¶ Mid-Season NBA Analysis and Team Performances
Just two Murph's talking hoops . The journey to June . It is at the mid-season , great folks . But hey , we're 42 games in . Can you believe it ? 42 games into the NBA season ? Already Halfway to our well not to June , but to the end of the regular season into the playoffs . But , man , there's so much to talk about now that we're at the mid-season .
Coach , so happy to see you again , let's go , baby .
And I'm happy to see you . I love this man . I'm pumped , as you know . So many good things happening with Murph Ball , with just Murph's talking talking hoops . It's January 20th , it's the 2024 . It's a new year , new us . I hope everybody's doing great with their new resolutions and the energy is just everywhere I'm going right now is on point People .
I don't know if it's like that out there , Because this is , by the way . Hey , I'm Coach Murph . This is podcast Paul . This is Just 2 Murph's talkin hoops and we're on a Zoom right now . This is one of my favorite things to do just have my brother time and we just talk hoops and just have a good time .
But he's out in Ballard , Seattle , near Seattle Washington , and I'm here in South of Boston in good old Duxbury Mass , and we just this is what we're doing .
Chop it up , baby , let's go , Chop it up man there's so much to talk about since the last time we were on , but really what I wanted to do today , if you're cool with this Coach again . I kicked it off saying it's a mid-season , we're 42 games in . I want to go high level man . Let's look at the NBA . We love NBA . It's why we're here .
Let's look at the teams that are out there . Remember we're on this journey to June . I love the NBA .
I say that loud , I know recently I'm like people like ugh three . It's so easy to hate in the NBA because of numerous things we'll talk about today , but I don't care , I love it . It's so entertaining and I'm talking to really people that like it doesn't matter , let that all go , all this stuff . That's what I've been doing recently , enjoying just this game .
We'll get into all of just like the entertainment value , but all the rivalry is going on . It's some new , fresh stuff coming into the league . It's all so much positive focus on it .
That's what I'm doing . I like how you said rivals , and we're going to do that . That was a little teaser . That's what we call here a pod a teaser Because this is NBA Rivals Week . We'll get into that . We'll get into that , but let's go .
Paul Casper , I get prediction P , all the predictions , paul . Oh my gosh , the Timberwolves on top . Let's go , man , we're on fire . J2m's is inflamed and let's go .
So it's also the journey to June , right Journey , and sitting here at the midseason . It's cool Because now you can really get a good look of those teams that have a shot . And we got to start right from the top . It's like you said , it's January 20 . We're coming fresh off in the garden . Denver versus Boston . They even said to start the game .
It's a little cold outside , but in here it feels a little warm . It feels a little bit like June , if you know what I mean , and I got to tell you that was before the game . Then I watched the game . Man , if this is June , if this is the NBA Finals , wow , what a matchup that was a cool matchup Now it's fun .
I think you type those later on , so maybe you respect me why I didn't text them because it's so late . I was surprised I didn't get any text during because of that loss . The Nuggets beat the Celtics yesterday 102 to 100 . And those are two great teams . Nuggets are 29 to 14 . Celtics are 32 and 10 on top of the East . Three and a half games .
When is that ever happening ? We're usually like seconds . We've never had three and a half on that .
No , no , I think it's going to be three after today , because the Bucks , as we're talking , I think they're playing the Pistons , they're playing the .
Pistons Whoa , whoa , whoa , whoa . You don't know that ?
You don't know .
He's going to come with it . Some miracle in Detroit . They need that Well . I just the NFL popped him ahead , but I'm not going there . No , no , no , no , no . So five , five , five . Can we just say one thing Will ?
you have to oh , oh , oh . Real-time update .
That's it . That's all I'm going to say . Thank you , coach , and goodbye . Thank you for the dynasty Peace .
We love real-time updates on the pod .
Real-time here we go .
Pistons 44 , Bucks 38 . So there you go . There's a shot . Maybe it does go to four games again . But , either way , your points well taken , no matter what happened last night us losing to Denver . We are 30 , we are at 42 games , we are 32 and 10 .
Not just the best record in the East , best record in the league , and that was a huge test because guess what ? They played the NBA champs . Yeah , we talk about Minnesota . I love my Minnesota Timberwolves . We talk about OKC .
They're up and coming but , like we always talk about Denver , quietly doing their thing , I haven't watched a full Denver game until they played us last night . Oh , my goodness .
The Joker is a scary , scary game . Joker and who are the best duo in the ?
NBA . Oh , Murray was June-style last night .
That is the best duo in the NBA . They proved it during that game . Wow , you know duos and Jaylin and Jason the Jays . When they rise up they can be , but you know what .
That's the problem with this game , and it's OK . Here's where I want to go with this . My takeaway is positive because remember no . Zing no ring . This is a new team with poor Zingus and if you start at the beginning of that game , zingus overtook that game . He was playing great .
At the end of the game they forgot he existed and it was the Jays doing their thing .
I wanted , I was guarding , I was guarding , I was like get Zingus on him , get .
Zingus , this is what I'm saying , but you're having trouble with him , the Joker , no matter what .
Why ? What's the main ? The main reason why we have trouble against him Down low , why ?
I think everybody has trouble against him . Down low Everybody .
But the main reason , if I had to choose one out of the many for a shooter and passer and all that . Yes , yes , doesn't miss cake . He is a beefcake , he's a body . Yes , is it ?
Yeah , but but of course I mean , this is playing him well though .
So this is the they all did . But when it comes down to Chet , it comes down to Victor , and it comes down to poor Zingus , and it comes down to Al , he is going to out body . You , this game is a physical man time game and that's why they want , and that's that's for me . Now , for Zingus is got to go outside , and he can .
So can jokers can shoot to . But for Zingus got a better shot for sure . But he , you saw that there was one play , you remember he's like he got him in the stomach with a little secret bow , do you see that ? And then he bent over Zingus . That's not why they bought , is ?
you , he'll body you up , he'll get . That's fine , he's going to . I mean , he's the best player in the league we can get hands down . You can't stop Joker , that's not .
