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played the nixt Friday the next Saturday. A lot of people said that this team pretty much had a lucky path to the finals last year and they wouldn't be able to duplicate what they accomplished last year. What do you think about this team so far this season? That's the fact every team they played had to keep player down. It's just the truth. But they're still a good team. They bothered right now, they're gonna be the ship out the Knicks. You have a lot of confident in the

next I see. Oh yeah, Nicks are good, but sounds are better now. I like what they're doing. I think you know, getting Aiden back is big for them, um, but CP is is bn CP book uh and they're supporting casts. Also shout out to JaVale McGee. He played really well while Aiden was down. But yeah, the Suns are definitely a top three or four team in the West right now and it will be interesting to see,

you know, how this how this plays out. Obviously health is gonna be a pig part for CP three, but outside of that, this is definitely one of the better teams in the league. And then the round out the weekend they go into Barclays. This team really missrs kyrie the Nets to What do you think about that matchup? I just think, you know, it's gonna be a good game. I think it's gonna be a win by the Nets. You know, I think Katie just show up for games

like these. You know what I'm saying. He's probably the best player in the game right now, most of unstoppable player along with Greek Freak. But I just think he's gonna show a big He showed big games like this, and I don't think they have an answer for him on the Signs right now. But the Signs as a team is playing better, so that always gets you wins on the world. Think individually, between Kad and James, it's

hard to match those two. But outside of that, I think Phoenix of Strength as their team and the way they move the ball and the way they fly around on defense. So it'll be interesting, you know, the Phoenix will be ready to play. You kinda see if Brooklyn will be ready to play. Looking ahead, the next hottest team in the NBA, Steph Curry. You saw what they came in and did to Brooklyn. The next hottest team in NBA, Steph Curry. That's that's the next hotest. Everybody

know who I'm talking about, Stephen. The Warriors Golden State with three winnable games this week. They got Philly Wednesday, Portland Friday, the Clippers on Sunday to round out the week. To me, top team in the league right now, playing the best basketball with the hottest player, arguably the best

player in the world right now, with Steph Curry. How impressed have you been with the way that Steph and Draymond have been able to get the younger guys caught up to speed, because you know, Golden States all predicated upon thinking and this was a very young team but they have a lot of young depth now that have been playing really well, and they got the best record in the league. A lot of these young guys got a chance to play big minutes last year, you know

what I mean. And Steph was playing at this same level last year. Why those guys were playing big minutes. So now that Draymond is coming in for him, now that you know, the echoes of Clay coming back, the echoes of Wiseman coming back, it's probably a different feeling that her. Right now we've they're probably feeling like, Okay, we're back to the championship team, and that's how they playing. And like you said, all three of those games are winnable.

But then you know, especially being the best team in the league right now. Yeah, I mean, Steph is on another planet right now. The way he's shooting the ball. I want to say, about seventy five mikes away from passing um ray island. To me, there's nothing you can do. You mentioned earlier about you know, the two most dominant players in the game being Katie and and be honest, but to me, you gotta put step right up in that category. He's not nearly their size, but just as effective.

The one thing about this team is they know how to win again. They've kept their core together with Dre, with Steph bringing the Igua dollar back to lead that bench. Getting Clay back soon. Um, I definitely thin Golden States and in a great position to stay healthy and be there at the end. Last thing before we leave them. How do you feel like Clay coming back? Will that mess up their rotation because they've had to do with them without two years or is Clay someone they can

just come back and fit right back in. Nah? You know, missing two years, been away from the game. Two years is definitely gonna affect anybody, you know, especially body had the injuries he's had. So I think they're gonna they're gonna bring him in real slow. You don't want to kill the momentum the team and the way they're playing and try to bring Clay and give him all a minute. Then that those stepp off and throw throw everything off, and I don't think that's what they want to do.

