¶ Coach's Corner
Welcome back everyone . We are Just 2 Murph' Talkin sports the journey to June , with a special , special episode for you today , folks , because today I'm going to let the coach take over . Man , this is the coaches corrections , the coaches corner . For all you old school listeners , the coaches corner , it's back .
But the reason it's back when I said coaches corrections , the coaches got a few , so he had to get it out there , he had to let it all out . So , without further ado , coach , this is your show man , take over , check it out .
Woo , my show . Let's go here . I am , baby , you're in the coaches corner . I don't know the sound effects Paul will work on those later but I was just listening . The reason welcome to the corner , the corner special . This is exciting . The coaches corner , the corner corrections .
So what we were doing , the inspiration here is last pod , our 75th extravaganza episode . For the 75th episode we had , I , paul , talked about Jason's from Seattle , because the number one downloaded , number two downloaded pod of all time was a city ripped away from us . You know what ?
was it A team ripped away from a scene ?
Ripped away from which is Seattle .
Yes , the .
SuperSonics and I went back to the pod and listened to it because I said I wasn't on that pod . I was in the second half of the pod . We were doing some cool stuff back then .
So Paul had his cast with Jason from Seattle , who had some awesome info about the history of Seattle the SuperSonics he's a true fan and then the second half was just him , you and I . So that was cool . So there's a correction .
Coaches corner .
Yep , there's a correction . I was on that episode there you go . And of course it's one of the most highly downloaded . Of course I'm on it . Yeah , so when Paul and I went to the West Coast before the pandemic and saw the basketball game , we went with Professor JT . We saw the trailblazers and the Celtics , that's right .
That was when Dane was on the and right before going into the game . Professor JT says what about the coaches corner ? So he had to get props to JT because he dubbed the name of coaches corner . Anyway there's . So this is an old school segment . Yeah .
For all you longtime listeners . The coaches corner his place . You have way more corrections , man . I think you have a lot to say about the end . I don't know if it starts with the end of season one , but definitely going into season two , there's a few things you've been wrong about . I think that's why you want to get on today , right ?
Yeah , you've been doing so far three weeks into the NBA season , right ? Is it three weeks now or is it a month ? I don't know how many games now , but there's been a lot so far you've been wrong about . So where do we want to ?
start . Anyway the code . Also in that episode there was a the . The Paul had a sound bite where it's like coach is corn and introduces me .
Yeah .
So that's why we're doing it today and we're going to do these corrections . We'll go into the corner for the corrections that we need to do . I don't think we ever gave Ted an apology for member for his that correction . For the Eastern Conference finals , how many teams have you ?
just did this year . Yeah , that was this year talking about it .
Yeah , apology , you didn't do an actual . I did Sorry , Ted for because he said what did he say , can you ?
Yeah , so it was . I said I don't what other team because I was under the impression that the Celtics and he Eastern Conference finals . That was four in a row .
Yeah .
Right , four in a row , when actually it was three out of the last four , right ? So let's , let's back up on that . So it started with a bubble year 20 . 21 Celtics didn't . They were do-do right . It didn't happen , right . So I think it was what bucks ? Was it bucks heat for the Eastern Conference Finals ? And then they lost to the bucks , I'm guessing .
Anyway , we didn't go in 21 , then 22 , 23 . So that was we were talking about . If they make it to the Eastern Conference Finals , this would be four in a row . It's actually three out of four years , and I guess there has been another team in the 80s that was three out of four , I believe the 76ers and Celtics . I might have this screwed up .
We might have to do another correction on this right now . It's complicated .
We're just it's . We tend we always get mentioned most of our pods . There you go . There's our correction there . On last , I already apologized for the unicorns , but that's a major correction To . Chet and Victor are the real deal , especially Paul predicting Chet their tie for first with the Timberlake Wolves in the West right now .
Man , I think he's gonna give rookie over there over Victor Now . So there you go , there's a correction . But yeah , but whenever we have a little something wrong , we do something wrong . We'll go into the coach's corner and do the coach the corner corrections . That's it .
Trying to think what else is well ?
Oh , and my microphone ? My microphone is now working . That was like the main thing Most people won't even notice but my mic ? I got a new laptop so the microphone wasn't working because I had security . I had to go into security and like unlock it and you could hear a little echo in my last couple of pause , but people won't even notice . I do correction .
Yeah , we might have to have a few of these this year for you , because obviously I don't need any corrections .
We're already seeing it all happen right now .
