0:06

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the right

0:08

time. A wave sports and entertainment original

0:10

presented by PrizePix. My name is Bolmani

0:12

Jones. Thanks for listening wherever you get

0:14

your podcasts. Thanks for watching us on

0:16

YouTube. Subscribe, like, rate us, review us,

0:18

give us five stars. You only give

0:20

us four stars. I'm inclined to believe

0:22

you are a hater. We are here

0:24

in Red Hook, Brooklyn. We doing things

0:26

a little different. This is no longer

0:28

my house. We on the set of

0:30

7 PM in Brooklyn. This is the

0:32

second half of 7 PM

0:34

is the right time. See,

0:38

see? All right. You know

0:40

who's with me? Ken Merrow on this side. That's

0:42

your boy. Carmelo Anthony on the other side. Peace.

0:44

All right, so you can check the first half

0:46

of the episode on all the channels for 7

0:48

PM in Brooklyn. Go ahead and check that out.

0:50

We're going to get to rolling here. I got

0:52

these guys here. And on our show, we don't

0:54

talk about these things as much. So I figure

0:56

playoffs are coming up, right? Regular season is now

0:59

just ended. So the Knicks, fellas, it's

1:02

going on. It's going on. Like this is

1:04

the first time in my life I've

1:07

seen a Knicks fan look this genuinely happy.

1:11

It's genuinely happy. You clocked that shit. I

1:13

said, hey, hold on a second. Let me

1:15

get situated. I'm getting ready to talk my

1:17

shit real quick one time. For the one

1:19

time. Hey, look, bro, you

1:21

said it, bro. For the longest time, as

1:23

Knicks fans, we've been, I don't

1:28

want to say delusional, Because that's foul. You know what

1:30

I mean? Because like we just talked about on the

1:33

first half, everybody in the NBA

1:35

is talented. You know what I'm saying? So it's like,

1:37

but it's just about putting the team

1:39

together. And the Knicks finally have the right

1:41

people together. It's not about who's the nicest

1:43

or who's this or who's that, even though

1:45

Chandler Bresser has been getting downplayed all year. You know

1:48

what I'm saying? You can't help yourself. You just can't

1:50

help it. Just say it. You know what I'm saying?

1:52

But they got the right pieces. And we talked about

1:54

that shit with the Clippers on 7

1:56

PM. Like You can have the nicest guys

1:59

if they don't J- Though. He. Never

2:01

mean is that will work And the knicks a

2:03

jelen. If. They got the next man

2:05

up situation going. A lot of say feel

2:07

of due to some I think is going

2:09

up subdued on tabs on sits atop several

2:11

that everybody. Was

2:13

widely metal fan of the matter what He

2:15

added all of a lot of an order

2:17

from the Rafters episode trade. It

2:20

all makes sense as bad but but

2:22

but the table quick a larger your

2:24

of say every record low elo slides

2:26

and gonna blame israel they look as.

2:29

Good. Team is looking Salad and best best

2:31

lot. As a mix that on let's

2:33

not say fields and on my we are he

2:35

weird weird a dangerous and though nobody want to

2:38

see them as in a post and I'm saying

2:40

we are you I'll go the love expats since

2:42

I got here right the with you know live

2:44

here bay and also I guess is different too

2:47

because when I was growing up the knicks were

2:49

good right? Linux words into the fall of our

2:51

through for a good as the bulls like root

2:53

for my. Hair. But it was room

2:55

for migrates like I like the way to

2:57

next guy Dallas. I remembered as Fight at

2:59

All as Cargo Stadium and Ninety Two A

3:02

Love that day. Like you know my brother

3:04

was big suing fags they would yourself and

3:06

so like Iraq would addicts and I didn't

3:08

realize or a heartbreak that was his movement

3:10

around a quarter for y'all and or last

3:12

autumn. heartbreak with this all had endured beforehand.

3:14

As is Mister, you know I missed the

3:16

point at a good at the jail. Got

3:18

to be annoying and Gazelle would take any

3:20

glimmer of hope. It started it it's

3:22

of the but now I realize yeah which

3:24

is why.optimist to provide of other things out

3:26

with on. A

3:30

global news is that you hope

3:32

every resident. Of

3:35

alone and. without

3:38

a court also over the Minnesota zoo own

3:40

bring a little robot or make them up

3:42

our where we bigger have remote other way

3:44

happens go out of you know and I'll

3:46

tell you what happened was I got to

3:48

the city and i'm like what I'll walk

3:50

around and. People will recognize because those really

3:52

live in a baby people. My readiness you.

3:54

but I'm not. Physically. in

3:57

the street every day walking around right

4:00

And don't speak as much English in Miami

4:02

if we be a perfectly nice, right? There's not as

4:04

many people that's going to talk to me, right? Like,

4:06

look, man, you know how this goes. I'm safe in

4:08

Ubers in this city. You know what I mean? They

4:10

don't know me there, right? Miami, it's on the street.

4:13

They don't really know me. But here, people would stop,

4:15

and it would always be dudes, and they come

4:17

up to me, and you could

4:19

feel the heart in

4:21

it. And they'd just be like, so you think

4:23

the Knicks might be good this year? And

4:26

they really just wanted me to tell them that the

4:28

Knicks were going to be good, and

4:31

I was trying, dawg. I mean, I got here in 17,

4:33

man. What the fuck was I going to tell them in 2017? Yeah,

4:36

fact that. It wasn't that much. Like, it took

4:38

a little more time to get there. But I

4:40

realized, oh, no, you guys just really love this

4:42

team so much.

4:45

I didn't know it was possible for

4:47

you playing for them. That had to be a

4:49

landing point early, like, oh, wow, they really love

4:51

this team. Yeah, but most people don't embrace that

4:53

part of it. Yeah. Most guys don't

4:55

embrace that part of it. And if you embrace

4:57

that, you good. Now

4:59

you know how to fucking operate, because you know

5:02

a lot of times it's just

5:04

passion. This motherfucker is just passionate up here. So

5:06

you don't get into it with the fans and

5:08

all of that shit, because you know, all right,

5:11

I respect that. I respect your passion. But for

5:13

so long, it was the

5:16

New York Knicks fans was held as

5:18

the students of the game with the highest IQ

5:21

of the game, native fans with the highest IQ. When

5:24

you're a fan, I mean, when you're a player, you

5:27

start going against that, because now it's like, oh,

5:30

now you think you're smarter than me. Like, you know what I'm

5:32

saying? Now you think you fucking know. I'm

5:34

on this side. I'm really doing it. I'm really doing

5:36

it. So that could be

5:38

the clash a lot of times. But New

5:41

York fans, man, like you said, they're very

5:44

optimistic. So as a player, I knew what

5:46

was going on. I knew too, I had

5:48

to embrace that. Now, did you grow up in

5:50

Knicks fans? No, but my family,

5:52

my household was all Knicks and

5:55

St. John's. OK. So it was

5:57

like, with the New York Red

6:00

80s, 90s. They

6:03

was Knicks and St.

