The Draymond Green Show - Warriors Ups and Downs + State of the NBA

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seven three six nine in New York, tennessee Redline eight nine Tennessee visit one eight hundred gamble dot in West Virginia. What's up, everybody? Welcome back to The Draymond Green Show Season two. For those of you who's listening to audio, you can't really see the smile on my face. For those of you watch him, you can definitely see the

small on my face. So excited to be back, the new media back in the building, bringing you the content that you all want, that you all want to hear, none of that lousy, distasteful mess that we've been stuck listening to. So we're back at it um number one. I want to say thank you to our subscribers and listeners for tuning back in, and I apologize to our subscribers and listening listeners for the long delay. Before I get into anything else, let's get straight into the delay.

Number One, contractual obligations, UM. Those are always very important. For those of you who's dealt with contractual obligations, UM, you should understand. For those of you that haven't, UH, contracts are very important and it's important that you spell out what you want in your contracts that you may come across in life. And saying that UM. However, that also coincided with what we all know the incident to be.

At the beginning of the season with myself and a teammate UM Jordan's and quite frankly, if I'm being honest, Jackson and I we recorded an episode UM right after, and I know everyone was looking for it. Everyone wanted to hear it, and quite frankly, I wanted to allow you the chance to hear what I had to say. I wanted to allow you the chance to kind of take a a trip in my mind and just maybe understand more. And when we recorded the episode, I hated the way I sounded UM, and so we simply just

didn't release it. I didn't like my tone, I didn't like the things I said, I didn't like the way it came out. I didn't like. Um. It almost if you're not careful, it almost comes off as unreal, unremorseful and distasteful. Distasteful, but also um fast, and what do I mean by fast? Quite frankly, I'm not big into saying things or doing things and then run into my show because it's gonna get more ratings, Like I don't really like that game. That's the old media. I I

don't play that game. I don't I'm not very interested in I think there's a time to speak, and you know, if the opportunity is there, I'm gonna speak. I'm never going to shy away from a topic. But the thing that I had to take into consideration with that is number One, someone else was affected. And not only one person was affective, but multiple people to un of I mean, however many you want, whatever word you want to use to describe the amount of people. People were affected. And

so it wasn't something that just affected me. And so when you do something that affects someone else, you can't just take yourself into consideration. How you may feel, how it may benefit you, all of those things, and so for me, I'm like, Okay, Jordan has to deal with this, other people have to deal with this. The last thing I need to be doing is sitting here talking about it like it's of Fine and Danny and so for that, I'm sure we probably lost some subscribers. For that, I'm

sure we probably lost some listeners. But quite frankly, if that is the case, I'd rather work my butt off and get those listeners and subscribers back and plus more and do it the right way than distastefully saying whatever I can say, tweeting whatever I can tweet um, like the old fart does um, and then running to my show knowing that everyone's gonna want to hear what I have to say, and raiding sky and through the roof like that's fate because they don't want to hear you tomorrow,

because tomorrow you can't talk about the garbage that you did today before to create your storyline, to create your headline, and then run and talk about it because you know everybody's listening. And so I just don't really like to a bye by that method. UM. I more so want to bring you great content. I want to talk basketball with you, I want to teach you basketball. I want to take you through my mind and how I see the game of basketball. And that's what we've always done

here and that won't change now. And so quite frankly, that was the reason or one of the biggest reasons for the hiatus, and here we are. We're back. Um. I know I saw some people saying, oh man, Draymonds not doing it anymore because they're losing, and this that I'm an NBA champion still like for the rest of this year, by the way, if we don't win another game,

we are the defending NBA champions until further notice. So the whole notion of like, oh man, they're they're not playing well, and so like I had the worst game of my life in the NBA Finals and I sat in front of this computer screen an hour later and talk to you all about it. So as we know, I'm not one that's afraid to talk during the rough times. But like I said, when someone else is affected, that's

a different thing for me. And I care about people too much to just glance by that and ignore it. And so because I didn't like the way it sounded, we nixed it, and then there were contract contractual things and we got those worked out and we're back. Shout out to Jackson holding it down. We're here and I am so excited to be back. Hope everyone tunes in. Maybe we get more subscribers, maybe we get more listeners, maybe we don't. But for those of you that are here,

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I spoke to him about being an All Star. I spoke to him about breaking the Sacramento Kings playoff curse and how it's on his back to go do that, nobody else. It's on Dear a Fox to go do that.