You just said it . Chet Holmgren , number one in the rookies . Oklahoma City Thunder , one of the best in the West . And then , last pod , what did I say ? Minnesota Timberwolves make it to the finals .
I know it's early but look at these guys . I know they look good . They look good , it's all . They're number one right now . We talked about that . I told you that we did that , the clips . But what did I say about the East ? You're like what ? And they just clinched the in season tournament . The only two , what are the only two ?
Here we go in season quiz .
Oh , you wanna do any in season quiz ? Just boop , all right , all right .
There's only one question quiz . Okay , there's gonna be a couple of quizzes . It's the in season tournament quiz . All right , all right , here we go . Are you ready ? Yeah , one of the two teams have clinched .
Wow , you're not gonna stump me on the in season tournament there's not anybody , I don't think I think I'm the only NBA fan that even cares about this . People are starting to get into it . Indiana Pacers Remember .
I said and the Los .
Angeles Lakers , that's right . Dang , dang , dang . And you know what this is why , oh man , I think I'm gonna do a correction right now , because I act like I care so much , but because now my Celtics might not make it . I'm like ooh .
I don't like it anymore , but it is interesting how the Pacers will put them aside , because I think they're doing well in the East . The Lakers stink dude , but yet they're four and O in the frigging in season tournament . So we'll see how this plays out .
I mean , the Lakers stink right , they're like nine and seven or what's their record right now , like 500 , but they're four and O in the in season tournament . And I did hit on this last time and now I feel like it's coming to fruition . Remember I was like oh , the real contender is gonna show up for the cup . Doesn't look like it ?
Because right now I said it . I said the Pacers .
Remember you don't remember that . Either break that clip down . I'm with you . And you're gonna have to put that in . Check it out .
Do you think that's gonna stay true ? We got somebody else in the East that's gonna come out that you see in the final Pacers . Whoa , you're going with the Pacers . Yeah , they're third .
They're seventh in the East , but it's all bunched up . They're nine and six right now . Nine wins , they're good . Dude Halliburton told you you go back .
This is your podcast today .
So you're gonna have to go back .
I'm gonna let you run with this and tell me what we're going , but once you're ready to really get into the in season tournament , I have a lot to say .
So just go right in . That's it . You won the quiz . All right . One question quiz , ok , all right .
So now , this is all I got for today . This is it . So I'm gonna , I'm gonna give my piece , you jump in and then I'll let you take over from here . But yeah , yeah . So in season tournament , here's where it's working . I'm interested , I'm looking at the cool courts . I got my special jersey , I'm getting the gear and it's keeping me interested .
You got tournament Friday , tournament Tuesday which , by the way , they screwed up tournament Friday because they had the games during the day . It's supposed to be night time . Anyway , that's that . But at the end of the day , this is a journey to June man and I want my teams to win games and I also want them to stay healthy .
So I'm doing a flip flop here . I feel like I asked this question last time .
I feel like the winner of the in season tournament , the people that are going to go to the finals and we'll see , because we're going to be back on here when they're in Vegas in a couple of weeks I feel like it's going to be the bums the guys aren't even going to June that are going to really care about this thing . Because right now here it is .
Right now , you ready for updates , because there's only one more day of the tournament next Tuesday and then we're going into the knockout round . So it's almost over . So right now , here's who's eliminated the Clippers have been eliminated . The Spurs are Spurs . With the alien , they're in the last place .
Have been eliminated .
The Pistons have been eliminated . Eh , they stink . Here it is , though . The Nuggets have been eliminated . They're not in it . The Wizards have been eliminated , so some of these teams stink , but the Nuggets are out . Dude , the Timberwolves remain alive for the wild card . See , that's a thing .
So the Timberwolves are number one in the West , but they're barely in it for the tournament .
It's not going to go Right .
So what else we got ? The Bulls and Raptors have been eliminated . The Heat drop into third in the group . They're not in it right now .
You know there's still some stuff up in the air and that's what we gotta figure out , because on Tuesday Well , the Bulls play the Celtics on Tuesday , yeah , but you know what , the thing I didn't realize that came into this it's not just winning , it's how much you're winning by Point differential plays into this .
So the Celtics screwed themselves by losing by 17 . Not only did they lose , so if they won on Friday they'd be in , they would have clinched . But instead , not only did they lose , they lost by 17 points , and they lost their whole point differential . Now they're totally out of it . They might be out of it even if they win .
Even if they beat .
Thanks , Joe , I know .
Coach Joe , we're going to talk about that .
So we'll see and we're going to find out because , again , next Tuesday is the last of the If we beat the Bulls when we do , then the Nats have to win too .
and we're in .