6:05

John. Gotcha, cause I gotta ask you, I will

6:07

always remember this, when you were trying to get

6:09

yourself to the Knicks and the argument that

6:11

you always, one of the big things is you wanted to

6:13

get back to your birthplace and it was always very difficult

6:15

for me to reconcile that with that West Baltimore tattoo that

6:17

you had right there. Yeah, that's a fact, that's a fact.

6:19

Yeah, and I was just kinda like, hey

6:21

man, I know you just wanna go there, dog, but they

6:24

knew when you got here, it was like, welcome home. And

6:26

I was like, yeah, he said he was from Baltimore, man.

6:29

But I just always wanted to have that with together. That's

6:31

a fact, so the New York, the thing, I wasn't

6:33

going to New York. Like at

6:36

this time, I was heavy Denver. Like it

6:38

was like, I was going Denver, Baltimore. Like

6:40

it was back and forth. New York was

6:42

more summertime, come here,

6:44

week stay, move around

6:46

and go. When

6:49

I wanted to come to New York was

6:51

like, I saw the opportunity of New York

6:53

as a whole, cause I'm like, oh

6:55

shit, like New York needs

6:57

something. They need a very particular type

6:59

of person and player to come in

7:02

that New York, to get that

7:04

done. Where was they at? So I

7:06

looked at the landscape, we talked about looking at the landscape

7:08

of all the teams. So I'm like, all right, if this

7:10

was to happen, all right, the

7:12

energy is back, New York is back.

7:15

Amari is here, Ray and them, they

7:17

got the shit rolling in here in New York. The

7:19

lights is bright here and now in New York. So I'm like,

7:23

yo, I see opportunity

7:25

in New York. They got a

7:27

point guard with Ray, they had

7:29

Amari, they had Galinari at

7:32

the time. And

7:35

I'm like, oh, that's the, and

7:37

they had Dan Tony. So I'm like, oh, should I

7:39

know the system? I know that we want

7:41

to play fans, you want to get up and down. I'm

7:44

going over there. That's why I

7:46

want that, I want Broadway. And

7:49

that's where the New York thing came. As

7:51

far as me coming back and

7:53

embracing the whole New York thing, it

7:56

wasn't until I came back Where

7:58

I really felt like, okay, This is this

8:00

would. this is home I guess is what

8:02

home really feels like. Yeah, grew up in

8:05

Baltimore like as well. Learn. How To

8:07

survive Unless it's. Good. Saw it

8:09

in Baltimore like. that's why. That's.

8:11

All my chest was Baltimore, you nonsense

8:14

So. That. Was the difference? Yeah,

8:16

you don't. I braced a New York

8:18

situation when I came back. Or.

8:20

Though I was already young trying to figure it out.

8:23

In Baltimore. Saw. Was always back

8:25

here in the holidays and back and in in

8:27

Brooklyn and Rug during the summer and. Went.

8:29

Around New York. So I made us feel like.

8:32

I was New York heavy via email them say

8:34

is calls have you can I go back from

8:36

New York the Baltimore and did I'm soon a

8:38

dimmer by a hit list of you had a

8:40

real New York Ne right leg is.i'll be We

8:42

know they do this on Friday without a father

8:44

of the forgot to mention that will be guess

8:46

nobody else about validity or so and I'll wear

8:48

yellow Romas but I'm bedevils. I like. To

8:50

see a statically Howard landed like okay new York

8:53

does basis but I was is there like are

8:55

they have a replacement A baby is cool enough

8:57

but he was you know is in. It's interesting

8:59

compared to this era of the next. now where

9:01

you wanted to play for the next like attack

9:04

their job to be a master you wanted it

9:06

deal of Bronson little did we know he wanted

9:08

to same exact job we just thought he want

9:10

to play for the next in that he does

9:12

show up and he is like knob doing this

9:15

now so this is the mayor do like think

9:17

I can explain that to people that like with

9:19

the knicks are rolled into cities a lot happier

9:21

and be in the do behind the next one

9:23

is road and I can't imagine easy be a

9:26

for a nightmare. My own cell was most proud

9:28

because when he came over. Like. Like

9:30

the situation was perfect for him. There

9:33

was imperfect. It was perfect. It

9:35

was a perfect opportunity to answer some old

9:37

i will. You're looking to other landscapes who

9:39

was like okay you. Got. Those guys

9:41

down at a button they they do. you know mean

9:43

they got a big dreaming for down and you got

9:45

this team away. It's. Got. League as

9:47

our Wes. I'm already out with by so

9:49

we're doing a we're building a bag of

9:52

like this is we will have a cut

9:54

without is Ahmed make masses wizards the wow

9:56

our our see myself. Being. In

9:58

assists a wizard for these next. Six

10:00

seven years like? That's. How I

10:02

looked at. It so. Coming to New York with. That.

10:05

Was that was easy. That's a mean I was.

10:07

It was a only is common for long haul

10:09

and. This. Is the next? Be this

10:11

a lot. Expectation is the latest is

10:13

bright. You. Know when, when? You

10:16

know a mom uses of a star is alright

10:18

but Carmelo did his com eleven so psyched when

10:20

you come in is automatically your we talk about

10:23

the white hat like the guy on and seen

10:25

in and say. You. Com and you

10:27

automatically the White Hat go to into

10:29

another first. As Uma Thurman on the

10:31

video only Cydia brought us a lot

10:33

of pressure. breath. And. To do that

10:35

and like. but if you think about it, The.

10:38

Closest he bends to the success that we got

10:40

now. Was. That Twenty twelve, Twenty

10:42

Thirteen team. Scoring. Chance

10:44

So I sincerely displayed year Jr.

10:46

Smith Six minutes you. Beat.

10:49

The Heat: three or four times. You.

10:51

Insane. And then I was. you do that But as

10:53

do that are You know that's that's the best a

10:55

New York. So by said I. Enjoy

10:58

that my old other words are

11:00

in the regular zero. Itself

11:03

because one of the mother bear think they that

11:05

ever happened to the day is what I gave

11:08

it a play off the credited three to Why

11:10

do you have a look at a good for

11:12

Betty veiled for the ceiling But Alibi or to

11:14

Be are not as good as. Good

11:17

as is why we talk about. The

11:21

only see. Both look that up was Roy

11:23

Hibbert. Oh no man, a

11:25

mother father must have also been set

11:27

up an obesity alone hills and forty

11:29

hours of but don't say about was

11:31

it but that team was. A

11:34

of of solidly constructed William where

11:36

everybody had their roles as the

11:38

know web. And or me with

11:40

the your corner threes automatic like. And

11:42

it was this. A. Good team A you

11:45

was a fun thing to watch. They

11:47

a competitive in insane was city. five wins

11:49

in I'm saying and. You

11:51

know since then the enemy is

11:54

today Jay Lynn. Julius.