OK .
Let Joker do his thing , let Murray even do exactly that's not why we lost .
That is not why we lost . I'll tell you why we remain , the reason why . I will tell you why we lost , if you want to hear it , and then you can come in , let's go .
There is one issue with this team right now , but , as I say this , I'm OK with it because , remember , this is a brand new team . Marcus is gone . Our guy Marcus Time Lord is gone . Poor Zingus , yeah , we're like no Zing , no ring . This is only 42 games . These guys are still growing , they're still learning .
It's the journey to June and they haven't really been tested yet . They beat teams by 30 points on average for crying out loud , that was a great game , but when they're matched up against the best , this is why they're going to grow , because Denver those two teams they were playing on a different level dude , offense and defense different . But here's the issue .
And it was the issue last year in the playoffs and it was why you were so frustrated , coach , late game execution period and a story , and they are going to start figuring out . You got to use Zingus and you got to use Derek White when it matters most , not Jason Tatum trying to take the winning shot every time . Yes , it's OK , though 100% .
It's OK , this is how they learn . That doesn't overrule what I say , but I'm going to add something to that , please . That's 100% offensive and defensive . No , this is beautiful . You like that coach ? This is your coach . Pete dude , now you got another nickname .
No , coach , no coach here . Yeah , podcast Paul man . Yeah , you're the coach .
Yeah , I know , but you can coach me , it's OK . So the late game execution at the end of the year , absolutely offensively and defensively , for sure . Now , he had that layup and he bobbled it . It was , it wasn't forced . You saw the bobble , he bobbled . He's only humans . And he missed the layup . Put a different story after that .
And then all the greats take the last shot . So he had the OK to get two shots shot too . So he's only human . Jordan's done it a million times . They'll be doing it a miss on a miss , so , but what's ? It would always stay statistically that . Now I'm going to bring my statistics in . What was it ? This , this guess what ?
The stat is that I , that is , turnovers and rebounds , thank you , you know those are my favorite stats , but not turnovers this game , because how many do they have the Jays had zero turnovers .
It was a miracle .
That's all I care about , paul . This is no . This is huge for me . So forget about the win . That's a big W for me to see . There's never seen this in Celtics history . I don't think in the last seven years with the Jays . The Jays to did who turnovers , that's it . But what was it ? What was it ? Where did we get out ?
Okay , banana shop now face below , let's wait a second and it was 47 total rebounds to R38 . They had 10 offensive rebounds , we had 12 . We beat them on the O boards . Yes , we did , but guess what we lost this is how we lost the game 37 defensive rebounds to R26 . 11 more rebounds , and that matters Everything . All the other numbers are whatever .
They shot better than us 51 , almost 52% , and there's like it's all the same stuff the three free throws . They missed a few , but that's it , dudes , and dudes , oh yeah . And folks in Kaden drop 23 on Friday . Kaden , let's go . But I always say what are you floating for ? Every time a shot goes up , you crash .
You have to learn , like Rodman , to be the worm . You gotta learn how to get in there and crash Like Derek does when he's a little guy compared to these big guys . Nuff said so you're right , add it to that . Look at this last one .
You hear Derek white out to the game . He kissed me on the head . It felt so good , so that's so good Everybody can do it . It's no joke .
I just go on to go on online .
¶ Team Stats and Foul Quiz
I found team stats . You know you go to search engine bang Now player stats . You know what the player stats were fantastic . They're fantastic all around . We have the best team and know what else we have . Well , that's the key .
That's the key Like we started this saying how great the Joker in Marriar and absolutely they were dogs last night . But that's just two players . Two of their players scored a goal . That's just two players . Two of their players scored 65 of those points of the 102 points last night .
We're not built that way , as much as we talk about the J's , they scored 69 points . The Joker in Marriar bro .
I would much rather the J score a little bit less and aren't the top two and we have everybody else in those 20s , have , zingas have , and I think they did , I think Zingas had in the 20s last night , right . Zingas was 21 points two assists eight rebounds . You know what , though ? He needed to be more the man last night . He needed like 30 , 35 points .
If everybody else says the same , I like that .
I like that , but I don't care , because it was D . White had 24 . He was fire with five assists .
But then , dude , they didn't score in the last four minutes of the game except , like , from free throws , exactly when it goes back to the meat of what you're saying and I'm with you is the execution .
Yes , that's right . Jason had 22 . Jaylin had 13 . We could have got more from him for some juice . Prisha , come off the bench , but this is the thing To see them go toe to toe with the champs and to lose only by a buck . We can beat them all days .
We can even play great .
Here's the biggest hopper in all sports and life and everything in business . It's all chemistry and energy and who brings it ? I hope you saw this , because I was laughing when , luke , they gave Luke the post game interview .
Yeah , I saw that .
We can be a rap group . He's one of my favorite players , if not my favorite , because it's his comedic value and what he brings .
He's playing better too .
They're smiling , they're having fun . They have the best chemistry in the league .
Don't forget about positive P .
Positive P .
I think it would come . Richard , he's playing great .
Yeah , new nickname . Hey , I've hit him up . He's liked one of my stores on Instagram P . I hope you listen to him .
He's on the show , let's go . I sent him a message P .
So I don't want to hound the guys Everybody and everybody . Everything's coming out these guys , but one day we'll get somebody on the show .
We'll talk about that later too , Remember he got the big contract 30 million , but he deserves it . He got his 30 million . Sorry , not the big contract 30 million dollars is incredible yeah . But he started the season a little slow , we're all like oh , exactly , but not anymore .
No , he's been a glue to that bench .
That's it , man . Here's the other thing that's great about our team right now where I'm excited and this has never been the case since we've had Jason Tatum , usually until this year when Jason Tatum leaves the court and goes on the bench , it's not like the plus minus they talk about , it's not good Like we don't do well when he's not in the game .
Not the case this year , and that has a lot to do with Peyton Pritchard when he's in there in the bench , the bench puts up she's dropped some 20 point games this year .
Yeah , so yeah , yeah .