And you don't want to put that much pressure on Clay to try to put do the same thing that to two or three guys. You know that that's filling in for him doing as a group by himself, So I think Steve gonna do a good job of giving them minutes but not putting too much on them. Two agree. I mean, he's coming back from Achilles and a c L both of them which used to be career enders, and he's coming back off both of those surgeries. One person I think that's benefit did the most um from

this experience with claybeing out has been Jordan Pool. This kid's averaging I think seventeen eighteen points a game. And I think another thing that people may not be thinking of because his team is playing so good is, like you said, all these young players got valuable time last year and they know how to play now, which also

makes them very valuable trade assets. So you you know, Golden Stay could work around at the trade deadline and trade you know, two or three key of these young members and maybe like a Wiggins who who was also playing really good right now, and get like another superstar so that you never know. Simmons is he a good fit there? Yeah? Yeah, spread out the court and let

him go. Could be good, could be good, We'll see, but definitely looking forward to, you know, seeing what the Warriors continue to do next up on the Radar presented you by Draft kings Man. Two teams that got a great chance to be there when it's all said and done in the Eastern Conference. The Heat at the Bulls Saturday. The Heats odds to win the Eastern Conference to one. Bulls are eighteen to one to win the East. We'll excite you about these teams. Well, with the Heat, you know,

I think they're finally healthy. They got a veteran and Kyle Lowry now and we've seen what they can what they can do. This taking upset a lot of people. But the Bulls really shocked everybody, you know, the way they started this season off with the moves that they made. You know, they can get Bullish is healthy and getting another side of big man to back him up, they can really cause some problems in these Yeah. I like the Heat a lot. I think adding Kyra Lowry and

p J. Tucker kind of rounded out that team. Tyler Hero is the number one sixth man in the league at least as far as points off the bench. Having a great season. He was someone that that felt disrespected after last year and this preseason. He said, my name needs to be in that Luca and Trey Young category. Yeah, come on, bro, I don't know if he's quite there, but it's don't do that, but it's points are there. I love your confidence, but we're gonna keep real on

this show. Yeah, now he's not quite there, but they think he's creeping up that ladder. He's closed the gap because he had a great rookie year. He had an off second year. This third year is definitely it's coming out party, possibly winning six minute talking my Luca m VP. Though you know we ain't talking to Tyler, he wrote. Agreed, he wrote, ain't number the sounds, it's stupid. I picked the Bulls like I picked the Sun last year to be the surprise team before the season started, and they're

doing their thing. I think with Alonzo ball and Caru So out there at the head of the Snake on defense, the Marta Rosen's brought his scoring and his veteran leadership. Zach Lavine has been a killer Bossovic in the middle. Like you said, you got to get him healthy. But I really liked the Bulls, and the one thing about the Bulls they play hardest funk on defense. So it's gonna be exciting um to see both these teams can

do throughout the Eastern Conference. If you had to pick one of these teams to make a deeper run this season, who would you pick. I'm going with Miami. They got the experience, they got the two better veterans in my mind, and better coach. I'm gonna jump off the deep end. I'm gonna go with Chicago. I just like their young activity, the energy they play with, and they played defense, and to me, that's gonna be the key uh in that Eastern Conference. Al Right. Next up, Secure the Bag presented

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call this the crypt the cryp arena crypton? I mean, you know, Stable Center has been historical since it came in the late nineties for l A. Again a lot of great Laker runs. Clippers put some banners up of as players, but no championships. But um, I mean great business move, I guess. Vanessa made a post about seeing when when when this all broke news in l A. Vanessa Briant made a post saying it will forever be known as the arena that Kobe built. Thoughts on that,

I agree, I agree. I mean, this is business, but in our hearts, in our minds, people that love the game, people that know code, people that know anything about the Lakers, even the ownership, and everybody around there is gonna feel the same way she feels in the same way we feel. Completely agree, and then also shout out Malca, one of the best production companies in the game. They secured the

bag with an acquisition with money Line. So me and Jack expect to see some nice Christmas bonuses for our part in that happening. But anyway, man, shout out to the whole Malcolm team. Man, they've been dope. And again shout out money Line for definitely making a strong presence. We got some money Line checks coming to December two. M hmm. Got some good checks all the way. We had a great conversation with Gillian Wallow. The episode will

drop December two. Um thoughts on our interview with them, good dudes, man to two guys that built their platform from the ground up, guys that are similar to us, and guys were respecting this space, so um salute them. Shout out the homies million dollars with the game, Gillian Wallow, enjoy this teaser. Do you think that Ben Simmons can be? Uh, the bridge can be you gotta go. I think Ben