I read it oh whoa , yeah , you know See , wow , correction on my side . It's Coach's pot , it's the Coach's corner . I'm just going to sit back . Yeah , man .
The Nats have to beat the Raptors . Say that again . We beat the Bulls at 7.30 PM on Tuesday , okay , and the Nats beat the Raptors at 7.30 PM too , on Tuesday . Nats have to win . It is second .
I just got excited again , so I guess I do care .
So then that's Because you know what I like about that .
What did I just say ? I just said , the Bulls and Raptors have been eliminated . So the Raptors don't care , the Bulls don't care .
The .
Celtics and the Nats care . So if the Nats beat the Raptors ? Is that what you said ?
No , yes , we're in when we win . We win , Nats win . We're in For the quarterfinal .
Are you sure about ?
that 100% .
Wow . Well , it's the Coach's pot .
It is baby there it is All right . Tuesday tournament night . So yeah , so I wanted to get into the green machines of that game and , like the artist upset with Coach Joe again with his timeouts , were upset . We were there , went on a 17 and no run and he never called a timeout . What are you doing , dude ?
Like that's the problem I'm having with him and Interesting , and the big part of today's pod is yeah , he didn't call a timeout 17 and no run , never called a timeout . Also , we were like seven for 29 for three point land and on the bench he's got no minutes .
¶ Discussion on NBA Standings and Predictions
Is one of the best movement shooters in the NBA on our team and what's his name ? Svetoslav Mikhailenko .
Oh .
Svetoslav Mikhailenko . One more time for the people . Svetoslav Mikhailenko .
Svih , william Hay-Luke Svih . He didn't get one minute .
He didn't put him in . The guy's one of the best shooters on our team . He hasn't seen it any time . Not happy with Joe not playing Svih .
Not happy with Well he's gonna have to now , because it looks like we have no Xing and no Holiday for a while . Yeah , you got a calf injury . Well , he's having an MRI , so I don't know when we get this pod posted , what's going on there and that kind of gets back and the discussion on the end season tournament . Okay , yeah .
You know I act like I'm so excited .
Right , whatever it doesn't , we're not gonna win . We're not gonna be in because we're resting now . We don't have any Zingas . We can't win without poor Zingas . Dude , back to your point about the bench . We're great when our team is our top five or our top six are in there . Everybody's healthy , no problem .
But poor Zingas leaves , holiday leaves and as much as I'm like oh look at Holiday . I guess the box . Hey , as we get on this thing , we're all upset . They lost the end season tournament on Friday , but just two days prior , or a day prior , they beat the box and we're all happy Big out . It looked like Holiday stunk . No Wrong .
The guy's defense is amazing , even though he wasn't putting up the statistic points . Plays great defense , but we have no holiday and no Porzingis for the Bulls on Tuesday . Dude , they're not gonna win , they're not going to the N-Season Tournament and you know what . What it's okay .
What are you talking about ? Wrong ? Well , another coach's corrections , corner corrections . We're going all the way , baby . We're going to the big . We have any updates on Porzingis ? Minor calf injury ?
dude like a , I'd rather sit him down , fine , because we want him to be healthy man . That's fine .
Right , big Al dominated the Greek . That's what he does .
Yeah , the box , they have a great , yeah , but Porzingis was great in that game .
They have a great top eight . They get a little shady after . Have you noticed that ?
Jalen Brown plays better with Porzingis in the game .
They have a great connection .
It's like he doesn't know how to play again after he's out of the game . Jason Tatum and Jalen Brown on their own . We just saw what happened . Doodoo , what's going on there ?
No , that's just always been like that man . So Drew wasn't playing . Derek White was out most of the game because he got a contusion , remember , in his arm . So that was just whatever . We'll let that go . We have the most wins in the league , 12 . We're 12 and four Number one . All right number two is who ?
Oh , the Mighty Magic , the Mighty White .
Magic 11 and five . No , they're good , so you have to give that to them too . Sure , they're good defense and they played well . So we talked about in last pod Bancharo Paolo . He's the second year . He's great . Yeah , there's not much more to talk about . I mean we can go over some of the standings a little bit more In the West .
I mean , you're spot on with the Thunder and the Wolves . They're tied for first . It's crazy Good for you . Thunder . They're both 11 and four . Dallas right behind 10 and five . The Suns are up there 10 and six . Debooker dropped 40 points last night . Also , Kevin Durant , Talk about injuries . Durant foot injury , it's just soreness .
