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know what's going on. Talk about this trade. Let's talk about the Sixers. First Sixers. Give me the trade Ben Simmons, you have I'm talking about hardening the Sixers. Now I know who they got. I didn't hear you say it. Refresh me on what the trade Ben Simmons for James Harden. That's it. No, that's not it. We got Harden goes to Philly. Yes, Brooklyn gets Ben Simmons, Seth Curry and Andre Drummond's difference and two first round picks, and Philly

getting mills Sap. Philly gets Millsap as well. All bullshit aside, Bro James is one of the best scores we've ever seen. I just want to see how it's gonna work defensively. Film obviously know defense win championships, and the Nets got way better at defense in this trade. That's why I think they won this trade, having Ben Simmons, having seth Curry, two guys that play defense that take pride in, and I think this team has definitely got better in the trade.

And when they get healthy, they're really gonna get problems. And a lot of people been talking about everything that's been going on there, but trading James getting that done, that's a lot of talk gone right there. So now they can just focus on getting his team back together. So I think Brooklyn won his trade, but I'm still interesting to see how the Philly gonna pan out. I liked the trade for both sides, to be honest with you.

It's crazy the fact that this trade even happened with with James Harden, considering he's only played he played seventy games and two years there, that big three only played what's fifteen or sixteen games together, so we never really got to see what they could have been, and I everyone thought they could have been great. You know, this might go down as one of the biggest bus in a while. I mean, because they gave up a lot

to get James Harden. You know, you think Jared Allen, who possibly could have been an All Star this year playing great for Cleveland, Caris Leverte is now in Cleveland with him, and we know what kind of player he is. Torrey and Prince is doing this thing. There may be a couple of the pieces, but they gave up a lot to get James and three first for damn three first round picks, and we never really got to see that that big three bumps. So that's crazy. But I

really like obviously the Harden and m B combo. Thibo is their defensive guy out there. Maxie is a young up and coming huh Bible real good, you know, all defensive caliber, defensive player. Um So I like what they're doing over there. I mean, that's gonna be a hell of a duel man coming downhill with James hard embiid to the versatable virtual players at their positions we have. But again I agree with you. I really like the

Brooklyn side. Outside of the two first round draft picks, you add depth with Andre Drummond, You're able to add Seth Curry someone who's battle tested, plays both sides of the ball, and one of the highest percentage by shooters we have in the game. Uh. And then Ben Simmons, you know, it is surrounded by shooters and there's no pressure on him to be a score if he doesn't want to be. So anything he has on the offensive again as far as points is gonna be a bonus.

And you know his first team all defense as long as a motherfuck you know, Katie plays defense. So this team definitely got better on defense, and I think it's definitely going to help them in the long run. Post All Star. Next up, Carris LeVert to the Calves for next to nothing. Uh. You know he reconnects with Jared Allen, this young up and coming Cleveland Cavalier team. Thoughts on that pickup. I think this kid has shown a lot of upside. He's been through a lot with injuries, uh

surgery again. Uh didn't paying out how it's post Sue in Indiana, but we all know what he can do. I think a lot of times when you got guys like this, I think I've been this guy before. I just needed a different environment. It wasn't if I could play you know what I mean, I just need a different environment, a news start. Uh He's with some he was with a young team and some familiar players. I think this is a great trade for him, and the way this team is going, he's gonna help him for sure.

How do you view the Calves Now? You know Laverte Garland, who's an All Star mobil who has been possibly Rookie of the Year, Alan a hundred million dollar man in the middle, Kevin Love has had a resurgence in his career marketing, Osmond Rondo's veteran leadership, and uh Or Coral Sexton has probably seen his last days there. But this is a very young, talented core. You know. I see them being a tough out in the playoffs and possibly even sneaking into the second round. I have to agree

with that. I mean, these is one of the teams Gary like we were. You can't really predict them because this is a new team. And get it from anywhere. You know what I'm saying. You don't know, you don't have, didn't really have identity yet. It is a whole bunch of young talented kids is out there playing basketball, playing so it's hard to prepare for that. Playing hard you

can get hit from several different weapons. Next up, porzingis, it's to d C in a packet center around Spencer dim Witty uh and Davis Burton's who's one of the best shooters in the game. In a second round pick basically didn't with his insurance in case Brunson hits through pjent Markets this summer. To me, he's the best backup point guarding the game. He's probably gonna get some real money thrown at him. So I think that's what Din what he was for Breton at um some definitely shooting.