11:56

I'm saying get better soon You I'm saying we, we, we,

11:58

we have you. But. This team

12:00

now has been the closest to

12:02

that team. They give

12:04

that energy though as far as the

12:06

energy, as far as the

12:09

togetherness. This next

12:11

team is very together. It's

12:13

the kind of team this city likes. Absolutely. It's

12:16

that hard working team,

12:18

hard working players. Jayden Brunson

12:20

is making himself into a star,

12:22

a superstar. Right?

12:26

Everybody's hard-nosed workers on that team.

12:28

It's perfectly built a defensive team,

12:31

athletic guys who can switch off, guys

12:33

who don't need the ball to be

12:35

effective. But also the most important part

12:37

is they like each other. They

12:40

fuck with each other. You see three, four of

12:42

them out outside together. You know what I mean?

12:44

They're moving around. They're doing shows together. They're doing

12:46

this together. And that was what our team

12:48

had. When we went on the road...

12:50

The nicks tape. The nicks tape was on the

12:52

road. We was outside. We

12:55

had a collection of humanity on

12:57

that team. Oh my God. The

12:59

personalities, man. We had older

13:02

guys like the vet, vet, vet, vet,

13:04

the Sheeds and the Kurt Thomas's and

13:06

the Jason Kids and who else

13:08

was it? I think the K-Marts and the Ron

13:11

Arts and the Metal World. That

13:14

was one group. Then you

13:16

had the middle group who was

13:18

like Tyson, Amari,

13:21

myself, Jr.

13:25

Then you had Pablo Prezioni. He was

13:27

up there with them. And

13:30

then you had a young boy,

13:33

Chump. You know what I'm saying? I think

13:35

we had Chris Copeland was on that team. Steve

13:38

Novak was on that team. We

13:40

had levels of different type

13:42

of personalities on that team. James White was on

13:44

that team, I think. James

13:47

White was on that team. What an

13:49

NBA Caucasian archetype was Steve Novak giving

13:51

you. I know he was given the

13:53

belt, but there's a sociology and cultural

13:55

interplay with our homies. The playing top.

13:57

Yeah. He

14:00

was intuit as a hard stay late even

14:02

though we know i the hadza had asthma

14:04

they are than a hard stand up now

14:06

for some reason to pay like forgotten his

14:08

of of of now on I'm good at

14:10

it all out there that have a hundred

14:12

I wish I knew that they aren't as

14:14

I'm in a bar that is really gonna

14:16

have been. Removed

14:18

from the for disease. Of.

14:24

People up with of as the only been to one

14:26

gave him as regards I refused to pay those prices

14:28

like they did not good enough for. Me to think

14:30

about panels brightest be a Roy would wear.

14:32

it was in October game against the Hornets

14:34

last year. Can add. The. Crowd

14:37

had not heard that hard saw was it as

14:39

a Us today. was so excited every time he

14:41

got anywhere near the real he go for said

14:43

here's a. Move

14:45

would exemplary right? But

14:47

he ago whore the hit and miss Robinson

14:50

guys don't know Nothing is more part of

14:52

a be a bit of salt and pepper

14:54

big bad cop and he would like google

14:56

irs. Says

15:00

it with this city. Like.

15:03

The. Relationship the knicks have with it. Like the other

15:05

thing I didn't realize body was married to. Think about

15:07

it. It's. The only team that the

15:09

whole city has right? Like all due respect

15:11

to the Nesmith. Fuck outta here like this.

15:13

Not. Like. The people off average for

15:15

the desert from New Jersey or moved here for about

15:17

a town of they did He protects right. But.

15:19

The Knicks is like the one unified saying that

15:21

makes displays go with so to play Article be

15:24

edited because use rebels not play and although this

15:26

blessing and curse they're kind of comes with debt.

15:28

right? If the next get

15:30

this another ship go go deep. gets the

15:33

blitz. And that's insane to

15:35

me. Just say, as a Knicks fan, I'm of

15:37

a mama. As to be and it's

15:39

a delusion, do some in the. Book.

15:42

For the most part unless you're listen,

15:44

I want Monday team to be my

15:46

mother. Fucking Patagonia stopped me from your

15:48

enemies. I would slow steady purchases if

15:50

you have been eliminated. That was the.

15:53

last one to get roman exactly the building a

15:55

team right when he be on i didn't bring

15:57

you like injury nice you know enough I'm not

16:00

I'm not one of them dudes like yo trade

16:02

trade every pick in JB and and

16:07

And Dante for spider now I'm not

16:09

one of them dudes you know saying

16:11

or like yo whoever the big free agent is

16:13

like yo throw everybody at him But this

16:15

guy I don't think like that. I'm like Wes

16:18

has proven that he knows how to work.

16:21

You know, I mean the free agency to draft all that shit You

16:23

know I'm saying so hey bro cook, you

16:25

know saying you just mentioned Dante Steve Novak He like

16:28

Dante he ain't going all the way to Dante land.

16:30

No, I think I'm a little more Nobody

16:32

going all the way to not a man. I hate

16:35

Dante He

16:37

ain't dancing. Yeah, I don't know. Yeah, no Dante since

16:39

he was in college I looked up. I was like

16:41

Dante with a oh he white Dante Yeah, if I

16:43

go by Dante that me we thought that cuz I

16:45

mean well watch that game And then I saw about

16:47

the party match. I was like, oh he wanted. Oh,

16:49

yeah now Steve Steve wasn't Steve was it that Yeah,

16:51

he got no, he's a White

16:56

dudes that stay white dudes in the NBA.