How the Indiana Pacers traded Yrese Halliburton, who's having an All star year by the way, how they traded him and showed Fox how committed they were to him and what his responsibility was for that quite frankly, And we'll get get into this further into the episode, but I think he's living up to that and Tyrese Halliburton is living up to exactly what the Indiana Pacers thought he

would live up to. And like I said, we're gonna get a little more into that later in the episode because I want to go a little deeper into that, and saying that a lot has happened with the Warriors, a lot has happened with the NBA since that interview, A lot has happened with the Michigan with mareenes since that interview. As we know, Um, they lost in the postseason again. Shout out to Jim garbag Um. Absolutely incredible to see Michigan lose. You know, I am not want

to pray on someone's downfall, just not really who I am. However, I love to see Michigan lose. It makes my day, makes me extremely happy and quite frankly, I don't think there's any scenario that I cheer for Michigan. I just can't. Um, it doesn't feel right, it feels bad to the core. There was a situation a few years back where, um, maybe like six seven years back where Michigan State Indiana we're all in a running to win the Big Ten, and we needed Michigan to be Indiana in order for

all three us to tie. Cheered against Michigan. Indiana deserve it. They won the games. We don't need a tie. Try again next year. I'd rather see Michigan lose. So you understand how I feel. So that game the other day, shout out to the TCU Horn Frosts. Much love to y'all, and good luck all tasks, but good luck by getting into the episode. Things that we really want to talk about. Number one, um, the Warriors season. Our season is a

little weird, as you know. Best record in the league at home at seventeen and two, it's incredible, worst record in the league on the road at three and sixteen, which is awful. What do you make of that? Well, let's see. I think Number one, it's definitely a mental thing. It's definitely a confidence thing because when I look back and I play all the games out, all the road games, especially in my head and looking back on the season. You give a game away at Orlando, give the game

away at Charlotte, New Orleans, both New Orleans games. Um, none of us played, I mean not none of us guys played, but starters, most starters didn't play. Loom maybe played a few minutes, younger guys played and no knocked our younger guys. But it's difficult to win on the road as it is, as you can see in our record, down four or five of your top nine rotational. It's tough and so not. Therefore, but you add those games in, you get a back to back in Brooklyn, no one

really plays in. That's five of the of the sixteen losses. Detroit Pistons we gate out in the way although they play well. Can't take nothing away from the Pistons in Detroit play well, but we kind of gave that with a way Indiana crazy game could have possibly want It could have went either way. What am I getting that? I said all of that to say, you look at those games alone, and you're sitting here. We're sitting here

at five hundred on the road. No one's upset, and quite frankly, if we're a five hundred on the road, I think that may put us in first place in the West. Again, what are you getting that? Draymond? What I'm getting at is this, you lose a few games early on on the road, tension starts to build, not tension amongst the team, but tension amongst the world. Tensions of tension amongst the basketball world. Um, confidence starts to linger a little bit, it starts to waiver a little bit,

and then it becomes a thing. Then it's now it's a thing that you're really battling against. And it's more of a mental hurdle than it should be. And so when I look at our team on the road and our team at home, it's two different teams. But it's not. And here's why. The margin for error that you have on at home, you don't have near that margin of

error when you're on the road. And I personally don't think we've adjusted to that well throughout the season, like our margin for you know, the same passes will will make at home we make on the road. The same shots will take at home we take on the road. And you can't do that. It has to be more methodical. It has to be um a lot more thoughtful. And we've struggled in that area. As a leader, I can take that on the chin. I have to be better.