I think Brandon Beale has like a spinal injury . He's out for like a few weeks , three weeks . Yeah , the Nuggets are 10 and six Kings .
The Nuggets aren't playing well , man . They just lost again last night . Yeah , but they . Oh , I know who you need to talk about . Here's another coach's correction . I'll throw one out . I'll give you a little softball .
Nice .
E-May .
E-May Houston Rockets . They just won against the Nuggets right .
Yes Again they've beaten them twice this year . E-may dude , I told you Look at the standings right now .
I am man . So Ben , we don't talk about who dominated last night the games . Last night the big guy against the Clippers .
Zion . Oh Mo Wagner Did he play for the ?
Celtics oh Mo beat us up . Yeah , for the Orlando , you mean .
Yes .
But Zion and Ingram . They both dropped 31 . Against the Clippers , Zion had 32 . Ingram had 30 . Beating the Clippers by 10 last night Crazy . So we don't talk much about that .
I lied about the NC's internment , because there's nothing else to talk about right now . This is the whole point . This is what the commissioner wanted . Ok , I'm back . So there was one , two , three , four , five clinching scenarios , five clinching scenarios . These teams win on Friday , yesterday , they're in and all five lost .
The Celtics lost , the Pelicans lost , the Nuggets not only did they lose , they're out of the tournament now . They could have . It's not weird . They could have clinched and now they're out . They went from clinching to out . Kings didn't clinch and the Timberwolves didn't clinch . So we got to get our standings dude . We got to get our in seasons .
We have to do it . We have to do it .
There's never a period on the NC's internment .
All right , here we go . So right now , as it stands , the Indiana Pacers , georgia , the Milwaukee Bucks and the mighty Orlando Magic are your leaders , with the wild card being the New York Knicks . Miami Heat are right behind them right now . Ok , so that's what's going on . And the West ? Again , the Lakers . What's their record ? Look it up , is it 9 and 7 ?
But they're 4 and 0 in the stupid tournament . They're number one Sacramento Kings , and then the New Orleans Pelicans and the Suns are the wild card Lakers are 8th , but at the end of the day , it's all going to change . I mean , I just read it to you , like all the clinching scenarios that happened . None of them happened , and now they're out .
So the Bucks play the heat on Tuesday . It's going to be fun , man . Tuesday will be fun because that's going to determine who goes to the knockout round . Then we'll be into it and then we'll get in here and talk about the championship . So I think it will be fun .
But I'm just a little deflated just because I see what the Celtics team looks like without poor Zingis , and the big wild card with him coming into this year was his health , and I'd much rather rest him right now than worrying about the cup . I know we wanted the cup and a ring .
We're going to beat it without poor Zingis , but they'll play just fine . Get Drew in there , big Al in there . Luke's been playing well , sam Hauser's been playing well . It's OK , man .
But I do have a feeling the way it's going to play out . This is my prediction . Prediction Nice , ready , check it out . And we're going to be on here to talk about the next part , so we'll fact check it . We'll fact check it . Here is my prediction In Vegas , it's going to be the Lakers against the Pacers .
Okay that's going to be the championship round or game in Vegas and LA is going to win and LeBron's going to be prance around with the cup . They're all going to jump around the lake of fans . They're going to be getting a cup , yeah , and they're not even going to make the playoffs .
Nice , that's going to happen .
That's what this in-season tournament is all about . That's my new take . I don't care , have fun , lakers . That's what's happened to you , lakers . What do you ?
think this is .
In LeBron , in AD , you get the cup you get the cup ?
No , no , no , no , no , and you don't even make the playoffs . What do we talk about in this drive against the it's ? A cup and a ring . The cup and a ring . It's kind of the greens getting the cup and a ring .
No , it's going to be the Lakers and they're going to flaunt around and LeBron's going to have his cigar and they're going to do , like , some TikTok and a dance and all this stuff . It's going to be oh yeah , we get the cup . And I'm telling you they're not even going to make the playoffs . No , I'm still going with the green baby .
All right , I'd like to see the green versus LA . That's fine , whoever , but yeah , so the so the heat beat the the next , or the next beat the heat last night .
Oh , jimmy couldn't win it with a three pointer . Had a good luck . Couldn't win it , told you .
The next is okay .
This year .
You know . So that was a big loss . Raptors beat the bulls , the Kang's beat the Wolves last night , though Pretty big wing for the Kings last night . Now I guess it's got worked by the Rock Okay .