16:58

I'm fascinated my bill, bro. The ones that

17:00

may say they they roots No, like how did

17:02

you do that? I even went to the battles

17:04

though with Steve

17:06

Novak went through battles and practice

17:12

He was holding that talking shit popping this shit You

17:14

know me like we was you had

17:16

to in that environment like that environment was

17:18

talking big shit And I

17:21

seen it like you can see like the lip reading and Shaq

17:23

and see Steve nobody being like Entertain

17:43

and Bishop

17:46

in Austin at South by Southwest and I had

17:48

to tell him he mentioned this he somehow mentioned

17:50

it He's doing a live podcast I

17:52

could never get a clear picture in college what

17:54

kind of game he had because I lived in

17:57

North Carolina And Carolina offered him a scholarship that

17:59

said that Larry Drew would start

18:01

over him and he ate

18:03

they asses up every like in

18:05

a way where I knew I

18:08

knew it was about this game and I don't know how good he

18:10

is because right now he looks like Michael Jordan yeah I got to

18:12

tell him that he was just like yeah yeah no they said they

18:14

was gonna give Larry Drew a scholarship over me and I was not

18:17

going for that shit every

18:20

time he took all that energy from

18:23

that team that

18:25

first year like he took all

18:27

the energy that was given from

18:29

every personality on that team along

18:31

with his personality like he was

18:34

he's a big personality you get

18:36

what I'm saying oh yeah because

18:38

we had the dynamic of that

18:40

team we was able to

18:42

kind of mold that that energy

18:44

you get what I'm saying but still let him be who

18:46

he was you you want to be right

18:49

right we don't let you be right right we

18:51

need that from you you want to wrap

18:53

that right so that right there just was

18:55

building and building into the next year he

18:57

came back as

18:59

ready to tear something up the next year but that

19:01

energy around with what he was around in that locker

19:03

room and on the road and learning

19:06

the game and understanding the game from

19:08

different levels of different people

19:11

like rookies don't get that coming

19:13

into the NBA they know young players don't

19:15

get that to have a dynamic

19:17

I have a team dynamic with that

19:19

much experience from different levels

19:22

of player throughout their throughout their career he says that

19:24

shit all the time like when he does any of

19:26

you this shit he gives you your flowers all the

19:28

time he's like your mellows one of the illest vets

19:31

I've played with not even for me I'm

19:33

saying from what we created around we

19:36

talk about culture in the locker room and culture in

19:38

the in the arena and it started

19:40

to spill out into the court and spill out

19:42

to the fans to the point where

19:44

y'all was talking next tape next tape that was

19:47

it well let me ask you this though because

19:49

I think a lot of people when they start

19:51

talking about like positive culture a locker room culture

19:53

for whatever reason that is not something that people

19:56

readily associate you with yeah absolutely right how do

19:58

you feel about that I hate it I

20:00

just want to know where it comes from.

20:03

Where the fuck does that come

20:05

from? Like if your player,

20:07

if your comrades ain't saying nothing about that,

20:11

if your coach, you know what I mean, your

20:13

assistants ain't saying to people that you with every

20:15

single day, if the staff ain't talking about it,

20:18

if the training staff ain't talking about it, if

20:20

the people who clean up the locker room ain't

20:22

talking about it, the chefs ain't talking about it, where

20:24

is it coming from? From a distance, and I

20:26

acknowledge it as a distance, it seemed like, and

20:28

I think people say this about Kevin Durant too,

20:30

again from a distance, that you

20:33

balled and you did what you were doing basketball

20:35

wise, but you were not the person to say

20:37

something about it. And then that's what people want.

20:39

That is from the distance, I think the production

20:41

of people had. Yeah, I got that. I got

20:43

people wanting me to like, like

20:45

boast and brag on what I

20:47

was doing, right? Instead

20:50

of allowing other people to do it. Whereas at

20:52

that time, it wasn't a lot of people that

20:54

was doing it. So it was like,

20:56

Melo, why you ain't defending yourself? Why you ain't

20:58

beating yourself up? I just

21:00

never was who I was. Like I knew who I was, I

21:03

knew what the fuck I was doing. I know when I step on

21:05

that, what's the conversations? I know

21:07

what's happening in them opposing locker rooms. I

21:09

know the scouting, I know all of that.

21:11

So I really cared about more

21:14

so of that and thinking about some whole other shit. You

21:16

think it would have gone different for you though, maybe you

21:18

came into the league a little older. And the reason I

21:20

ask that is like, you were a freshman in college, and

21:22

even if you were the man in college, you still got

21:25

to get up to speed. And then you get to Denver

21:27

and you'd ever do like Kenyon and those cats who got

21:29

big personalities on top of it, that it can be easier.

21:31

I think some people might think as a younger dude to

21:33

have those personalities do that. And then they put you in

21:36

a position where all you got to do is who. I

21:38

think that's a great question. It was created

21:40

that way, right? So when

21:42

I first got there, it wasn't a big personality. Like

21:45

Marcus Canby was big, Marcus came not a big personality. You

21:47

know what I mean? Like he come to work, do what

21:49

he do, shop block, and you know, talking

21:51

shit here and there, but he's not a big personality.

21:55

Andre Miller is not a

21:57

big personality. He's a personality.

22:00

He's not a big personality. Earl Boykins

22:02

wasn't a, you know, he's a big,

22:04

you know, but he's

22:06

not a big personality. The

22:09

only big personality we had on that

22:11

team was Birdman, Chris Anderson.

22:13

That was the only big personality we had on

22:16

the team. So when I came, Kiki

22:18

Vanuie did a great job of looking at the

22:20

landscape of like, okay, this is

22:23

what the fuck I need to bring around

22:25

this team. And Kiki was

22:27

thinking of building a tough

22:29

team. He wanted toughness. He wanted powerful.

22:31

He was athletic. And he knew

22:33

out of everybody who was on the market, he wanted

22:35

K-Mart. He wanted

22:38

K-Mart and he was willing to pay K-Mart that

22:40

bread. At that time, everybody was like, okay,

22:43

why they paying him this money? Why they

22:45

giving him that? He leaving Jersey. It was

22:47

a lot of shit being talked about K-Mart

22:49

coming. But we was building the pieces

22:52

of what we really needed. And

22:54

I understood that to an extent as

22:56

a young player. I know

22:58

where I come from. I need a dog. I

23:00

need toughness. I need killers. Like, K-Mart

23:03

coming. Hell yeah. J.R. Smith wanted to leave. I

23:05

mean, the Hornets. Hell yeah. Love you all. I

23:07

know what Shorty can do. I just watched him

23:09

in high school. I just watched the McDonald's game.

23:11

I've seen him sporadically at

23:14

the Hornets. I know what's going on. And

23:16

we got Andre Meloos, one of

23:18

the top point guards at this point in

23:20

time, who Earl Borkins was doing. So we built

23:22

that situation over there intentionally.

23:25

So to a point where I can just come hoop

23:27

to your point, like, I'm coming to hoop. I ain't

23:29

got to. I'm still 19, 20. I'm

23:32

still learning how to be around

23:34

this environment. I'm still trying. I'm still

23:36

being cool. I'm still doing what I do. And

23:38

still got to go win and try to

23:40

lead not a team or organization.

23:43

So I understood that. And the reason

23:46

those guys surrounded me like that and embraced me like

23:48

that, like, yo, we ain't going to let you. We

23:52

got you. It was because they

23:54

understood that I was embracing it, but

23:56

I was embracing it too much. We

23:58

can't let you embrace all of this. at

24:01

one time. So we gonna separate this.

24:03

We gonna keep you away from this. We gonna let you do

24:05

this. You just go hoop, you go score, you go do this,

24:07

you go do that. And

24:09

that's what it was. A bit of a detour, because it

24:12

donned on me. I don't even know if you remember when

24:14

this happened. But for you there that

24:16

day, that JR put

24:18

the popcorn in Kenny

24:20

Martin's car. Team. Yo, yo. We

24:23

was on the team. I

24:25

did not answer. We was on one of that.

24:27

That was crazy. That's the epitome of who he

24:29

was. You gotta tell the people what happened with

24:31

this. That's

24:34

who it was. Like it was, anybody can

24:36

get it. For

24:38

those who are unaware of this, as

24:40

a prank that I myself would not have tried to

24:42

pull off, JR spit loaded up Kenny

24:45

Martin's car. It was actual popcorn, right? Not

24:47

like styrofoam, but actual butter popcorn in his

24:49

brand new car. It was a rain of

24:51

popcorn. The big

24:54

yellow bags and all. And

24:56

as I recall, it went with Kenny Martin exactly as you

24:59

would expect what you discovered to do to that. Yeah, Kenny,

25:01

Kenny, Kenny Martin want to kill him. Yeah.