We're playing well without Tatum being in there .
Second unit .
By the way , what happened with that Luke did ?
good Luke Hadagun's a couple good plays .
Did you see that ? Dunk Jason Tatum dunk . He went full court , slams it gardens going crazy . Then they give him a tech . What's that all about ?
Boom , we're going right into it . Now what ?
is this .
It's the fouls . The technicals Welcome . People Cue the music . It's the foul quiz . Oh Boom , I'm flipping the negative into a positive .
What a surprise today , big surprise .
You nailed it Perfect segue Mid -season the controversy to . People are losing their minds over the fouls . This year , last year it rolled into this year .
So guess what the fouls ? The coaches .
We're flipping it . We're going to flip it into a positive . Are you ready ?
Wait , wait , wait , wait , wait . It's called the white weight , Just so I can . It's the J2M's foul quiz History stats . You name it , we're flipping it . We're having fun with it because it's too much bad .
juice you out there , let's do it .
It's that everybody's like oh my god .
Everybody's losing their mind . So guess what ? I'm bracing it all . It's all part of the game . I'm ready for this . You control the . We have no control over this , so we might as well have fun with it . Let's do it . Let's go here we go . Cue the bongos . Whatever you want to do podcast ball , cue them . Use the box . Here we go . The foul quiz .
We'll start with the act . You know we'll start with some stats to get a little warm into it . But who has the most fouls personal fouls of all time ? Who holds the record Number one ? Who could guess ? I know it's like . I wish I could give you some like .
What's the most personal Like in the history of the game NBA career leaders in personal fouls , who has the most ? Oh , this is easy Number one Rashid . Wallace .
Oh no , that was text . That was text . We're going to go into that .
Oh , I'm jumping , we're going to this is personal fouls .
This is the foul , all right , all right , all right . So we're going personal right now . This is the crazy thing so many different fouls and flagrant one , and two , all right .
Well , I'm going to go with , like longevity right , the person who's played the longest I can give you a four . Ron James .
No , he's not even on the top 20 .
Wow , I can give you Karim Al-Jabbar .
Holy , ding , ding , ding , ding ding ding ding , ding , ding ding .
Game over , I'm out of here , I'm done , but leave , leave .
Podcast .
I'm hitting the right , the bottom right red button . Leave me Guess how many . Number one Paul just named . I wouldn't have ever guessed that . Number one of all time . That's wicked good
¶ NBA Fouls and Technicals Conversation
. You're great at these quizzes . Karim Abdul-Jabbar , I was just telling you had 4,657 personal fouls . Would you like to try for two ? Well , do this at the top for four , because the fourth one is special Green law .
Number two .
If you know , guys , I'll know what the green law is . It's the six degrees of separation . Like Kevin Bacon , it's the green law Number two is Jerry West . Wrong , it's not even the top 20 .
Oscar Robertson .
Oh boy , you , just Now , you , I shouldn't have gave you that compliment . Three , okay , hold on , here we go , you're done , you're out , it's over One more .
Three strikes , so number two , that's all that matters .
That was that you won the quiz . So number two is Karim Malone , right behind Karim Artis Gilmore . Am I an artist , old school ?
player . Well , yeah , I'm an artist Number three and number four , ours truly , are missed double zero .
The chief , the top repairer .
The top repairer for me .
We'll leave it at that . We'll leave it at that . We're gonna cap it at Peyton . That's the personal fouls quiz .
I should have known after Karim that it was all gonna be big men and forwards and I went guards . What was I thinking ?
So now we get fun . Now we just what you said who has the most NBA technical fouls ?
in the last 50 years . Number one let's go number five , let's go number .
Oh , let's go number , let's go to number five , five like five , four , three , two , one . Who is number five ? There's five , four , three , two Number five most techs of all time .
Yeah , I'm gonna go with let's think about this the X-Man , xavier McDaniel .
Oh , throwing it out there . The X Celtic . This is great . I always think about him when he was talking .
He'll be playing like 20 years .
Larry talking trash to him . His story is the best when you hear the Larry legend stories . Dennis Rodman at number five All right With 212 . Okay , the Mr Rebound himself . He was one of the best hustle players in the NBA history . He died for loose balls .
He might have a loss . This might be a team . This might be a bad boy team .
Yeah buddy , that's what I'm getting . You're getting to where I'm going with this stuff , man .
So number four has got to be Bill Lambert . What ?
What .
What ? That's one strike , you have two more strikes , so always three strikes with coach . So number four . You can try again if you want , I guess .
John Sally .
What .
What , what Enough for the bad boys . Yeah , I tricked you . Well , I know that number two is Dramond Green .
There's no . No , what Boom ? That's three in a row . You struck out again . That's OK , you got to hear .
You get to get to know how Well I know who number one is . I just said it three times .
Where she'd wall us Number one we're going to get to . I'm going to number four now , gary Payton .
Oh , right Miss .
All Time Great Defender , you know . Yeah , in his style right 17 year MBA career . We love the glove . Yeah , all right , so he went from the worm to the glove . Great nicknames , great players . Number three you already said his name Rashid Wallace .
He's great .
He said Rashid didn't you oh , I thought he was number one . No , he's number three with 317 .
Oh , Traymon's number one .
So Dennis had 212 . He's not on the list 212 . Gary with 250 . Rashid with 317 . We know all about Shied man . I loved him . He was aggressive , he was a great player . Yeah , he was fiery , fiery passion . That's what it says NBA champion , you know . So next Number two . Number two Give a shot , bill Lambier , I'll let you come back at that Wra-wra-wra .
No , no , no , no , that didn't count , I already said it .
Yeah , come on , let's go . Where's your T ? Are you having a T-Cosy P ? Do you have some ?
caffeine . Hold on , hold on man . I thought Rashid was number one . Now he was known for his texts .
Two more left Big boys , old school , 90s , 80s and 90s and yeah , shaq on the list 80s and 90s , kakeel O'Neal 80s into 90s for one and one's 90 . Yeah , they're both around 90s .
