Mike Brown has really done a great job, tremendous job. What do you think of your old team? Uh, I think they're super talented. UM, young team, full of energy, full of excitement. You can tell they enjoy playing with one another. You can tell

they have fun. UM. As far as them being topping the division, I could see that happening because it is regular season. UM, basically a regular season. The way you win regular season is consistency and playing hard. Right, whatever team does that, they're going to be the top of it the conference. But um, in health obviously, but those three things they've done all year and I think they'll continue to do that. So I could see the King's coming out on the top of that division. You were

attached to Sacramento, I mean I remember you. I mean you literally bled for that city. You bled for that team, and I think sometimes when guys move on, especially if there's any controversy, that people forget that a little bit. I mean, you played your heart out for those fans. So to see that team now doing well, to see the light, the beam and the excitement and all of that, how does they feel for you? It's dope. I'm just happy for the city and the fans because they really

deserve it. Like that's that's an incredible fan base. They literally they're the definition of like sticking through it with through thick and thins. Yeah, um, Cowboys, Coyle Bill's ringing with you know, ten wins in the seasons. Yeah, incredible fan base. They're more than deserving. Um. So I'm excited for him. I'm excited to see where this team goes as well. Be interesting. Obviously, I'm a Fox fam you know, yeah,

Monk too, that was my UK brothers. Yeah, do that, I think, I think, I mean, I know a lot of people think, oh, well, you know, look in the playoffs, we don't know. You got to be battle tested, and sometimes the team has to go first round loss to learn. But I still think that they could be dangerous in the playoffs. Released around. No, we'll see how thin the

benches shake it. Deppens, Oh yes, yes, and we've got teams at the bottom of the West bracket who could potentially turn it on for the playoffs in a way that we have not seen in a long time. So we will see. If they get Dallas, they're pop Dallas. They end up with like Golden State. I'm like, oh no, they'll pop Dallas. Yeah, Sack will yeah in his face? Can we show his famdon Luca? Nobody? So who's playing defensive side? I know one thing, Dallas is not playing Lodi.

I'm not and and and and sat can't out sport Dallas. Yeah they can't. They were gonna see we don't get back to Sacramento. Just played the second most a game where the second most points in NBA playoffs. I mean, somebody score will send me the playoffs. Yeah, it doesn't matter. We'll see, we'll see. Legendary moments brought to you by Top Shot The NBA Top Shot fifty is a list of the fifty players who define the twenty twenty two twenty twenty three season. See I said that all all

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Lowry Marken In. So, Paul, those ten players, who do you think has had the best moment highlight of the season, just just like the one moment that stands out that's easy. I mean Lebron moment. I mean he passed the score. I mean that's like, hands down, like nobody thought that record would go. And I don't think nobody's ever gonna pass Broun because he gonna push he gonna push that out to about forty thousand. So you gotta be think about this. Lebron's in his twentieth season, he averaging so

you gotta average twenty eight for twenty seasons. So Luca right now, if you compare Luca how long Lucas played so far with that same number of seasons into Lebron's career, Luca could break it, but Luca would have to play as long as Lebron he does without the health issues. Yeah, twinning, but his athletics and Broun is one of the great athletes. So when Luca think about Luke only like what twenty four, he not that athletics. So when he gets about be

like thirty, he's gonna be slower than he is. Now. When you say Luca is not athletic, it's not as athletic person. He's athletic, but he's not the athlete Bron is to maintain this for the next year, he is not the athlete. He's not gonna have to. He's gonna have a long prime. Let's say Luca prime last fourteen years, not even not even Yeah, Ron is still prime. Discipline, yeah, and the work ethic. Yeah. I don't see that. It's

more to it than just scoring basket. Yeah. He gonna have to get on hes gonna have to get off that Hookah he get we talking about. I really enjoyed his health plan earlier this season when he scored all those points and then he said he needed a recovery. Beer, I could relate to the finally a moment Luca don chat that I could relate to. Ye, So, boogie, who is your top moments? You agree that was? I agree with Lebron. That's that's a stone we'll probably never see

anytime soon. So yeah, that's definitely the highlight of the year. I can say I was in the building and just that every basket he made, the energy just went up and up and up, and it felt like it was going to explode. I mean, I say, everyone but Anthony Davis was on their feet, so I mean it was quite. It was quite a moment. We got to say to you. You You can start your NBA Top Shot collection today at NBA topshot dot com. Get closer than ever to the game and players you love. Sign up today. Right

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San Antonio has lost sixteen in a row. That's not from that's coming from upstairs. That is that women Yamba watch exactly. Well, look, this is the team David Robinson got hurt, right, they had a not good season, and you know what happened the last next year is they drafted Tim Duggans. So this is they've they've done this before. Yeah, uh, I don't have quite have that David Robinson to come back to Yeah, I don't. I don't know. I don't know.

If I sure hope you don't go to Houston. I was gonna say, so, where would you like to see him go? Because you've also got let's see him go to Charlotte's. That's gonna say so. Charlotte is an amount in a position where you've got LaMelo Ball fracturing his right ankle. He is out for the rest of the season right now. They have that right, But right now

Charlotte has the fourth worst record in the league. But you got to think that make drop a little over the last twenty five games, so they'll be in that that group that could have really good lottery odds. I don't know. You've got Charlotte Detroit, San Antonio, Houston. Where would you like to see Victor Um, we're from a fansample, Yeah, the game. I would love to see him with Charlotte. You know, ball with Anollo. I think that that that

combo would be very entertaining. But if I'm the young kid and I'm thinking about myself in this situation, I see the Spurs as far as maximizing the potential and getting the best out of the situation, I would say San Antonio because of the team or because you're playing cold culture, Uh, the track record. Like if I'm a player coming in and you know, that's one thing a lot of young guys, and you know, just fans in general, they don't understand the importance of the organization coming in.

It can make a break your career. Yeah. So with that being said, Um, from a you know, personal standpoint, I would want to see him with the Spurs. What do you think about the idea that he'd be better off what he's saying, um, But on the flip side, you know how much longer is Pop gonna be there? Is that gonna expand extend pops coaching because they get victory stay a sense that you know, Pop maybe running

to step into a different role or just retire. He's been around a long time and I see him step in the row. Yeah, maybe go upstairs like like Brass Stevens or something, or just completely He's He's got a lot of basketball in them, man. You know it's being good hands though when I'm in front office, Yeah, yeah, but uh where he gonna get the most development and the most excitement, It's gonna be sharp for development. Well,

I mean I don't excitement for well. I think they're gonna let him go a little more like lit him make the mistakes. That's true, you know what I'm saying. Like I think when you in San Antonio, Pop, it's just you gotta be just like strictly winning. It's just like you gotta be a certain way tim here. They're gonna let you, you know, do that, you know, develop over there and play through it. You know. And if he does go to Houston, whist got too many gunners

over there no discipline over there. I wouldn't want to go there if I'm him. I think that are just being circulating. Yeah, especially and if they look at this they say they bring you, they get when bing Yama and then say James Harden come over there. I just don't like the influences around that kid. If he go there, you know, I'd rather have him around m Jack that type of influence. What about Detroit, I mean, man with the young kid Kenning in. Yeah, they got they got,

they got, they need them. They gotta inflex the guards. This this is a problem, like when you go to a team with so many guys trying to prove themselves and they don't understand, like he's the future, you know what I'm saying, And they're gonna understand that in Charlotte, because it's gonna be all right. Look, it's gonna be him and ball. This is who we're gonna play. Over there. They all going for contract still and it's all them guards.

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