I have to do what I can to make sure that we're better in that area, and I think we will. I think this homestand on riding a five game win street currently, I think this homestyle will help a lot, because confidence is confidence, right, and so to struggle with confidence and going on the role because of things that went wrong early and then it's like your snake bidding and all of a sudden nothing can go right and

winning at home. Like I said five and O to start this road trip by the time you hear this episode, that should be six and on. I mean to start this homestand excuse me, not road trip. You build up the confidence and now you're go on a roll. You're going to roll with a different mindset. You go on a roll with the mindset that you need to win road games. And so I think we're building towards that.

But most importantly home and row Like, yeah, that's that I make You can make something out of that, because it is something, it's a big deal, But I make more of This team is starting to find its identity, and for me, that's more important than what their home record says right now and what the role record says right now. Over the last five games, I think this team is truly starting to build an identity. And every

great team has an identity. When you walk in the gym, you know that team is going to do X Y and Z. We haven't had that all year. We have not had an identity, and I think it takes time to build an identity, something longer than others. I think we're starting to build an identity, and that is huge. Be that we're missing Steph Curry, we're missing Andrew Wiggins, we're missing Andrea Adala, we're missing Jamachael Green, we're missing

James Wiseman. Now we're missing Jonathan Comingo. Now building an identity and when those guys come back in and you've built an identity, then that allows you to and we're right in a position to do that. I think we're four or four and a half games or something out of first place, which is crazy in itself that we're that close to first place, and quite frankly, we've been

awful this year. Um, and so that is uh, that is that's that's a bit exciting, if you will, um, you know, for us, because now that we're starting to really right this ship, you still have a chance at everything that you could possibly want to do. Now. I said a couple of weeks ago in my interview, I said, it's we're very fragile right now, and don't get it twisted like. It's still super fragile and it's not that,

oh the team is something going on the team. No, this these seasons the NBA, it's very fragile and building something great, it's very gradual. Anyone who's ever built anything great will tell you all it takes is one wrong thing to tear the whole thing down. And so it's still very fragile. But we're working through that and I think it's it's it's um. It's starting to turn that corner for us. And so do I make much out of the stroll struggles. No, I'm not overly worried about them.

But like I said, I will say to you, it's something. It's not just nothing. It's not not a big deal. No, it is a big deal. But as someone who's won several plenty road games in this league, I know what it takes. I know we know what it takes, and I have all the faith that we will do it. We will do what we need to do to get it to where it needs to go. And so no, I'm not worried about it, but I'm not. I'm also

not dismissing it and saying it's nothing. It's something, and it's a but it's it's simply just a hurdle that we have to climb. It's nothing bigger, nothing less. It's a hurdle that's that this team is faced that we have to work and get over. And I have no doubt in my mind that we will do that. And saying that, uh, this five game win streak obviously has been without Steph Curry. How have we been able to do it? Well? I think the ball movement um has

been really good. Our ball movement is largely predicated on Steph's movement because he's always moving and obviously we're always trying to find him and you're cutting and you're pinning in and it's great for the ball movement. Steve always preaches, but how how important ball movement is just to the aura of the team, how guys feel, um, you know, second by second, minute by minute, because that can change quickly in games. And so just preaching to what the

all movement does for a team. And quite frankly, Um, with Steph being out, it's different than it with Steph on the floor. How have we been able to win five games in a row without Steph? I'll tell you how we've been able to do it. The ball has been movement. The defensive end has been absolutely amazing. Now we have had laws in some of these games where

the defense goes to complete. But the thing that I like that I've been seeing is, no matter how bad it goes, you look around and everybody standing their tintoes down. Everybody's standing there looking like, all right, here we go like, let's lock up, let's get some stocks. We go down and get some buckets. And to build confidence like that, it's almost an arrogance, but quite frankly, this team hasn't done nothing for arrogance. So in turn, it's a belief,