Michael Jordan .
Sorry , no , but that's cool . I like that . Guess You're done , yeah .
Yeah , I'm , hollow Sorry .
That's OK . The folks still love you , we still love you .
I got Kareem in the end . You're still batting .
You're batting high buddy , you're batting average , All right . So number two is Mr Sir Charles Barkley . Oh Barkley , remember him With his fiery stuff 329 . 329 texts , mr TV analyst . Now Him and Shaq . Round mound of rebounds , yeah there , it is Number one player . Yeah , he's an NBA record for averaging the most techno fowls per game . Blah blah .
But like you said , though , like on here it says the wrong TNT .
It's one of the bad boys in NBA .
It says on here altercations , heckler , blah blah , you know . And number one , Mr Pick and Roll with himself , with Stockton and oh , malone , again Carl Malone , that was just taking all of his personal antics . Number one 332 . Wow .
That was . I didn't think that either . He was annoying .
Yep , he was a physical player and he had a nasty streak and sharp elbows . But there's a whole reason why I did this too , because I miss it . Oh , do I miss the physicality of the NBA in the less flag . Do you know what a flag would you like to tell the kids and folks and people out there what a flagrant one and two is Like ? Do they know ?
Would you know . A flagrant one would be If you have a clear path to the bat . That's different . That's a clear path for foul . Never mind , that's a separate thing , it's a Flagrant one would be like you touch someone's arm a little too hard .
I was giving all you would be .
You touch it really hard .
They're just being funny with it , but it's true it's . It's ridiculous . The foul is not a legitimate attempt to directly play the ball within the spirit and turn of the rules . Blah , blah , blah . The thing is about the flagrant one . It's unnecessary contact committed by player against an opponent .
Flagrant foul , penitentiary to unnecessary excessive contact committed by player against an opponent . It's like come on , man , we only want man . It's like .
it's like oh , dude , but what about the one that last night ?
with , like I said , I'm embracing it .
What about that one , the hanging on the rim thing ? That , that's a new one . They , they , that's ridiculous .
That was ridiculous . It's like I love the taunted . Do you remember when Sean Kemp dunked on everybody and he would go ? He was fun . He would go like this , into the stands , into the . He go into a low athletic stance and did the guns on time onto the duty , just dunked on .
I would also argue it affects home court . Like that was a momentum killer . The garden was going crazy .
That's the main thing . I'm talking to these , these , these super geeks when it comes to the sports and stuff . It the momentum shift . It's changed the flow of the game . It's affecting the game Right like I've like gotten through it recently where I'm like I'm not .
Don't get me wrong . I feel like Tatum did it , really showed them up and was doing something .
I kind of do that .
It's .
The whole idea is to do a second , to bring down the tenor of the game , like if it's getting real chippy , I get it . Like if you don't call somebody .
You should be able to give them a facial sun . This is what it is , man . They have to bring some of that street flavor back .
Let it be the skim .
You know , dude . Remember , kevin , do the YouTube video to the guns of this one guy .
Yeah , guys on the ground , it's like you got post on .
You got post rise . It is what it is . Oh , by the way , lebron still post rising people at 39 unbelievable .
So let it out , we , let it out , we . This is therapy two for the brothers . Good quiz man . I'm out . I guess I like that quiz . I was a good one .
Yeah , there you go , little flag , just to flip and have fun with it .
I need just a little foul and flagrant . Yeah little two M's quiz .
It's just a little . Just , there's just a firm .
Throw some fun into it , because it is a problem , you know so hey but before we move on to the rest of the teams that are Looking really good in the midseason because we have a few other people besides Denver and Boston we're gonna talk about why don't we hit on Caden ? You just mentioned his name . Yeah , the update man .
Right , we've been waiting for our Caden update .
For those that haven't listened , Go you ready , he's coming on , man , all right .
Well , hey , but just to set it up , so for those that haven't listened , a couple pods ago , back in the fall , we had our good friend Caden on and he just transferred what's the name of the high school ? He's going to Grandville high school .
He's at Grandville .
So we thought I'm on my tallest team in West Michigan .
It's my god .
I'm on . He had just started with the team . We were on there talking about the upcoming season .
He's in baby . We're gonna see you . We are check it out .
We are . Let's bring it on . Here we go . Look at this . Hey , let's go back . Got it a real hooper . Folks Just jumping on to the pod as me and the coach . You just ranting about the NBA , forget that . Let's take a pause . Bring in Caden Grandville high school . Last time you're on here , man , you were just getting ready for the season .
Now it's in full force . You got to give us our update , man . We've been waiting . How are you ?
I'm doing good . Yeah , this is going great . Um , we were on a win like a sixth game win streak , but just we lost the pass to and then we won one yesterday , so we're not .
Yesterday was it the big . Yeah . Yesterday was a breakout , tom . Why did you score it , baby ?
Yeah , I had 23 yesterday I Don't know how many boards and how many of the stars by you think you had coach loves boards .
You didn't have 10 , but you had , you know , double , double , but they wouldn't probably like five plus .
All right cool .
That . This is what I told you . Everything that we said was gonna happens happening . Breakout game it was a career high for him in high school .
I know it's by the school Congratulations man yeah man huge Appreciate it Is this on there yeah definitely a few . Yeah , definitely a few . I just , I'm driving cake , driving cakes .
Cool . So talk to me about those , those 23 points of those all dunks .
I had like four , threes , 33 throws and less relate layups .
Inside , outside game man this guy's getting ready to watch the game . Dude Is , it was a home . Oh yeah , I'll send you a sweet on watch on the on the YouTube Well tell for everybody listening , cuz you know we're out there and podcast world . You see us . Sorry , paul , you can you see us ?
Yeah , I can see you guys , All right we don't need to see you , we hear you . It's all good . This is a podcast . But for everybody listening right now that might want to check you
¶ Checking in with Caden Neves
out is there . They're a way for them to go online to watch the game .
Yeah , there's this . I forget what it's called . I have to find it coach .
Can you find that for us ?