25:03

Oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh. Yeah.

25:06

That's the other thing, that Kenny Martin want to kill him, baby.

25:09

Yo, I know. Kenny Martin, Kenny Martin. That kind

25:11

of character. No, out of all of those colors on

25:13

that team, I'm about to try to wear them. No,

25:16

no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. You

25:18

can't control. Like at that point in time, like

25:21

Kenny Martin was once he'd go, he'd go. Like

25:24

once he get there, he goes. And there ain't

25:27

no, you gotta

25:29

be somebody who he really trust and really

25:31

fuck with to like be

25:33

able to step in the middle of that. Cause once

25:35

he goes, he goes. I'm

25:38

not the one getting in the middle. I can't imagine

25:40

that. I would not have that much trust in the

25:42

trust that I had built. Yeah, like there was that

25:44

incident, like the popcorn incident was when I seen him

25:46

like smoke coming out of his

25:49

ears. And then it

25:51

was a situation where we playing the

25:53

Clippers and the playoffs with

25:56

George Carl, not with the coach, with

25:58

the, with the. and

26:02

came out was coming back off an injury that year and

26:04

we playing Elton Brann and Sam Good sound like you know

26:06

what I mean like this in the Clippers was so

26:09

George promised them you know just sit off come back

26:11

to playoffs I got you come back first game we

26:14

gonna give you a couple of minutes see where you

26:16

at second game we gonna so

26:18

he looking first

26:20

game you know

26:23

it's cool second game starting

26:26

Francisco Elson third

26:29

quarter come he ain't in it's just like he

26:33

might loses it like it was

26:35

a lot more going into that but he's on the

26:37

end of the bench and he's just steaming

26:42

and you see this fucking you see this

26:45

shit and I fucking

26:48

halftime goes in the back loses

26:51

it loses it

26:53

turns anybody out fuck

26:56

out of here coaches players anybody got

26:58

something to say it's

27:00

whatever it is shit

27:02

and leave this halftime he leaves the

27:04

free leaving I

27:11

saw this is this is serious this

27:14

is serious but I seen it brewing I've

27:17

seen it on the sideline brewing I

27:19

knew what was happening like it

27:22

was a reason to be tight you know

27:24

the man was a reason for him to be tight but he

27:27

bugged he left I said oh somebody

27:29

get this thing but that's you know

27:31

that's to the to the

27:42

point like that's that was a team in the culture

27:44

that we actually created over in

27:47

Denver the day about Kenny Martin but

27:49

bad over here from Dallas unfortunate for

27:51

him but he was asking like why

27:53

it's so hard on Dallas and

27:56

I will have you know that what I did

27:58

gills arena there were no doubt to be told.

28:01

Not in the presence of Kenny Martin, no sir.

28:03

Dallas is Paris as far as I'm concerned if

28:06

Kenny Martin says so. So why would I have

28:08

to do something? Like if I'm creating

28:10

a team, I want that. I

28:12

need somebody that's going

28:15

to protect my best player. But you also

28:17

got to stand on your, you know what I mean? But I

28:19

need somebody when shit hit the fan that the, it's

28:21

a lot of shit that as the white hat don't really

28:23

want to deal with it. A lot of times, you know,

28:25

they just get shotted away from it. So

28:27

you need those, those kinds of hit men like,

28:29

you know what I mean? Like them a left.

28:31

None. You D was one. Yeah. You D was

28:34

one. I mean, and I guess like

28:36

this Isaiah Stewart count. No, I ain't

28:38

been doing that. Yeah. As I say, he just, he's

28:40

if he could see if he could stick around long

28:42

enough, right? The black thought bride, right? Learn the rules,

28:45

learn the rules, little homie. You could be one too.

28:47

I come with experience too though. Yeah. I mean, I

28:49

come with experience. Like you just can't get that title.

28:51

Like, Oh my belief that the NBA

28:53

was a little better when not everybody was good at

28:56

basketball. I understand why that may seem counter to the

28:58

new new role. You knew your role. Yeah. Yep. Just

29:00

somebody didn't play outside yourself. You know what I'm saying?

29:02

Like that you got motherfuckers. Everybody's like, yo, I'm gonna

29:04

drop 50 tonight. Fuck that. Yeah. You know what I'm

29:07

saying? And they can. Oh, when you, when you're not

29:09

that good at basketball, you got to figure out other

29:11

ways to earn. You keep, those are typically very entertaining

29:13

techniques that keep everybody out here. Like I was looking

29:15

at my man, till appointed us out. We were looking

29:17

at like one of those new, the heat maps for

29:20

like where all the shots go, the difference between now

29:22

and 20 years ago. And what you see is

29:24

that the mid range game is completely gone and

29:26

it's completely gone because they, nobody, the elbows in

29:29

the paint are just not there anymore. Like if

29:31

you, if everybody could just get one enforcer on

29:33

every team, we'd have much more shot diversity than

29:35

we used to be. That's what they told me. That's what

29:38

they told me when I did my first game back. He's

29:41

like, no,

29:43

no, no, no, that bully ball shit is out.

29:45

When you said my bad, I mean, what? What

29:52

Was that like though? In The, there was a paradigm

29:54

shift that took place in the middle of your career.

29:56

You became a 40% three point shooter. So It's not

29:58

like you didn't adjust, but the paradigm. Changes.

30:01

In the middle of your career. About the

30:03

thing That is the thing that is your

30:05

thing. With. The since you felt the

30:07

system when you felt as if because

30:09

com faces and of seasons and lot

30:11

different now. Is. Your we

30:13

are we will switch off and so is his.

30:16

We want to suit his many Dewey's we wanted.

30:18

In Odis make more sense in there and

30:20

as you sit manages. I

30:23

got i hear you You know maybe

30:25

it's the is happening and quick time

30:27

right? and then use. You. Plan

30:29

seems was already adjusted to that every wrap

30:31

up as listen when you try to do

30:33

at that point Gazette employed you com ela

30:36

goddamn And now for the not not not

30:38

for it that style of game My it

30:40

wasn't just like thrown at, it wasn't just

30:42

like this is what we gonna do, it

30:44

was slow drip, site specific types. I

30:46

now mellow now qaeda il caso to get

30:48

gets we want to in a corner now

30:51

we want you to some breezy wants you

30:53

to. The. I'm like damn

30:55

I okay you start seeing a sieve slowly

30:57

start the happened in a calm seas is

30:59

happening. The practice. Of season

31:01

strategies is is different you come back

31:04

train it and natty is is faster.

31:06

So. Me been away from their game for that

31:08

a of town i have a was adding watched

31:11

again. So. My first game back.