They need solid move for Dallas, so they do you feel like this is gonna help them do whatever they're trying to accomplish in the Western Conference. Porzingis, like I did that, huh. Porzingis he just can't get right ball. I mean, you just can't get right And I don't mean he got the body, got the game, you know, just expectations. Know, he just can't stay healthy. But at the same time, he's been in situations to actually produce.

You know, especially in Dallas. They gave him a chance, even though we know Rick car Ill said he wasn't a guy. You know what I'm saying they still gave me a chance this year. But I think some kind of way he got to start thinking himself about now a year or two. If he keep going away, he's gonna't gonna be out the league. And it was smarter Dallas to make room to get money for Brunson because he deserves a big contract. He's a big part of

that team. And I think if if, when it comes down to I think Luca gonna stand up for him. That's that's that's a great backup. That's a great sidekick to have. You know what I mean, you're a dog and he's his basketball. I Q was good call Celtics bringing Derek White and UH for Josh Richardson, trade Shrewder and Canter for Fernando to Houston for Tys. Celtics have been playing well since Uh the New Year's their second best record in the East since then. I've always said

this is a really talented team. For some reason, they can't get right at the team either. Um thoughts something that's moving well. This helped him do anything in the Eastern Cofferens getting rid of Stroulder and all that was just you know, and don't have to pay them canting. I don't think he really want to play basketball. He's

been getting bounced around a lot the rebounder. But I think the Cells are just unloading everybody that had nothing to do with them being on this winning streak in the beginning of this year, you know what I mean, and making room for to get prepare for the playoffs, you know what I mean, get a couple of free agents or something. So they trying to figure it out. It was a great move by them, because, like you said, they have been rolling and there and they have been struggling.

So to get to this point where they're rolling, they want to stay that way, and everybody's not on board. Got shipped off a move I like, Um, obviously you know Lavello ball and and Bridges is to me, must watch TV. It's a really fun young team. They picked up a dog in Montres. Harald's going to help them on the front court. Nasty, dirty dog, just what we love. How do you feel this impacts Charlotte's running the second half of the season playoffs. I think Charlotte won the

draft besides, I mean, that's the trade. The trade theirline besides Brooklyn because is um they need that they got a whole bunch of great young stars right, all of them starting to blossom. They needed somebody tough, physical that's gonna go and rebound and that can score. And him and Rossil was college teammates. So them being back together with Mellow you know, and Bridges playing like he playing a man. I like, I like this. They're gonna they're

gonna shock some teams. Them in Cleveland, Bro, They're gonna give some team some problems, especially when they all come together. I love Harold. He's like a little brother, and I think it's it's in between the ears for him because he's too talented not to be like a real centerpiece on the team, not obviously something you build around, but an integral part of the team. And I think in Charlotte he could be that. He's got some years under

his belt now and he's a monster. I think if he can you know, come back off, you know, like the season he had with the Clippers, I think he could be like a sixteen to eight teen point of game guy, eight rebounds and really just bring that that edge that any team can need. So this could be a big move for his career. Uh in that franchise I really like that the toughness he broke, Kings, Pistons, Bucks,

three Way Trade, Bucks bringing Ibaka. I think that's just in case Brook Lopez doesn't paying ounce, so he's adding depth in the front court there. I like that Marvin Bagley uh finds a new home. I think he needed a fresh start over in Detroit. Devincenzo heads to the Sacramento Kings. Thoughts on all these guys finding new homes and uh, who do you like that move? Who you think is gonna help a team the most Pistons, Kings, Bucks worth talking about. I don't want to talk about Bucks.