Simmons is an extreme disappointment. Man. You know when you say when you say you would rather go to mental protocol, then step on the fucking court and play bass football what you've been doing your whole life. Let's just keep it real. You're scared to step on that fucking floor

in front of them. Philadelphia six of fans and nigga, that's what it's about, because if we would have shipped your ass to Sacramento, guess what you would have been doing playing nigga, You that scared to step on that Philadelphia seventies sixers hardwood floor, that you would say, But Bro, he could send need a mental fucking protocal. He'd been handicapped from the jump, Bro because the coach he had is somebody that knew him as a teenager, as a kid.

So when he got there, they just let him be him. They never they never forced him to work on his game or a jump shot. It's been talked about a couple of years, but now is at the point where everybody seeing and then you see it's affecting the ability of the team to be successful, right, So not allow Okay, either you're gonna shoot or we gotta get rid of you. But they shouldn't done that when he first got there. Bro what I'm saying. But for me, it's not even

the fact of shooting a jump shot. It's the fact of always being on attack. At six ten, one of the most athletic, one of the most fastest people in the league. You got the ball, being on an attack and being aggressive. You feel what I'm saying, he don't have nonhing, But you can't be a point guarding on that team with the dominant big man and not be

able to shoot. That's what that affects your offense, you know what I'm saying, Because when it swings swinging you if you got you're out on the block and they swing swing to you in the corner and you're gonna shoot it. What's the point of them Dublin n B. But but I also know that when Joel and b and Ben Simmons played together, it ain't another two teammates in the league that is one is remotely as many

games as there. They got the highest whip percentage out of any two players when they played together in the NBA. I'm a status this year at a great sixer fan two they've won the most games in the next duo is thirty something games behind it. Stay, we might have to fact check that. Yes, please, step clayd won a lot of games, please, because I mean, I mean I feel like they had they had a real chance. I think when they had surrounded those two with a bunch

of shooters, that's all you need. But slowly but sure they got rid of tho shooters in that exposed And then Bro, you cannot, like, how can you not take a shot your second best player on our team. You don't take a shot in four playoff games in the fourth quarter. You don't home for every game. You never took a shot in the fourth quarter. Bro. To the point where we give you the ball under the basket, you got a dunk if you pass it to somebody.

But you're not holding yourself accountable. You're not saying, you know what, I fucked up. Let me hit the gym, let me get better, let me get mentally stronger and physically stronger. We've seen Michael Jordan's needs to the Pistons year after year after year. They fuck Jordan up, and Jordan said, you know what, let's get the team together. We gotta get stronger, we gotta hit this fucking weight round we got and then they came back in one. I feel like this new generation and these niggas got

too much control. Man for real, Man niggas, Oh, I don't want to be here no more. I wanna Man niggas was just happy to be in the league and be making some money and playing basketball. Man for real, man, Man, Niggas, Niggas is like, it's it's it's almost like you lose the competition, you lose the fierceness, you lose all of that because everybody homies, everybody friends, everybody's cool, everybody's no rivalries. Really, No nigga Bird ain't like Doc mag Niggas didn't like Bird.

Isaiah Thomas and Niggas didn't like Boston Celtics. We got real basketball, these things going, they'd be out there, that they'd be team means they out there. I mean maybe on the opposite team. They got slams. What can we do? Man, the team eneration, Thomas said, Man, me and Magic was best friends. Man, they threw the ball in there, I wonderful layoppy body slam me. Yeah, you finished no more.

That's how we was off the court. But on the court this war so for me, it's just like like you got a guy who there's nothing wrong with him physically when he was ten years old, you didn't have no mental problems playing basketball. To me, I thought basketball was our safe haven. Well, I thought basketball was we were going through all the crazy ship that life bring to you when you step on this court. For this three hours. Nothing else matters. That's what I thought basketball was.