31:14

I'm. Just go back to what I know but I

31:16

know the game has changed or know is more threes

31:19

now have. You. Know. Like

31:21

oh, sit. Back. And images do

31:23

or early postal. Let me give decay and early

31:25

post up. And our own the

31:28

went up office have found what the fuck

31:30

is that came out again like going to

31:32

pose a total when I saw it on

31:34

my back down. Au. Nom.

31:38

Elena the Bully Bonomo Balibo. Them.

31:41

Days over his The rest a Referee

31:43

Domenech as crazy Hours there's naked of

31:45

of is our footwear them are respectively

31:47

Lego Methylphenidate if you are you being.

31:50

He. Been gone. The. Games

31:52

turns. Out. Only.

31:55

It booted. That those nuns and

31:57

other simply below yellow stuff deleted Divorce.

32:00

is ah but was it really them because

32:02

yeah of course I think they did part

32:04

of it cuz I feel like that shift

32:06

started before them I was a but I

32:08

think the NBA misunderstood something they understood that

32:10

people like offense yeah but points and

32:13

offense are not the same thing and so when

32:15

you do all this stuff to increase points we

32:17

started looking at it and we like yo man

32:19

it ain't even really offense right like that's why

32:21

when we did the other episode we talk about

32:23

the best offensive performance and I protested right

32:35

it's just like points and offense

32:37

are not the same thing like to be

32:39

offense especially I guess growing up

32:41

watching 80s and 90s basketball before the rules changes there's

32:43

an art to it right like there's an art to

32:45

be in 17 feet away

32:47

but you're back to the dude in the phone booth

32:50

and like you know the things like like

32:52

all those things there there's an basketball is aesthetic

32:54

as much as anything else right and

32:56

so I think that people like that

32:58

they like the physicality I think they would think

33:00

what happened was though offense got so good these

33:02

motherfuckers just close a lot of people like it

33:04

just it went a little

33:07

too far no layups and then we went back

33:09

the other way but I don't think people want

33:11

points I think people want offense

33:13

which is why they like the college game like

33:16

which is why they love women's basketball like

33:18

the girls game because they

33:21

have offense yeah and I hate the

33:23

always compared it to but we talk about the

33:25

purity of always talk about it that's why so

33:28

your point we want is people want to see

33:30

office especially the especially people who came from those

33:32

errors like the fans of the

33:34

game who come from those errors where you

33:37

know what it takes to draw up a

33:39

play and go execute that play you

33:42

know I want to get Patrick you know in the

33:44

ball on this block and we don't make run a

33:46

misdirection play to get him a cross screen on this

33:48

block like that's what we want to

33:50

see we want to see what makes a

33:53

tool guard a shooting guard a shooting guard

33:56

like if you are Reggie Miller tight I want to see

33:58

you get your shot I want

34:00

to see what you're going to do to work you're going to put it. If

34:02

you were a Chris

34:05

Paul or Darren Williams at the

34:08

time, I want to see what makes you a

34:10

really good point guard. Now

34:12

you don't have to prove that anymore.

34:15

All you have to do is know how to play a pick and roll, come off the

34:17

pick and roll and be able to shoot the chase. The

34:20

read is downhill. That's the read. There's

34:23

no more point guards coming off and already

34:25

knowing the read that they really want. That's

34:28

the first option. There's no more of

34:30

those Chauncey Billups where like

34:32

I got to learn, yo my

34:34

best player on the team ain't touched the ball in a

34:37

couple of possessions or he ain't, you know what I mean?

34:39

Like I got to get him going. How do I

34:41

get him going? How do I get this player's shots? Like

34:44

there's no more of that. It's

34:47

just high powered guards that's out there getting

34:50

to it. You know, I love to watch

34:52

it. Yeah. But to your point when you

34:54

start talking about the game game and running

34:57

offense and executing and

34:59

that's why in the playoffs a lot of guys be kind

35:01

of lost in that when you got to execute plays and

35:03

you got the timing is everything and angles is

35:06

everything and the screen is you

35:08

got to execute. You be lost. Exactly

35:10

what you said, man. It's the difference between

35:12

offense and points. You got dudes dropping 70

35:15

on straight like metal saying straight downhill.

35:18

Ah, step in your chest. Next position straight

35:20

downhill. Ah, step in your chest. Next possession.

35:23

Hence you pull three. Ah, three times in a row. Now

35:25

you got seven threes. That's 21

35:27

points. You know what I'm saying? Which used

35:29

to be like a superstar average. And if

35:31

I'm shooting a midi as a coach, as

35:33

a team, I'm looking at Andy Liddy's like,

35:36

yo, they shooting threes. You shoot with two. Like,

35:38

I had a nice shot at it. I'm

35:41

like, yo, take the best shot available. That's what I

35:43

take the best shot available. And whatever

35:46

happens happens. But the Andy Liddy saying

35:48

the three is better than the two. And

35:50

then all actuality it is. Coming up next we're going to

35:52

sell some stuff right quick. We're going to come back, talk

35:54

a little bit about the playoffs coming up. 7pm

35:56

is the right time. Talk to you in a

35:58

second. NBA playoffs are right

36:00

around the corner. Get in on the playoff action and

36:03

win up to 100 times your

36:05

money on prize picks as you and the

36:07

world's best players take the game to a

36:09

new level during basketball's post-season. You

36:11

can now win up to 100 times your money

36:14

on prize picks with as little as four correct

36:16

picks. You can turn $10 into $1,000 with

36:18

basketball, hockey, and

36:21

baseball entries today on prize picks,

36:23

America's number one fantasy sports app.

36:26

And if you stick around for the end of the

36:28

show, you'll hear picks from our producer, Sean, that can

36:30

potentially help you win big. Prize

36:32

picks is really simple to play. You

36:34

can make your picks and submit your entry in less

36:36

than 60 seconds. Quick withdrawals, easy

36:39

game play, and enormous selection of players

36:41

and stat types of what make prize

36:43

picks the number one daily fantasy sports

36:45

app. So make sure you

36:48

go to prizepics.com/bomani and use code bomani

36:50

for a first deposit match up to

36:52

$100. That's

36:55

prizepics.com/bomani. Prize

36:57

picks, daily fantasy sports made

36:59

easy. Spring

37:05

is here to get ready for the sunshine

37:07

with quality shades built to last. Our

37:10

friends at Shady Rays have you covered with

37:12

premium polarized shades that won't break the bank.

37:15

Shady Rays offers a world-class product rated five

37:17

stars by over 300,000 people. Their

37:21

shades have durable frames and crystal clear

37:23

optics, making them the perfect choice

37:25

for all outdoor adventures. They have

37:27

plenty of styles and colors to pick from.

37:30

So finding your next pair of shades is

37:32

a breeze. Plus, if

37:34

your shades go MIA or take a hit,

37:36

don't sweat it. They've got lost and

37:38

broken protection, so you're covered from day one.