I knew I was right . Now I'm finally pulled up . The real , the real . So we just talked about insert ease and in season tournament , yeah . So again , I'm sorry , I can't let go . Last year it was Dramond that I couldn't let go of , now it's the Lakers and their fakeness , dude . They're like I said and I was right , I was spot on .
Without even looking at it , they're nine and seven the Lakers and their number nine and the standings . They're not even in the friggin playoffs , right ? No , they're nine in the West , so I guess the play in game . So I mean , give me a break , give me a break in season tournament , but yeah right now .
Yeah , you used to love the love . I know , I know I was all into it .
Now I'm down on it because , dude the my Minnesota timber wolves .
The Lakers are eight dude .
The nine seven . The Pelicans are number eight .
No wrong Pelicans are nine .
No , no , no , look it up , I just turned , just open it up .
What you said . Rockets are seven . They're both nine and seven . They're both right .
But with the tie breaker they're number eight .
Nine says eight . Yeah , yeah .
Anyway , the point is they're like at the bottom right . Minnesota Timberwolves might not even go to the tournament . They might not go . They're number one in the West , and same thing with the Celtics , number one in the East . They might not even go . They're going , they're going .
They're going . A cup and a ring . That's it . I got nothing . I'll , I'll , I'll send you . When I sent the Pacers , I'll text it to you and you can get that . Get that clip in there , because I told you the Pacers do work . Yeah , that's it , man . Just a shorty for the folks , just a little little after post Thanksgiving pod .
I hope everybody had a good Thanksgiving .
Wait , hold on , though . Since we do , we just can't let go of the end season tournament . Well , you folks , we are confused like you are . This is the first year . We're all trying to figure this out .
I'm trying to get excited .
You are . I'm not at all , but I need to know . I gave my prediction . I said Lakers Pacers in Vegas , with the Lakers winning it , doing their with a tick tock , what's your prediction for ?
the next time we're on .
The universe gold . Oh so Celtics Lakers .
I like it All right .
Celtics .
So you also got the Lakers in the final but the Celtics winning it . And you're going to love it . You're going to love the end season again once we make it All right . The Nats are going to win . We're going to win on Tuesday and you're going to feel a lot better .
Well , we'll have to see if it's a podcast Paul , podcast P . Oh , I got one last thing before we go , I got one more . Nice , do you mind if I take over real quick ? All right , so podcast Paul became Puerto Rican P . Oh yeah , podcast Puerto Rico , or something like that , I don't know . Anyway , I wasn't thinking straight , folks , and I really apologize .
I missed a moment in my life that I'm not going to probably ever get back . So last week I had a trip to Puerto Rico and my first flight was from Seattle to Miami . That's right , folks , I went to Miami . Not only did I go to Miami , I walked right into boom , the heat store .
Jimmy Butler , duncan Robinson , bam , he's doing a little dunk on me , heat culture . I grabbed a jersey for a second . I was like heat culture , look at me . And I didn't even snap a photo , I didn't even record a video .
So , ted , I apologize , if the heat starts sinking in the standing , it's probably my fault , because I was right there in the belly of the beast . The Miami heat , who we can never get away from . That's our joke on the pod , you're doing just fine they even follow me to vacation . So I just had to get that out there .
They're fifth . They're 10 and six . They're right there with the sixers 10 and five . They're good . I told you that's gonna be the Eastern Conference finals again , man .
So that's my correction . It was more just a podcast Paul mistake not getting that video , but we'll see in the next podcast If it's gonna be podcast Paul correction with my final prediction no , the corrections can be in the corner .
Yeah , yeah , yeah , okay , all right , just go to the corner to do our corrections . All right , you know , get the facts , facts checks and all that good stuff . That's it , man . This is shorty for you guys .
Yeah , and I got to get going because my Oklahoma City Thunder playing the 76ers right now I gotta watch Chet dunk all over and beat all afternoon man .
Let's go . Oh boy , Uncle Nino , you know he's in fourth place . This is fun Good . So that's it , man . You know , I'll sign us out , If you don't mind , let's do it , man , you know I was thinking about how we're addicted to scrolling
¶ Less Scrolling, More Strolling
. So let's just simply less scrolling and more strolling . Let's get outside , go for a stroll of nature without the phone . Let's just detach , go for a walk , and we call it the grace of the present moment Just being present outside , especially so in these times when everybody's overthinking , which leads to nothing but unhappiness .
Let's stop strolling , scrolling so much and do a little bit more strolling . Peace , love and Uncle Rino Machine in season Peace .
Can't wait for the in-season tournament to be over .
See you for the championship . Bye-bye .