I didn't even know basketball giving you some fucking mental problems. I thought that was some life ship. I didn't even know that could happen. Because this is a game, bro, this is something we've played since we was kids, that we fell in love with. Now, so you understand about why go to the the city is my team right now? I've been there since latrell s No Latreill, he was one of my But I would say this too. Shout out to Ben Simmons. I like the game, but I

like this game all that. I'm a sports analyst, right and I analyzed body language. Listen, then I know it ain't you. God ever stopped that dumb ship. I believe it's doctor. I don't think it's him. I don't care what nobody's saying. There's some shot of ship going on. I seen him look at me one time, and the look was not nice. It was nasty look. I just that's what I believe. Listen. I don't care about how long you've been in the league. I don't you know.

That's why you can't tell him he just gonna put that ship on the doc to stop that you know how long leave that young bowl long. He messed his game up, Doc doing Brent Brown, the coach that was there, We got there bullying that bull. That's why Doctor messed his mind. Really, Doctor, the best thing that happened to him. Really listen, Doc was on that Pistons team you're talking about. Doc is a tough dude. Like what you got Sampra sal You got Doc Rubbers over that. That's what he

needs to Cell things. That what I'm saying, that's what he needs coaching. You talk about coaching right now. He got Sam pon Cell over the winning Doc brothers and Sampa Cell they can really help this kid, Bro, that's two of the best people you can have on your Absolutely for me, man, I just look at it as a cop out. Man. Anybody that's saying ten me to the worst team in the league, I don't want to please with this championship team right here, that's just a

fun up sixty ain't no championship team. Ain't got that's just a messed up and to me championship team. And we was playing we only even been getting paid what we want. That's what he was being for because they're taking some of his money right for not getting on the court and Doc beat him up. Fan questions are up next, Jack, you want to take this first one at King Jose three. Who's one young player from today's game that you guys would have liked to play with?

Ps This is the best podcast of all time, Olive Boys. Thank you guys for giving us great content every week. Appreciate your King Joe, King Jose, We appreciate you a young player we would have liked to play with the best podcast of all time. He said, let's go to as my kids say, let's God, that's hard, let's go did I would say Luca Luca is to me them. When he came in the game, I think he was the most prepared NBA player we've seen since Lebron James.

What he's been able to do with the game and a short what the fourth season if I'm not mistaken. So yeah, I would love a little would have loved to be being one of Lucas goons. Me. I would have to go with young players. I would have to go with probably uh Jalen green m. I like that he got a real good upside, but athletic. He loves the game of basketball. He plays with a lot of passion and I probably could have gave him a couple of points to him defense he hadn't. I think my

running up would have been John Morant too. I'm a big fan of what he does out there in Memphis. But uh, LaMelo too. Forgot about LaMelo love. It would definitely be fun to play with. But shout out all these young players and Jose they appreciate the love. Next up a son, Galmore, who was the early favorite for Rookie of the Year. I'm going on Janna Green. I

like jend and Green. I think when it's all said and done, he's going to be at the top of if we're talking about right now, I probably have to say Scotty Barnes out there in Toronto has really been benefiting from Pascal Seyakom's absence, and I think he's had like eighteen and ten. Uh you know, we just had Van Fleet on the podcast and he spoke really highly of him. Very mature young player. Is a dog who got a mode. But it's also gonna make Pascal Siaka tradeable.

Yeah you know what I mean, That's just how the game is. Pascal has been kind of a cornerstone and making a nice little check to Yeah, he's been the corner of the cornerstone for the team the past couple of years. But this young kid came on the scene. Pascal is making a lot of money, and now you've got a young player put up the same type of production who's not making as much money. It's a huge asset, so uh be careful out there, these young players are coming. Next.