Got uh Baca Surgeon gonna do the team? Yeah, I mean, hey, you work for him. Uh their trash Pistons. You know, I don't wanna talk about saying let's talk about the Bucks with it was really matters. Sergeon Baca is a big part of that team. Yeah, he was hurt with the Clippers and he didn't paying out how they wanted them to. But having him there another meme, motherfucker, another guy that can stretch the floor, Another guy that that that that's gonna take a lot of pressure off the

motherfucker's talking ship for Greek freak. I think that's a great move by Bud bringing him in there, and you know what, this might be a researcher for him. He might go then go back to the box that we all knew seems to be healthy. Yeah, I think that that's worth talking about. But I would give your Kings, uh some props having some bonds. What's gonna do with him? He gonna play good, he balled out his first game. What y'all gonna put around him? Obviously, y'all say fox

as y'all guy, y'all sticking with him? So what's next? Since you worked for him? I think they were active at the trade that like what they did. You know, this is gonna take a while. I feel like the Kings need to identify themselves as what type of team are we going to be? And I think you know the gm IS has a vision of that. Um. Now, you know the trade Halliburton was a shocked the league, but I think it was more of an emotional situation and of what if we don't know what Halliburton is

gonna be. He's improved every single year. Uh, you know, someone who was loved by the city and the team. So when they if the gym has enough balls to trade him. You know, he has a vision, so we're gonna see what that vision is. They brought us some nice pieces. I still think they could have moved some pieces around to help improve the team, but they did what they did, so we're gonna have to see. Now he said that the keys are and deer and Fox's hands. I feel like he needs to improve in a few

areas outside of scoring. He's one of the best young guards, but I feel like he needs to work on being the leader, being more vocal out there. He needs to work on being a playmaker because you got sabonus now, it's a and five guy to work with. Obviously his shot is a work in progress. But then also play defense. You know, he's one of the fastest guys in the league,

so defense is just the mindset. If he really wants to play defense, he could probably lead the league and steals and and and really be a lockdown defended with Davien Mitchell out there. So it's gonna be a long you know, it's a process for the Kings. They've they've wanted a good situation for a while, and it looks like it's heading in that direction, so we shall have

to see marathon not his print. And it's been a it's been a it's been a walk for them for a while, walking, speed walking away with weights in their hands, speed walking to t bit. Yeah, man, C J. McCollum, they parted ways. Oh, he ends up in New Orleans. First, let's talk to about New Orleans and design can get healthy with abandon Ingram and C. J. McCullum. West is tough. You see anything any action or man? Really, Green is

over there coaching. Shoutout with a green. It's been a You've been handed almost an impossible situation, but you're keeping your head above water. Do you see anything happening over there in New Orleans? Shout out, will the green? Of course, that's our brother. I think they're gonna have to close down Bourbon Street and all the restaurants designed for about six months so he can get back in shape as long as the restaurants and the weather is nice. And

with New Orleans, he ain't gonna get in shape. You know. I just don't see it happened, and I don't think probably can happen. Is they switched the contract and let him play for the Saints. But c J. McCullough, c J. McCullough, I'm CONSI for the Satsuh probably Detacle. I can see him Aaron Donald type. He would be a month yeah and Donald type. Um. But c J. All bushes side feel sorry for him, do uh? He went from us. You'll get a ship get to New Orleans. Nobody cares

about winning there. Your best player, you know, Hurt. You got a great young coach who has the drive and the and the and the education of basketball, the smarts to get his team going where we don't have no team, you know. I think I think, you know, got some pieces with Ingram. I like Ingram, you know what I mean? But they still trade, you know, they just traded Josh Hard, So we don't know the direction this team going, you know what I mean. And I don't think that McCollum

is gonna be the guy. I don't think he wants to be there full time. I think he trying to get out of a South have a good shout out a color mass c J. Man, I hate you got to go through it. I went through it when I went to Milwaukee, and I hate being in the trash can man. But we all experienced it and uh some kind of way. You know, you gotta work hard to get out the trash can and dust yourself off, and uh don't go back in now there. Speaking of directions,

where is Portland's going from here? Obviously you know we reached the ceiling with the Damon c J run had a great run. Um they're unloading and they have a lot of salary cap space. But the free this year's free agent market isn't too heavy ey to me. I think the top three agents Bradley Beale, but he's having risk surgery. Are they mak him run less from with Dame?