and it's a belief in himself. It's a belief in what we're capable of. It's a belief in our defensive abilities. It's a belief in thinking and knowing that we can shut someone's water off. And because we've been able to do that, not having huge turnover games, you always give yourself a chance to win. And so I say, maybe to at least at least two, possibly three of these wins. We haven't shot extremely well, but we're finding a way to win. And that's because I think we really have

bought into the defensive side of the ball. Guys, several guys are making huge improvements and strides on that side. I think obviously the one that we all of highlighted its unfortunate that he's out now, is Jonathan comingo. Just the strikes that he's taking on the defensive end, the role that he's taken on, he's coming in, he's picking up you know, who's your favorite point guard, Trey Young? Obviously Trey play last night, Jonathan didn't play, But he's

picking your favorite point guard up full court. At six two pounds, he's picking your favorite point guard up full court and not missing a step. What Comina has done on his growth on that side of the basketball is absolutely important, and don't get it twisted. It has a huge influence on this five game win streak that we're on. Like I said, obviously didn't play last night, But you have to feel good about the road that he's bought

into and how he's really embracing it. Like there's no one telling him, hey, j K, go pick him up full court. No, he's emphrasing that. And I was saying this in the media a few days ago or a week ago or not. The team is starting to adjut around him. You know, it's like, oh, he's into the ball right, Like, ah, we want to get into a switch comingos into the ball, I may not be able to switch with him, so I have to go into that coverage a little bit differently because of how how

physical he isn'to the ball right like. That's a very small, dumb example. But the team is starting to adjust to his style of defense. But the team only adjusts to your style of defense if you're capable of causing havoc. And it's worth adjusting to that. And Comeda is showing that, and it's absolutely incredible to see. So shout out to j K for his growth and improvement. Um, James Wiseman is so much more improved on the defensive end than he was on the offensive end before he went down

to Santa Cruz. It's actually a joy to watch, and it's a joy to watch him in games. It's a joy when I go back and watch film just to see the things that he's doing differently. It's still got some things to learn, as we all do. I mean, you're eleven, I still got things to learn. But he's also playing a lot better and and it's good to see that growth. Moses Moody another young guy who's out of the rotation working his way back into the rotation

and taking advantage of that. It's great to see Moses Um and all of those guys just really taking advantage of the opportunity, but not only taking advantage to actually you know, be able to have the opportunity to watch them and see the growth. It's a really special thing. So shout out to the shout out to those guys. Yeah, so I think also Um And the last thing I'll say about the doves, obviously I I went and I've played the second unit more with the second unit guys,

and I really enjoy that role. Why do I enjoy that role so much? Because when you're playing in the second unit, these are guys that could care their careers can go either left or right, and it's all really predicated on how the minutes going, how they play in that time. And so for me to how the opportunity to join that group te to do all that I can to make sure that that group has positive outcomes.

That to me as a as an honor, that to me is brings me joy because quite frankly, you're helping someone else, like for us to play well, and Tie Jerome has been playing in that group that can help Tie Jerome's career. And so for me that's a very big deal and I've really embraced that role. Um. I'm enjoying it and quite frankly, I think it's helped our team, uh, and and just finding the pieces of that puzzle to

make our rotations work. Rotations are a huge deal, especially in the NBA, and you want to have your rotations right, and so I think that's been a good one for us and it's really helped us along in our season. And quite frankly, I think it's also helped bring us all of us closer together, which is very big because you can't win if everybody is splintering. And so I think, uh, that's helped bring everyone closer together and that's important. So that's um, I mean, that's that's kind of the state

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Y for six seven three six nine in New York, tennessee redline eight nine Tennessee visit one eight hundred gamble dot in West Virginia. Now, in speaking of the doves, let's get into the NBA. Luca dodgets um last week at sixty points, rebounds, twenty one rebounds and eleven assists tennisis tender, eleven assis whatever. It was absolutely insane, incredible numbers um. I think he accounted for eight eight of like they're one hundred and points or something. It's crazy.