It's a lot of gold .
I go to YouTube .
I .
Has a . The Granville basketball has YouTube channel .
Do . Here's a thought is we can actually put that link in the show note for those people that are listening boy Don't want to actually watch , and because we're talking about it , they're hearing about it .
They want to see it . When Caden's journey do , this is his journey . In Granville's journey they were squad . You guys can win it all for sure yeah and maybe maybe let Coach know offline .
Once we're done like what that app is , we can put that in there too , but we'll definitely put a link again in the show .
He's so savvy with everything he's gonna send it to me like awesome the phone he's teaches me . Well , what else ?
Caden talked to us man so Really , at the beginning of the season it was kind of a slow start . I mean I wasn't playing terrible , but I mean I wasn't playing how I know I could play . I mean , first game I had eight points , I didn't make any threes and that was kind of getting to me .
I was like you know , I really I'm in the gym all the time shooting and my shots aren't falling . That's really how it was for like the next few games . But I mean I Know when I'm not score and I can do other things like play hard , rebound Assists , do like all the little things to just help us win .
And that's what I was doing for for a few games and we were winning . So you know I wasn't stressing about my offense . I know it'll come . Had conversations with Murph and my coaches at school . They're like , don't worry about it , all fall , just keep doing what you're doing and we'll be good .
And it did see . Perseverance , dude , it's , it's proved . You should have more faith now in your journey . Right , and the stuff we were sending you , like I was sending you , like these guys and the highest level going through their droughts or going through they're , they're those spells and right , even Steph and everybody right .
Yeah , exactly , and I kind of really took it until , like alright , it said I'm gonna draw right now , so there's nothing to stress about , just keep doing you , just keep playing hard , carefree , and you'll be fine , like I tell myself every game before every game to play hard , smile and just have fun . Yeah , I do .
Today says basketball , oh , doesn't matter though , from Kate and a 17 year old . You know , let's go , young man , dropping this awesome man .
So you went on a six game win streak . You said you lost one and you won the last one . What's next ? You have ? How many more games you have before you get into the Like ? These are a playoffs , I'm assuming , coming up Uh this .
I think this was our 12th game , so we have Uh 10 more . Yeah , they have a lot of games . They played 22 . Awesome , wow , it's not like a 12 game season .
Yeah , they're just Warming . Like I said , they're not done , they're not ready to go to the championship .
Yet I'm not , I'm just . What I'm saying is just the way .
It is , it's like I'm not , I'm not . It's not easy to predict you either , jolly , you don't . You grow like you said , paul . You grow it within that season , each game . You grow like they're growing . You right , kate , and you guys are . You are personally in your team .
Yeah , I mean we , we still got some things to work on , but Absolutely always I want it always and forever , but sounds familiar .
This is their first year playing together . Kate's brand new for this team and we have there's only three returning players too .
So it's yeah . So it's kind of , I want to say , started from the bottom , but kind of near . Yeah , I know it is dude , a learning curve .
How to learn what , how to learn each other's game , how to play with each other , and then you start clicking . You know having fun . This is awesome , man . I'm so true . You , how long does the season go ? I know you said 12 games .
But is that through April ? May ? That'd be really cool , but it's also June . I don't think it goes that far , but it definitely is through .
February , I'm not sure . In India , I think it was different .
So then , after the the regular season , it's winter ball , Paul , you know right , but is there like a champion like if you get to a certain record and and what's next ? I guess , is there like a Championship game , like I guess where I'm going with this .
I'd love to get you back on towards the end , depending on where you guys finish , and kind of the next game , depending on where you guys finish , and kind of the next piece of it .
I think it's just playoffs and conference play , because we we playing the okay at red conference , so we have to play all those teams and I think that .
And I think win the conference .
Yeah , I'm doing like that go to states ? I'm not sure .
Yeah , it's the same same deal as any other state .
Awesome dude .
Yep , well , congrats , man 23 . How many boards again ?
Uh , I'm I'm not sure , but A handful of but he's gonna throw down eight for you .
But but he's gonna be dropped , he's got .
He got big . I got cam there . They got big guys ripping boards , but he's gonna . Yeah , he just you know he's doing he's . Caden's game is growing out . That's a huge confidence builders , all that man . Oh he had a nice dunk . I sent it to Paul sideline .
Well , I liked how you got the scoring , how you said it wasn't just dunks , it was a combination . You had some inside game and then you knocked down a bunch of threes too . That's really cool , man .
Paul , that rider out too . It was like wait until next year for him to dunk on somebody , like get contact . Yeah , okay , look at you , you're gonna break out . He's gonna break out more and more . Caden's gonna grow so much this season it's journey , man I love it Awesome dude . Well man , so if you want to talk about anything else , what else is going on ?
Man like anything else .
I'm not really , I just really really read my bible that a boy . Fates . First let's go , because there was . There was kind of like first streak where I wasn't really like confident , but I think it was either during Christmas , like one of the games during Christmas break .
I just like my confidence just came back and I've been playing a while ever since , like I don't think there's probably I don't think there's been a game where I've had under 10 which is Kind of like I shouldn't have another 10 . I should have over 10 because how much work I put in .
But I've just been on a roll and I hope to continue it and just keep playing it hard and Keep doing whatever it takes to win .
Yep , I'll replay baby .
Let's do it . It's so cool to be on this journey with you , man . I'm glad you're able to come on and I can't wait to hear your next . I think what ? When should we get Kaden back on After the like February , and maybe we bring him on next pond ? Dude , you're coming on next .
He's gonna have . Yeah , he can come on whenever he wants , but like it was especially if , like I wanted him have , I wanted to celebrate this little breakout game for him . Like I said is like once you break out , get 20 , he's like he hit me with the text . I was it last night . Yeah , I was like in the gym just leaving .
I'm like , yes , and it's just like once you , you have to Hit these levels to get like it's all about you know it's those levels to everything you know , and so he's just gonna continue . It's not about Sometimes it's not even a bout score like drew drew holiday . He's so effective . You don't see his 25 points game .