Do they need to free Dame? Sometimes loyalty can bite you in the ass at this point because I think he's given everything he possibly can and I don't feel like this team has really gotten better in the last five years, four years. You're absolutely right to haven't gotten better. And I'm going to use the time all my hustles out there as in the streets. You're gonna love this one. This was for you. Portland is hustling backwards. That's what

you're doing. Board, You're hustling backwards. Yeah, what the fuck? Bro? Come on, man, I went from bringing players in with Dame to trying to help him win, to Dames trying to be lawed out. He go publicly and say he don't want to get it now you trade his best friend. I don't know, Bro, I don't know, Bro. I mean, Dame has done everything he could do there, Bro, everything said the right things, did the right things, hit the big shot, stay down, Yeah, game shoutouts on this album,

all kind of ship and y'all. I won't put the people around him to win games. So Dane, brother, if you're listening to me, I know, I know you're a real one. Are You're trying to stand on your pivot, but you know what hustling backwards look like from and that's what you're doing. Frown Preach comes in on this Purple coups with us. Let's talk, Yeah, negotiate something. Lakers

Knicks do nothing at the deadline. Want to watch the buyout market, but we both know the buyout markets normally older players for the for the Laker's sake, that's kind of adding more older players to what the oldest team in the NBA. Right thoughts on their activity the Lakers and the Knicks ghosts in the raft is pissed off right now. They just up there like we didn't put all these bands and this is what we gotta watch like this is piss poor. Okay, let's piss poor. What

the Lakers and Nicks are doing. The nixt had you know they thought Rounda was the guy. I knew he wasn't. You know what I'm saying, Um, he's he's a He's a good six man to me, or maybe a power you know, he's just not a star. He's not a guy that that's gonna get your team to the next level. And with the Lakers, you know, it's it's it's hard to watch, you know all that, even how much we love Russ but it's hard to watch. But I don't know why. But I'm just like everybody else. Some type

of way. They're gonna figure it out. When you got the Kane, k A n G. When you got the Kane and you got um after the David's over there. You know what I'm saying. You just want to believe in them, you know, because these guys are so good. But man, I really think, like I said, man, the raptors are right now, they're setting up the drinking bills. Piste off of what they're watching right now in the Madis Schoat Garden and in the Crypto that was the

crypto Arima Staples Center, the home that Kobe built. There we go next up on the Radar, presented by Draft Kings, Super Bowl fifty six this weekend. L A popping out here right now. Stack this matchup. Rams are favorite by four and a half. You got this game. You're wearing Rams colors and it really goes against your creo. Yeah, okay, Okay, I'm going with my guys. I'm an L s U fan. I'm going with the Cincinnati Bengals, Chase Burrow. Let's do

this thing again. Let's get this championship again, and we're gonna greet it, and we're gonna greet it, and we're gonna greet it all on the Ram. Okay. So what we're betting in because I got the Rams, I'm not. I don't gamble. What about some cushups. I'll definitely bet cushup. Okay, So we've got twenty cushups on the game. On the game, but on camera, on camera. Um, I think I like the Bengals. You know, obviously my team with the Niners, the Rams knocked him out. So normally you want to lose.

If you have to lose, you want to lose to the Champs. Um I like the Rams to just the Niners in my squad. I feel like it's gonna come down to can the Bengals offensive line give Burrow enough time to throw? Ain't nobody in the world, I mean as a resilient he is. You know, the Titans slacked and what eight or nine times in one game, and they didn't have the d line that the ram The Rams got some animals on the best the animals. I'm looking forward to the Ramsey and Chase. They're gonna go

at it. That's gonna be a beautiful matchup. Man. The energy is electric in the l a right now. Man, this is gonna be a fun one. Can't wait to see it. So let's walk through some of the bets that are going on. They've got some crazy bets, but we're gonna run through some of them. Color of gatorade poured on by the winning coach on anything orange is