37:41

Wear your Shady Rays with confidence because they

37:43

have your back long after you purchase. If

37:45

you don't love your shades, exchange or return

37:48

them free within 30 days. There's

37:51

no risk when you shop. Exclusively for

37:53

our listeners, Shady Rays is giving out their

37:55

best deal of the season. Head

37:57

to shadyrays.com and use code...

38:00

for 50% off two or more pairs of

38:03

polarized glasses. Try for yourself. The

38:06

shades rated five stars by over 300,000 people.

38:10

All right, man. The playoffs are starting. This is

38:12

my favorite time of the year. Like, this is

38:14

Christmas for me. I don't know where I get

38:16

to sleep. Like, I remember I used to do

38:18

morning radio, and me and different guys on

38:20

the show would have to do shifts on who got to

38:22

sleep, because otherwise we'd all be up until 2 o'clock in

38:24

the morning, and then getting back up at 7. You should

38:26

be sitting up, Bo. Oh, yeah. You should be sitting up

38:28

as in the game. I call this, oh, charm season, where

38:32

you wake up and you turn on your TV, and

38:34

it's all charm from TNT being on the night before.

38:37

Like, this is it. And commercials, man. Yes, it

38:39

is it. I admit, I'm

38:41

not that... I mean, you're the next guys, guys. You've already

38:43

talked about them, though. Outside of the

38:45

East, the East, not that compelling to

38:47

me right now. The West. Going crazy.

38:49

100% fascinating. Even though

38:51

I am positive I know who's going to win the West.

38:53

Who you at? Denver?

38:56

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Why

38:58

don't we don't treat them like they're champions? They

39:01

are champions. They are the champ staff. Everything that made them

39:03

the champ, they're the best player in the world. You gotta

39:05

go through this, man. And nobody's stopping him. I don't think

39:07

anybody's beating them. You gotta go through this. You gotta go

39:10

through Denver. Yeah, you gotta go through Denver. But the problem

39:12

is swag. Like,

39:14

this is America, B. We

39:16

want our stars to be flashy, entertaining.

39:19

Look. You know what I'm saying? You're right. Look,

39:21

if Michael Porter wasn't wearing all them devices just

39:23

to play, he would be that guy, right? Like,

39:25

I don't think people appreciate what he physically overcomes

39:28

just to get on the floor. He would be

39:30

that guy. Jamal Murray can be that

39:32

guy at times. Yeah, but you're right. They're best

39:34

players. Just... I am

39:36

unstoppable. You cannot stop. You cannot. You

39:39

can try. But you cannot stop. Brother, I

39:41

have 47 points. You have... My

39:44

friend, in this third quarter, I have 58. Look

39:47

at my brother over there. He is 6'5", 12. He

39:52

weighs 16,000 kilograms. He's

39:55

still 5'12". Brother,

39:57

listen. You may have... win

40:00

this game and I will bet you two of

40:02

my horse. That's

40:04

on his arm bro. You know what I'm saying? He ain't at the club.

40:08

You have to go through Denver bro. You have to. Yo,

40:11

that top four is so interesting because the thing to

40:13

me about if the question is why do you pick

40:15

Denver? The answer is who in the world are you

40:17

going to pick otherwise, right? Minnesota

40:19

gave them the best run last year. They

40:22

made a few things break right. Maybe they're the

40:24

ones that figure out how to do it. We

40:26

talk about the curve all the time. Ant-Man

40:29

being one of those guys that's like

40:31

in that like that S tier bro.

40:34

Like you could be the guy that is the face of the league.

40:36

We talk about it all the time. And

40:40

this could be his moment bro. You take

40:42

Denver out. It's hard bro. It's

40:45

almost impossible. It's not impossible.

40:48

But it's such a it would be such

40:50

a crazy look for him. It could happen.

40:52

In his career that that I feel like that

40:54

would be the curve for him to be like, I ain't.

40:57

Yeah, because you really got you really have to you really

40:59

have to beat Denver. All

41:02

of like you really have to like beat them

41:04

like as a team as a unit as a

41:06

staff. Like you really have to come

41:09

to play every play of the game

41:11

every second of the game for seven

41:14

games. So if you're

41:16

not ready to go with the

41:18

ebb and flow of this series and then when it's time

41:20

to if it gets there, you

41:23

can't handle that and you can't make those

41:25

adjustments. You have to make those adjustments like

41:28

it's all about those adjustments because I feel like Oklahoma City

41:30

just too light in the ass. Like

41:32

it's not their fault. They they're going to need

41:34

to and they will because they have draft picks

41:37

out the wild. They got young players like they

41:39

they're going to be a problem for a long

41:41

time. But this but this ain't the year. They're

41:43

a fun team. They're a fun team. You know,

41:45

this is this is like like an undergrad for

41:47

them. Yes. You know, like, yo, you won't learn

41:49

some shit and then you're going to come back next

41:51

year better, smarter. When Oh, and it's Skinny King Chet

41:53

fully gets this thing going. What?

41:56

Baby, it's going to be a problem. Like

41:58

I think Big Vic has obviously. Obscured

42:00

the fact that Chet has absolutely

42:03

He's absolutely big. I'm so ready for it. And he

42:05

got the sauce too. He's one of them. He's one of

42:07

them guys He has not swag a list, bro. Yeah,

42:09

you got a lot of Tough

42:12

bro It

42:15

is I mean look we haven't gotten to the clip I mean the

42:17

Clippers We

42:19

all know that we all know what the issue

42:21

is we can none of our advance X's and

42:24

O's matter The only thing that matters is is

42:26

James Harden go fuck it up for everybody Maybe

42:30

he does maybe he does it we have seen

42:32

him do it We've seen him carry teams like

42:34

that playoffs that last year series with Philly where

42:36

he had two games without him bead Where he

42:38

said get on my back and he said it

42:40

I'm cooking and then it was that last one

42:42

and it was like hey Man, who want to

42:45

go y'all ready? Like

42:51

they the team to me that can You

42:56

They have to come they have the pieces to

42:58

do it I feel like you can count on

43:00

more than anybody else in the playoffs other than

43:02

the yokage and maybe right there It's quite Leonard

43:04

quietly all-time great postseason. Yeah They

43:09

have the pieces 100%

43:11

and it's just like who else is in the West

43:14

you saying jelly Oh, we so Sacramento who we have

43:16

completely forgotten about after being everybody's daughter last year Yeah

43:19

Dallas and whatever ain't scary though. That dad is

43:21

a Dallas is scary Hey, can I send a

43:23

shot? I've said it before but I'm gonna say

43:25

it again Can I send a shout out to

43:27

Kyrie because I really did not think that he

43:29

could behave Himself and I hate to say that

43:32

like that because he's a grown-up, but it got

43:34

kind of crazy, right? I didn't think

43:36

that it could be so quiet all the

43:38

way through this year. He's a It's

43:42

a humanitarian piece is going on over there

43:44

and he's still acting right peace Will

43:47

you find you find a piece? When

43:54

you find your piece nothing could disrupt you

43:56

I saw that man in the post game

43:58

with the skull fovers And I was like, oh,

44:00

nah. Uh-oh. He is at peace. No, no, no. I

44:03

was afraid when I saw that, because I thought he

44:05

was about to start talking. Oh, nah. That ain't like

44:07

when I got it. Like, hey, hey, hey, I guarantee

44:09

you. He does that. You pretty good at that. There

44:11

was a conversation. You pretty good at that. I don't

44:13

know if it was Joe Dumars. I don't know if

44:15

it was Nico down there with the Mavericks. But somebody

44:17

came in and was like, hey, man, look. It's

44:20

a lot going on in the world right now.