We wish we'd have a little few more points , but he's such a Defend it , like his defense , in the way he runs the point the floor man and Derek white , I mean . Obviously points matter , dude , but you can . You can grow like I want to see you get comfortable , like what we're talking about .
Before , like Dennis Robin , he was a called the worm , learning how to position yourself for rebounds , the timing of it , all that good stuff . You know working on that part of your game . You know All that . You know the deal , dude . So that's it , man .
Hey , I got a quick question before you go , because we were just talking about this before you jumped on . I don't know if you watch the Celtics Denver game .
Uh , I watched the last few minutes of the quarter . I don't watch the whole thing .
So there was , there was a game . There was a play earlier in the game where Jason Tatum goes full court and dunks it . It was a sick play and he hung on the rim just for a little bit .
Just gave it a little sauce , you know , just a little bit .
He did a rim raise dude and they gave him a tack . They gave him a tack , it was a momentum killer .
Do they do that in ?
high school , when you guys , when you dunk it , if you hang on the rim too much , will they give you a technical Uh that wouldn't have been a tack out of there .
They definitely were in high school . I've seen her before , but not this year .
That play shouldn't have been , because it was such a play that they're just like let it go , man , yeah , it's like that would . Oh , and this is a good thing that we can leave with for you , kid , he's , he got , he had a game where he was Getting irritated to take up the fouls , right , like , like , just that's the problem of the game .
Sometimes we don't get these calls or we're just getting oh , my gosh , we're getting it's . It's a whole thing . The NBA with with the , the fouls . Sometimes they're bad calls , sometimes they're missed calls , and sometimes you feel like you picked on , like what is going on here right now . You know it's that's roll with the punches , adversity .
Right , exactly .
I was pumped because that was just like the game before , and then you came back With this big game , you know . So I think it was just the game before . We were like you were . You were just . You know . You have every right to be that way , man you know something ?
That's just , I think , what I've heard and learn . I think that's just how rest are the two at that place that play where we lost ? Yeah , because I mean there's such a big crowd , so it's they're playing to that .
They're playing it to the town politics could be right .
Yeah it is what it is . Yeah , it's territorial .
Personally , you know they guys , they take it personal . It's all the way up to the NBA .
You know , though , you know , I mean , I personally feel like we should have won that game , but I mean , next time we see them , we'll just see what happens .
It's on . So that's a cool little ride . So it's a big ride . Really got sparked then , so that's good . Yeah , I gotta see that game too . I'm behind . I've been busy with mirf ball , kaden all these good stuff happening , brother . All our dreams are coming true . Living this journey with you guys , just to merge with Kaden Super star .
No plan .
B Kaden , nba baby , raising up , steps , steps to everything , man , one step at a time , one day at a time . Right , yes , sir , keep it as simple brother .
It's awesome to be on this journey with you , man . Thanks for jumping on and again we're getting you on next ball . Dude , jump on just like this , get out and updates .
Everybody knows what's ?
hey , you know me downloads . We've gotten that on that pod that you're on . The people want to know what's going on with Kaden . So here we go we appreciate it , man the big cat dude , We'll see you next month bro .
Yes , sir .
I'll see you sooner . We'll talk sooner , my friend .
All right , I'll call you later .
All right brother .
Okay , all right , see you .
Awesome . Oh , just like that . That was our first fun real time I'm flying .
¶ NBA Rivals and Potential Guests Discussion
Come on in from right .
I mean we we've had people on the pod numerous times , but not this way , not just jumping on .
We're gonna have to get ready for the big time . Anybody can come .
Well , he's part of this journey , man . He's part of this whole thing right now .
Go back and check out . He was the K-star pod . Good for him , but again .
I know I we've already said it two or three times . We'll bring it up again . Check out the show notes , everybody . Right , because you're hearing about it now you can go see it . So you're gonna have a little link on there . Um , I will well people be able to go back and see the game where he got the 23 points . I'm watching the game yes it's .
You can see the highlights then you can just watch the game , you can fast forward , you can do whatever you want on youtube . Oh , yeah , the dog . I sent you that one . That was the other game , but I haven't seen this game yet , so I'm out when we get off this show just two murfs .
I'm going on youtube to watch it and I'll just so I get to see him too and I get to critique and we talk , we don't just talk hoops , we bring in hoops .
And we watch film .
But we're supporting you guys . Grandville out here up here . We got out in the northwest with podcast p , you know , and and boston area that's where kaden's from originally way with . But go check out the show that we had with him . And in our , in our library , you know , we got kaden the rising star pod .
Yeah so , hey , man , let's finish it off with one more little segment and then get out of here . Yeah , um , what I wanted to do , I know we were hitting on midseason . This will just kind of tie into the other teams . Yeah , it's another key date with the nba right . First we had the in season tournament .
We had all that going on Well , the next key date , believe it or not , is this week . I didn't even know till I looked at it . Coach , it's nba Rivals week . I don't know who came up with this , but some of these rivals they're kind of weird , right , but for us they're not . It's not weird at all . We're playing miami , that's our rival .
We're playing them on thursday , so that's going to be exciting to look forward to . That's thursday , um , but yeah , let's just talk with some of it . So one of them Denver , indiana . We talked about the Pacers in the in season tournament getting to the final . We all talked about Halliburton . I didn't realize they were a rival with Denver .
But let's just talk Pacers in general right now . Like , are they still a threat ? Let's go on . They just had a big trade . Coach .
They got Seattle from .
Toronto Like . Are they someone we need to worry about on our way to ?
June . I'm sorry , I'm not gonna worry about you Pacers , I think they fizzled out . It was the in season tournament shoots . They just had so much fire . No , you can't count them out . This is I will see how this trade works out . You know , and that way being said , I'm just gonna bring up the assistant coach .
Sorry if I pronounced your name wrong , but I think it's Giannaro . Giannaro Pargo , mr Pargo from Indiana . He's an assistant coach . Okay , he's , he's a player with the guys . He's a great , he was a great player . He scored 22 . He dropped 22 against the Suns as a Hornet back in 0-8 . But he is connected to my guy , my new business associate , franco .