plus three hundred yellow slash green. We know that color plus three fifty, the blue four hundred, red plus twelve hundred, purple plus four hundred before you say anything, what's your favorite color? Gatorade? Orange? The orange? One yea orange? That one orange. So again, we've been on anything. Next line up, Jersey. Number of the first touchdown scored, so twenty three and a a half is minus one forty and over twenty three

and a half is plus one ten. So most likely they're thinking the lower number of guys gonna score that first year because most of the receivers have lower novers and chasing and chasing nominic scores touched down on everybody, So Jana Ramsey, he might be and they go to O'Dell early two. So so yeah, So okay, another bet? What else we got first score? They got all everything. Mr Cooper Cup if plus five hundred, Joe mixing A plus seven fifty, cam acres At plus seven fifty, Jamaar

Chase plus eight hundred, and Odell Beckham plus nine hundred. Jack. If you were a betting man, what are those bets would you take? I'm going Cooper Cup. He's been killing all year. I mean, if I had to bet, I'm gonna make it. As much as I'm a fan of chasing O'Dell, Cooper Cup been killing the most catches this year the best receiving the league. I gotta go with him, no man at that. This one I really like and I think this is really a no brainer. So you

can really throw your money on this one. If you're a better Rams total sacks over or under three and a half, it's plus one oh five under three and a half minus one. Like I said before, their old line gave up nine sacks to the Titans. They don't have the type of old line that the Rams have, so I'm easily taking the over on this one. Stephen Jesse Jackson, you got it. Closing thoughts, Last time jack the Super Bowl was in l A. I was thirteen.

You were probably seventeen, but somehow you're only two grades ahead of me. Last time it took place in l A ended up being the most significant super Bowl in the history of hip hop because the one and only Michael Jackson performed. No because the Cowboys playing cowboys. Cowboys beat the Bills. They did got the ring. But you know, I bring up Michael Jackson because I mean, this year's Super Bowl lined up, it's crazy. They got the Queen Mary j Our brother and friend of the program, the

dog Father himself Snoop, Eminem Kendrick dreifties in town. He was supposed to come to the show, but I'm sure he's gonna pop up on stage with one of them, three, one of them four five. We need you thoughts on just that's Super Bowl lineup, Man, that's gonna be crazy. It's almost like an h b U HBCU situation where the halftime is gonna be just as popping at the game. The game is gonna be popping. The half time is gonna be just as popping. Is gonna be one of

the best half times performances ever. I'm just wondering what songs they're gonna do. You know how you gotta be discreet and you gotta know sensor. So I'm wondering how what songs they're gonna do to make it what we expect from Dr Dre and Weed. Yeah, exactly. Speaking of ninety three, I want to pivot back a little bit. Ninety three was a good year man Doggie style. Just Rob Snoop's debut album, Pocat released strictly from my niggas

Menace to Society and Poetic Justice. We're both in the air, and I say all that to say, it's kind of come full circle for our brother Snoop. Now he's the owner of death Row Records, so we definitely want to shout him out. Did you he invited us that he sent the invite to the released party this weekend. But you're going home and I'm going to Portland. We appreciate you, our brother. Congratulations on getting a historical movement in hip hop and black future months Man, continue to raise the

bar pretty dope man, um Man. I was thirteen, so you were jamming, remember, yeah, old West Coast music. Yeah, I didn't have it. I didn't have no money, so I had to listen to what was on the radio. The reason why I meant Society was big for us. It was not just big for the movie, but it was a song that we grew up to called Pocket for the Stones and it got on the soundtrack, and that was big for the list all City and port

out to Texas. To have our pimps and bun Bey on the on the ministers decide you how big that movie was, and to have Pocket full of Stones and so on that we idolized and grew up to him and listen to all the time on that soundtrack was big for Texas, big time. Oh Man, that's a rap? What's Berner? You can catch us on Showtime every week on Showtime Basketball YouTube and on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok and show Basketball. Y'all Peace,