Luca is special, and it's it's it's it's interesting to see Luca having the year he's having. Why is it interesting, Draymond? It's interesting because the one gripe on Luca that everyone has had it is all he's never he's not in shape and blah blah blah. Is and here's what I want to say, and where I saw growth from Luca last year two years ago. Where the Olympics. You come off the Olympics, been playing in the season, go straight into the Olympics. You're tired, probably take a little break.

And so last year Luca didn't come into the season in the best shape that he could come in. This year, Luca played in Euro euro Basket and came in and tip top shape, and it's having the m v P year that all expect to see. I think the thing that people don't realize. You know, in most cases, in order to have an MPP year, you have to come into the season and tip top shape. It's hard to work your way into shape and then still being m VP because those you start ringing up in people's head.

You remember, these are human beings making these decisions, not computers, and so you start to gain space in people's minds the start of the season. And Luca came into this season in tip top shape and it is showing. It's showing in a major way, and he is one thousand percent playing at an m VP level as his others in which will get into but I think to see them lose Jalen Brunson, and they kind of were struggling

early on and they didn't make any moves. I think Luca just picked it up more, you know, And the growth I think of Luca has been extremely, extremely pleasing to the Mavericks, the NBA basketball fans across the world. I one of the most special players we have in our league, and the performance that he had last week, it's just another step. I mean, the things that he's able to do and just capable of it is absolutely incredible. Donovan Mitchell last night, seventy one seventy one tennis is

eight rebounds. Now. It's funny because someone asked me today, they said, what do you what do you make of these numbers that guys are putting up? And quite frankly, special, special talents like the guys in this league are extremely talented. The game continues to row and you have to pay homage to guys that are scoring the basketball like that. I don't care what it is. That's hard to do, and to watch those guys doing it, it's absolutely incredible.

Clay Thompson with fifty four last night. It was great to see Clay really just locked into the moment um. Taking the challenge head on with no step, no wigs, and the list goes on. But also to see Klay Thompson looked like the Clay Thompson we we we've all had the pleasure and honor of watching compete at this level. Um, it was absolutely beautiful. I also think for his confidence,

for him to continue to prove to himself. See, everyone always makes it about oh man, he needs to prove this or he need to prove that, as if you're proving that to them. No, no, sometimes you just need to prove something to yourself. And so for him to have a performance like that, to continue to prove to himself that I can get back to who I once was or better and and have a have something that you can look to and say, see, because I did this,

that's absolutely incredible. And I mean shout out to Clay for the game that he had. Now. In saying all of that, I think, uh, you know, when in speaking in terms of the NBA and in terms of the number, quite frankly, I think the offense do have the advantage. You know, when you speak of freedom of movement, when you you know you see some of the um the nuances that guys used to get to the file line.

Like I think the offense definitely has an advantage, but in saying that, you still have to go score those points. And so I don't want to take anything away from these guys who are scoring at these levels, because it's absolutely incredible. But as a defender myself, I do wish that there were more freedom for defending as there is for offensive players. Quite frankly, I'm not sure that will ever happened, nor is it something I'm really lobbying for. It just kind of is what it is, and so no,

I don't I don't take anything away from this. These numbers that guys are getting, not one bit. They're very hard numbers to get in If they weren't, we'd see someone doing it every day. We don't see it every day. However, we see it a little more often because the NBA is just way more talented and skilled than it's ever been. That's no knock. I know everyone wants to find controversy,

and that's no knock to players that came before. But and I always say this, but I bet you someone who worked at Google twenty years ago and someone that goes and working at Google today we'll probably walk in and say, Ah, their skill set, it's just a little bit different than mine was when I was here twenty

years ago. And so in saying that, I think the NBA is a lot more skilled, um, and there's just a lot more talent UH in the league, and so you're just starting to see these things happen more often. But I still wish there was a little more freedom for guys like myself, the defenders. The defenders that's neither here nor there are other guys that we have playing