Fan question at Jessica Garrett, Oh three one one. What were your three favorite restaurants when you lived in the Bay? Oh? Damn, I would say Concave. Shoutout Concaves, even though it's not on the same level it used to be. I don't know where else do we eat crustaceans, crustaceans, dang loans, thang longs. What's Marshall's restaurant name? That's a barbecue spot right there, and Jack was the jackline is not Jack London,

Jack London? What is called? Uh? I don't know, but shout out his restaurant, even though I forgot the name. The barbecue spot right there, and I forgot how Jack London's smithing No Lincoln, no, no, no, but yeah, his barbecue spot fire too much Charlie Cola, which former teammate. Are you calling to make a defense to stop to win the game. First, I'm calling Ron, then I'm calling you. Then I'm gonna show up if y'all don't stop him. Uh yeah, pretty similar. I'm gonna call Ran, I'm gonna

call Stack, and then I could bring the reinforcement. Here are closing thoughts, Jack, you want to take this away? Yeah, respects to Raven Johnson. She's uh somebody who I actually fell in love with as a player as as a basketball fan. She's a younger of the first female that ever playing Allan Obson Classic. She had a bad injury recently, a c L a c L. Yeah, and she was kind of down because everybody was looking for her to have a big year this year and uh, Don Stanley

was looking for to do big things. But we just want to give you some support and let you know that's the minded setback for the major comeback. We'll call away anything you need from ust me here to do that. Yes, get better, for sure, get better. It's a part of the process. You get better from this. And also shout out down Staley man. She secured the bag too. She got her a nice twenty plus million dollar deal, and that's huge and women's sports because you don't really see

numbers like that throwing away in women's sports. So definitely shut out down. Staley is deserved and gonna be the first of many coaches starting to get their respect. Also, we want to send uh some love to young Dog's family. Send our condolecence to his family and his children. Also to the paper riding Poe family. Yes, condolences. Man. It's a tragic situation. You know, we're taking another farther away from his children and senseless acts of crime against each other. Man,

so we gotta do better as a community. Man, sending love to the family. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone, Jack, How are you gonna be spending your Thanksgiving? Uh? Somewhat schilling man, twisting one up, kickback, watching TV, and eat all the dress impossible, Watch them boys when you guys, you guys got who the lines? Watch the Cowboys. That's really my day.

I really don't celebrate Thanksgiving, but I got a lot to be thankful for, So I'm just thank you for my family and friends, and I'm gonna eat good and watch the Cowboys. Beast mass y'all be up in uh S'll be up in Sacramento all week working for the King. Someone spend thanking for my sister Um and her family. Obviously very thankful for Ship. What we have going on. We've kind of built over here with the Showtime team

and the Malcolm team and everyone else involved. And Yeah, I'm definitely gonna beat Good, I'm gonna smoke good, I'm gonna get some golfen and somewhat relax. Shout out to the best fans in the world. Man, we continue to build this. This more than a podcast. We've been build this ecosystem and we've got so much more dope Ship coming to you guys for two. Excited to announce soon. We got some new merch dropping soon. We got a tour coming in two. We got a Super Bowl activation

coming in two. We got all the smoke times, Rock and Jock coming in two. So we're definitely trying to secure the bag in two. So again, man, none of this would be possible without our amazing fans. We appreciate you, guys. We're gonna find a way to get you guys acclimated and involved. We're gonna do a little tattoo challenge. Jack, you got your all the smoke tattoo coming next come to l Ah, So we're gonna do some cool stuff with that, some cool giveaways, having you guys come on

set once COVID slowed its ass down. But again, man, we wouldn't be here without you guys, so we owe it to y'all being the best fans in the world. You know what's crazy before I say, I met a dude from Pakistan yesterday when we were downstairs smoking, and he's just like, do you guys know how big you guys are? Because I never even thought obviously, I know we do our thing in the States, but he's just like, do you guys know how big you guys are? You

know in my country? And I was just like, man, I had no ideas, Like, they love you guys, so we might need to tell beat you might need to hit this international tour. HM. I'm with it totally anyway, man, Happy holidays to you and your family. Have a safe one. What's Burning is available every week on Showtime Basketball YouTube and on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok is Show Basketball mm hmm.