A little shot off of Franco there Franco Lane from Lane printing and advertising . We had an awesome meeting yesterday and he's a stellar golfer and he has these connections with Mr Tony .
Allen himself .
Yeah , Franco and Pargo , coach Pargo , and hopefully we'll get them on the show , all of them , sometime soon . He has connections with Al Jefferson , with Tony Allen and I'm . I'm meeting him at his shot out to Lane . It's a family owned business in Holbrook Mass . We're gonna meet on Monday for Murphball , so he's buddies with this guy .
This guy is his buddies hanging out with Tony .
Allen With an assistant coach .
Giannaro .
Giannaro . There , I got it . Pargo Giannaro , Wait , wait , wait , wait , wait , wait wait .
Look at back up , coach Franco . You're on the show . You have no choice .
Let me back up here for a second . Yeah , what you're telling me . Here is we just had a real NBA Hooper on right . We just had a real NBA Hooper Caden right .
Oh yeah , future NBA player .
And now you're saying we're gonna have a real NBA coach . I mean , you're the coach .
Hopefully we're getting coach Pargo on with . They're invited with Mr Franco Lane who's gonna help Murphball go to the next level ?
Man this journey's getting weird .
It's getting crazy . I mean I love to have Tony on or Al , whatever . Tony Allen and the real quick Tony Allen story a lot of people know if you're a true Hoop fan is the show with the big ticket
¶ Trending NBA Teams
. The big ticket and the truth . I mean I don't know if they have that show if you're a Hoop fan , right , and Doc Rivers was on the show and it was awesome If everybody saw it . You were getting so much inside information about 08 , the season 08 . Well , danny Ainge , who was all running the whole . That's the championship by the way , that's right .
Where was Doc before that ? He was a 76er , right , he was with Philly . Well , he called up Doc . You remember that . Yeah , you're like see he's thinking right now .
Paul , you remember , no Are you shaking your head like that ? No , no , he was just with Philly . He was with the Hawks , I think , or something .
Oh , it was the Hawks . No , no , no , he was with .
Philly , no Orlando , orlando , orlando , ding , ding , ding . Coaches corrections .
We're going right into the corner . That's the correctional . That's what I was thinking . That's why we have podcast Paul at the helm here . That's why it's podcast speed . Thank you for the correction . Anyway , danny calls Doc and goes want to have a meeting but , like you know , he's like yeah , I'll have a meeting , we'll meet . He was .
He was like how about right now ? He was outside his office with the owners , he not just we're there . And he was just showed up and Doc's like all right , and they had a meeting . That's how aggressive that move was . And he wasn't even going to take the coaching job for the 08SW championship . He wasn't going to .
But the Tony Allen connection Angel also loved Tony and so did Doc , the gritty man from Chicago . You know about his story , he's got . You know . We're just going to do it , man . We're just going to do a quick Tony Allen quiz Because I hope , yeah , I hope he's going to come on the show and give him a little love right now .
Man , he's a guy , but they , they , they like vibed over Tony Boom . Doc's like , all right , I'm in . And you know cause ? Doc's shy , the shy town connection Chicago . So Tony Allen quiz , quick quiz , last quiz All right , we're podcast P . What is Tony Allen's nickname ?
And I'm going to mention them on Instagram . I know this , so just let me . Let me think I'm going to give Franco a mention . He was a defensive wizard .
He was a defensive wizard .
Well , it's nice to be dropped out , he was he was , it was his nickname has something to do with defense and I can't the grind father . Oh , I was not going to get the grind father is American .
I know that he's American professional basketball player . Played 14 seasons in the NBA , you know , primarily for us in the Grizzlies , Remember . So no , it's . I always think I'm like interesting Him and Marcus smart .
Yes , yes , oh yeah yes .
Yeah , well , no , he played a Memphis .
That's right . That's why it's like .
But Tony was a baller . He was gritty . You know six , four to listen six fourth to 13 . But I love the fact where he came from . Can you name the ? You know the college we came from . If you nail this , I'm going to be pumped . What was the college he played for ?
The last college , the last college he played for , was Kansas . I have no idea Kansas .
He was OK , he was Oklahoma State .
OK , all right .
All right , he came out of there like he was a ball to come ball out of that and we drafted him right .
He was drafted by the Celtics .
Yes , we had him . For what can you name the years ? There is a professional Celtic Went home .
Oh gosh , I mean , if it was , if he was there for a week , I'm going to go 2006 .
Nice try , though . Oh , four to two , 10 .
Oh right 2004 , 2010 .
Ok , of course he was with us on oh wait , huge factor why ? But I like the fact that he started Butler County Community College . All right , I won't get into the whole details , but that's what it's all about . So I told Caden said that even if , like , something doesn't go the way it should , this year and the next year is it over after high school .
It's never over . You're so young and then he go . And then he went to Wabash Valley for a year , so 2000 , 2001, . He was at the Butler Community . Could the cute Bouter , butler County's our Community College for that one year . Then the next year is at Wabash Valley .
Then he transferred over to OK , ok , oklahoma State and the rest of his history Just keep leveling up and never give up his dream . And look where he went all the way to the top . So , franco Lane , ever something to Lane family Shout out , hopefully we'll see you guys , you boys on the show .
Whoever wants to be on the show would be great to have a professional . It would be great for the show Great for all of us .
Who put up ?
They go Tony .
So staying on that . I know that's the end of the quiz , but saying on that , memphis , this is the last Memphis Grizzly mention because they stink , but we have to at least get another correction going here , goach .
Oh , hold on . Well , for the correction , he also was . Tony was also a big 12 tournament MVP . He was like legit . He was legit in the 04 . So what's the correction ?
Bring back to the bottom . The coach made a big prediction .
Big boo with the .
Memphis Grizzlies .
Oh , what , what , what , but that's not your fault .
That's not your fault .
Do ? I hope I didn't juju bad , juju him , but that's it . But you know what ? Sorry .