at an m v P level. UH, Joker who's average in eleven rebounds and nine and a half of six sitting at the one seed, possibly on his way to a third straight m v P. Pretty impressive, obviously one of the toughest guards in the NBA. Had a battle with him in the playoffs last year. And I mean, Joker is a very very very special talent and he continues to show that year in the year out. Joannice is playing at an m VP level. UM. Joannice is

driving thirty two, twelve and five. I think his team is sitting at the number one and number to see all incredible things. J T, who we had on this show last year, last season, and I said, if you don't win m VP next year. If I'm not mistaken, I may have said something along the lines of, you weak is boot. He's playing at that level, he has his team playing at that level, and it's an absolute, an absolutely beautiful thing to see Katie who Brooklyn Nets

are sitting at the two seed. Katie's averaging thirty seven and five. Not quite sure anybody expected Katie to be at an then back at an m v P level, and not because Kevin Durant doesn't always play at an m v P level, because quite frankly, we've seen this for years, especially we've seen this a lot with Lebron James. It's just you're so good that when you when you're when you're that good, people just they don't They start

to not appreciate it. And so to think that Katie can play again at the level to where people would appreciate it enough to even mention him in the m v P conversation as opposed to just being like, oh man, that's just Kevin and that's what he does, shows you how special of a season he has. Um they're having him much, but they completely changed their season making the

change to Jacque Von jack Von has been incredible. Uh, but more so than him being incredible, Like, I'm not in their huddles, I'm not in the arena, I'm not in their facility. Just watching the respect that he's commanded from that team. I think it's huge, and I think it's a big part of the reason that they've won twelve in a row. They're sitting at the two seeds when no signs are slowing down. Um, I think it's it's a beautiful thing to see. Katie kept talking about,

Oh man, I just want to play basketball. They've been playing basketball with no distractions and it's looking good for them, and so, um, that's right as well. Now you got Joel Embi who's playing incredible basketball. Um, I think Joel embat is averaging more points than Luca Dante by a tad Now that could have changed over the course of the last couple of days, but a few days ago he was averaging more points, definitely averaging more rebounds, and

his team has a better record. So now you have to take all of those things into account when speaking at the m v P voting as well. Quite frankly, I'm interested and the Obviously Steph was playing at an m v P level before he got hurt. Our team record wasn't what it needed to be for people to talk about him in the m VP conversation. Yet our team record will end where it needs to be for

him to be an m VP conversation. Quite frankly, I don't think he'll be out too much longer, at least that's my hope, and he'll still have an opportunity to compete for that award, and as we continue to move our season in the right direction, I think he'll enter those talks as well. But I must say this must be one of the most log jam m v P

race conversations. Obviously, we're only almost halfway through the season in a very long time, and not that you know, there's hasn't been one or two guys that need an m VP, but you're talking five or six guys that you can legitimately right now make a case for m v P and that's insane. But obviously we know there will be one. And I mean, if I had to make my pick right now only because stuff's hurt, that's

an interesting one. That's a very interesting one, because you know you start to say a name, and it's like, wait a minute, that guy. You start to say, wait a minute about that guy, It's gonna be interesting. If I'm being honest, I'm not. I'm not one to last, I said before say something for ratings. I don't know. I think we still have a lot of basketball left to be played, a lot of basketball to watch and

figure it out. But if I must say there's no m v P today, there are four or five guys in the running, and we'll see some will phase, some will come, some will but I don't have an m v P today. I think it's way too close to call. And saying that we still got what forty for give it take forty to forty three games left, I think it's too close to call. So I don't really have

an m VPS for you today. My apologies. As this thing plays out a little more we get some more games under our belt, I would let our listeners and subscribers know who I think the m v P is, But right now I think it's way too close to call. I'd be remissed if I did not speak on Lebron's

birthday performance the other day. Um, I mean in Atlanta thirty eight birthday to go out and have the performance he had forty seven points in a triple double on your thirty eighth birthday, and your body is supposed to be like killing you at thirty eight, not forty seven and a triple double with it and a win on the road. I still say, and I stand by this with twenty years in to still be competing at the

same level. Obviously it's not the exact same when he was twenty two or or thirty whatever, But to be competing at such a high level in your twenty that has to count for something, has to count for something. I was talking to Buy Myers today and due to Lebron's dominance, Steph Curry's dominance, and the Warriors dominance, the era of basketball that we've had the opportunity to play in will go down as one of the all time greatest eras of basketball. And I am honored to have

played and be playing in this era. I know we always talked about the errors and everybody, oh, this early is soft and blah blah blah. To be playing basketball in this error is absolutely insane. And again I take my hat off to Lebron for what he's done for what he's doing on and off the court. There's never been a better face of the NBA, and I'm not sure there ever will be a better face of the NBA.

Absolutely amazing. Salute my brother. Lastly, before we get out of here, I know everybody wanted to hear what I had to say about jobs take. I haven't really spoke about him much. Um, I think you all know how I feel about that. I got a lot of love and respect for job. Um. Young leader that makes his guys believe whatever he believes, and that's a very powerful thing as a leader. He got that has had it since day one, and you can see it only noticeable

since the time he stepped foot in Memphis. I'm not sure he can quite make his guys believe that one which is where fine? I'm fine in the West, you are fine, John, you are. But the Warriors in the West now champ so yes, you are fine John. The Grizzlies, on the other hand, that's the topic for another day. Sorry in list, but not least before we get out of here. Um. Obviously we all saw the situation yesterday

with themar Hamlin. Uh. Just want to really send my well wishes to him um and then also send some

prayers up for him and his family. We all go out here every day and play these sports, play these games that we love to play, that we've all been playing our entire lives, and you know, never once in your mind, never once does it cross of mind that like it can be so catastrophic and as quite frankly, as an athlete, you never go out like thinking you're gonna get hurt or thinking something like that will happen.

You never do. You know, it's like you just never take the court thinking that, You never take the field thinking that. And to see that happen yesterday on live television, that was a part of our pre game like that was a part of pre game speech and Steve saying, oh man, I know everyone's watched it and seeing that, like now we have to try to put that aside and mhm, find the energy and go play this game, because you you just you feel for him, You feel for the guys that were on that field, you feel

for his family, you feel for the Buffalo community. And then you you take a step back and you you ask yourself the question, how are the guys impacted that were there? How has t Higgins impacted who he just tackled. Um, you start to think all of these things, and the last thought on your mind is what they need to get back to play playing for what? This is a game, it's a business, it's a game, and so that's the last thought on your mind. It baffles me that any

other thought could be on someone's mind. And to see some talking hands yesterday totally just not value his life for the sake of a game to go on. Who cares about the game? I thought it was one of the most distasteful things that one could do. And then I asked you the question, are you surprised, I'm not not at all. I feel bad for him. I feel

bad for his family. I apologize to his family because it's number one for what they have to continue to go through, but number two, for someone to care that little about the mar's life. His family didn't deserve that, He don't deserve that. No one really deserved it. So I sent my love to them, I send my well wishes and I will continue to pray for a speedy

recovery for him, not to return to football. Football is a game, but to return back to the life that he had before he stepped out on that football field last last night. That is my hope and prayer for him. I have no doubt in my mind that he can get there. But y'all gotta do something with these two heads. It's been sickening. It's disgraceful at this point. You got people on who work with Fox Sports, Foxes is a partner, just discredit, just no filling that off for a life.

It's distasteful. So I wish him well. We won't end this on that note. We're gonna end this on well wishes, on positivity, on moving forward, on speedy recoveries, on great health. Happy New Year, two thousand, twenty three, May it be your best year yet. Much love, Thank you for tuning into the show. Season two. We're back about peace.