John John Moran , I'm not , it's kind of what you do Flash and guns though , so like you know what that ? That's the whole deal here . Oh , nothing as much fun as we're having and we'll continue to have , and it's a journey and we love the NBA For every single one of these teams . It all comes down to health .
Yeah right , you lose that team , they lose that superstar . It's over .
It was so fun having him back in the NBA , so fun to watch . She's incredible . So I don't care about all that personal stuff , but , as mentioned , it's gun flashing . We're all we're doing that . It was stupid , we all make mistakes , but like OK , so that's it .
Just to finish it up here . Getting back to the rivals , week and midseason and all this stuff , you said the Pacers . They're not there anymore . There were seven seed , so who ? Are right now , as we're at the midseason point , who are the teams that are trending up ? Who are the teams that you think ?
of a real shot . I already predicted that we're going to trend up . They already happened , Well we know the sell . We just talked , I told you though I would go with the East . We'll start with East . We already know this . The Cavs like you said , you want to talk about the Cavs . There are six game win streak . It's the next I predicted .
The next is you're like the next , I told you , and then what about ?
what about the Miami Heat ?
Yep , they're always going to be an ish , like our Golden State little six seed .
They're in it . Hey , last year they were at eight seed and they went all the way to the end finals there are six , so anything that happened there with the .
Cavs , the next the heat .
What about the sixers man ?
Well , you said it's a big three dude , it doesn't matter , that's right . So you still feel that ?
way . Everybody does I mean did you see him beat ? I mean , we talked about the Joker at nauseam .
Celtics box sixers .
Did you see the Sixers Denver matchup earlier in the week before they came in here in bead outplayed the Joker in that game .
No , he's talking about in bead man .
It's like it's like the whole thing .
Quiet , all that quiet stuff . Same with Joker and Denver . They quietly , but we just hit on it .
Health . That's the thing with him . He always breaks down in the playoffs .
So if he doesn't break down this year , that's going to be tough , so what ? About the West man In the West . I said this as well , I said the next in the East , which I was right about . And then what else was right about the ?
Clippers , oh , your Clippers , they're fourth .
You are so on point with that Coach you had to be because it's like you two , it's really simple , are they a real threat ?
It's a flip of a coin .
So it's not like this magic , like this magical guess or something , it's a simple . You flip the coin . You either get it together because you have James Harden , paul Gaspi , the second Paul George , kwy Leonard and Russell Westbrook on the same team .
Yeah , those four get your , get your ish together in your gold , and they did Harden's playing a little bit better .
We might be on the same page here . So again , midseason . This is all we're doing right now . We'll see what happens in the next 40 to 100 . Did you see the ?
Anthony , others move , he threw a ball at the back and man off the backboard moved . You saw it . Yeah , it's my . I love my hand . Man Dude , what was ?
that that play was crazy . We're on the same page here , Boston , Milwaukee , although man they are obviously we got to put them in there . Boston , milwaukee , 76ers , those three teams . One of those teams is going to make it , but in the West I say it's four teams Minnesota , okc . We haven't even talked about OKC 13 , denver , denver .
Obviously we just talked again about the war and the Clippers .
That's it and everybody else I know .
The Pelicans are at five and they still have what it takes to have OKC , though , is kind of going the other direction all of a sudden but we'll see .
And the Mavs don't have what it takes . No , it's going to happen with the Mavs . No , it's going to happen with the Kyrie . You saw that right . Where's Kyrie going ? Lebron's not done Well big week .
big week for the Kyrie is going back to . La . Ooh , big week for the green . We got tomorrow , E-May 2 , E-May again in Houston .
Then Monday we're playing the Mavs .
We're in Dallas , dude Monday night , Then we're flying to Miami . We already hit on it NBA rivals week in Miami . And then Saturday , one week from today , Coach , we're back in the garden going for 21 and one against you or Clippers .
It was actually 27 in a row this week . We had a streak . Your Clippers next Saturday .
I know that's what I'm pumped about . That's going to be fun .
Because there could be a dark horse . There's always like these dark horses , but it's only going to happen if there's injury issues with those teams . There's like there's no getting around those top teams unless they're injured . That's it , Simple as that .
Well , Coach , this has been a fun pod , as always . Before you take us out , just some other key dates coming up just to get you thinking about the next pod , get you excited . So February 8th NBA trade deadline Could be some moves . We already talked Siakam from Toronto to Indiana . That was a big one . There'll be more .
Yeah , and then that will break dude .
¶ Journey to the NBA All-Star Break
February 16th through the 21st , it's already almost the NBA All-Star break , which that's what we think midseason no , that's right now All-Star break . Then it's only the stretch run from there . So I'm thinking what are you thinking , dude ? Like probably get on at the All-Star break , like we always do ? Right , Probably a good time to get back on .
Yeah , all-star break , yep , that's it baby . And then Kaden will be close to the end of his season . Mm-hmm , and him back on Dude .
That's not perfect . What a journey man . The journey to June .
Just two Murph talk Take us out , man .
J2M's Well , things are going well in my life with Murph Ball . I've had some dreams come true , some . I have a great new CEO . We planted in Mr Paul Kearney , pk . He was some name dropping today , franco , and hopefully we'll have some one of those pros on . I can't wait to play . You play golf . We got some , he's really good .
So we get some golf playing going on . But the whole thing is , it's daily , it's one day at a time . I didn't know that this board meeting was going to happen yesterday . It's going to have this amazing experience . You don't know what tomorrow is going to bring . This is 12 years in the making for me and Murph Ball .
This is three , four years in the making with J2M , and Kobe would always say he's at the , he was at the summit . So you look up , you're like , oh , look at Kobe , it's not about the summit , it's . What is it about , paul ? It's about it's all about the journey , baby . That's it , man . Keep it simple . Keep it in the day , one day at a time .
It's the journey , not the destination . 2024 , baby , we're coming , we're coming to get you . It's the green machine , baby , just to .
Murph , we'll see you at the All-Star break . Be happy , peace .