44:22

And I know you feel like you got

44:24

to do something. I only think that conversation needed to

44:26

happen. You already know what

44:28

Tyler was. He set the tone already. You

44:30

don't even come over here. Don't even come

44:33

over here to me. Let me

44:35

do what I do. Let me find my peace. And

44:37

I'm cool. And he's done it. How much is that?

44:39

Shout out to Kyle for that, man. How much is

44:42

that? Well, how about this? I want to give Kyrie

44:44

credit for the fact that I was not sure how

44:46

willing he would be to ride shotgun to

44:49

anybody, really, at that point, but to Luca Dodgers. And he

44:52

did it. Like, and I was hard on the dude, right?

44:54

Like, I feel like it's imperative, if I was as hard

44:56

as I was on him in those times, to look at

44:58

it and be like, nah, he's done it. And

45:01

two dudes that you can't guard in the

45:03

playoffs. So they scary. They

45:05

scary. Like, Kyrie is like, I

45:09

think he matured to the point where

45:12

he was younger in Cleveland. You

45:14

know what I'm saying? He was coming up and Brown

45:16

was already in it. He was trying to find

45:19

his way and be that. You know what

45:21

I mean? Now he's been through the ringer. He's

45:24

been to a couple of situations. Now

45:27

he found the situation where he's comfortable. I'm

45:30

happy. I'm good. I ain't got to

45:32

worry about. I done went through the worst shit ever.

45:35

I done went through it. So now everything is up

45:37

for me. All I got to do is just focus and get back

45:39

on my dean and just play basketball.

45:42

The reason why I work with Luca is because he's

45:44

a basketball player. Like, Kyrie is just a basketball man.

45:46

He just loved the hoop. He loved the game. And

45:49

if it's somebody else at this point now who can

45:51

go out there and do the same thing, he

45:54

going to do it. He could have went somewhere else. He

45:57

could have went somewhere else. Oh, definitely. You understand

45:59

what I'm saying? He could have been

46:01

over there in purple

46:04

and gold. In other

46:06

situations, he chose

46:08

Dallas because

46:11

Dallas chose him. Mark Cuban

46:14

did a hell of a thing about bringing him in

46:16

and saying, hey, I got you. I'm

46:19

going to give you this platform. You

46:21

got to meet me somewhere, but I'm going to give

46:23

you this platform. We're going to have tough conversations, but

46:26

I'm going to give you this platform and go out there and do

46:28

what you want to do. This is the craziest thing about the West.

46:31

So it fits with them. But like the craziest thing about

46:33

the league right now, when you talk about the overall level

46:35

of talent, Phoenix

46:37

has all the dudes that they have. The

46:40

Lakers have Anthony Davis and LeBron James.

46:42

Who's AD is having a hell of

46:44

a year. And LeBron is still, I

46:46

mean, he's not as good as he

46:49

used to be. And I don't think he's as good

46:51

as his numbers, but that does not mean he's not

46:53

very good. Like these dudes are still balling. Neither one

46:55

of them teams got no chance at winning the West.

46:58

That's about the league, right? It's

47:00

not even so much about them, but Phoenix with all those

47:02

dudes they got, and none of us thinks that they have

47:04

a chance to win this. That's

47:06

where this league is. They got the

47:08

pieces though. They do. That's what it

47:10

is. They got the pieces. I do

47:12

believe Phoenix like... Bro,

47:14

and this is not... They got the fucking

47:17

pieces. And also real shit like, you know,

47:19

NFL single elimination. This is feeling to me,

47:21

it's giving NFL in the sense that if

47:24

something break left for a certain team, they

47:27

could get high and go on a run. You know

47:29

what I mean? Like, you know, barring injuries because

47:31

you never want to see that. But like just

47:33

certain things break in a certain way, certain

47:36

calls break in a certain... You know, playoffs,

47:38

it's a possession game now. You

47:40

know what I mean? It's like clock management, possession, shit like

47:42

that. So it's like, yo, a foul,

47:44

a missed call, a loose ball.

47:46

That type of shit determines the outcome of a

47:48

game. You know what I'm saying? So it's like...

47:50

Well like, you also get cases like Minnesota, right?

47:52

Like, you know, how healthy Carl Townes is, is

47:54

going to be a thing. And this

47:57

is where I'm nice to Carl. Karl

48:00

Townes is a better basketball player than Nas Reed. Play somebody

48:02

that can get in the background. What

48:04

he's saying is... But he's better player than Nas Reed,

48:06

period. And so you can find those numbers that say

48:08

that they are better with Nas Reed. But

48:11

if Karl Townes, if this is the year that he

48:13

steps up, which can happen, right? Right.

48:16

You want a guy that can get buckets in

48:18

the playoffs because the ability to create shots. Minnesota

48:20

only got Anthony Edwards really as a guy that's

48:22

like an elite shot creator. Right. Karl

48:25

gives you a chance at that. If he

48:27

gets healthy, right? He goes. Or

48:29

if he can't play in the numbers,

48:32

the on-off numbers carry out with Nas Reed,

48:34

maybe that little nuance can

48:36

affect what direction the West goes. Because in theory, if

48:38

Minnesota is better than they were last year, then they

48:40

can push Denver to six or seven. And

48:42

that's my shit. So like in theory... It's there, man.

48:46

It's there. It's there. I'm not. We

48:48

also know the other problem, which is, y'all can just go cook

48:50

Rudy. Yeah. He's gonna cook Rudy every

48:52

time. He's gonna cook Rudy. He's gonna put Rudy in

48:55

a D-month. That's a lot. That's

48:57

a lot of pressure for Ant

49:00

Edwards. Yes. My favorite player

49:02

on earth, by the way. I love him. But

49:04

that's a lot of pressure to

49:06

go out there and try to take

49:08

on a juggernaut like the Denver

49:10

Nuggets by yourself.

49:14

But I love the fact that he's up for it. He

49:16

may be one of the only ones that's up

49:19

for it to do it by himself. My last

49:21

one left, it feels like I know there's other

49:23

sociopathic type dudes out there. He's not even a

49:25

sociopath because he seems to do well with people.

49:28

But he want it. He really believes that he

49:30

can knock them off. He really

49:32

believes that... When you going up

49:34

against a juggernaut, man, it's... And I just don't

49:36

think people appreciate that that's what it is. It

49:39

is a legitimate... Look, if Eric Gordon

49:41

is your fourth best player, fourth

49:44

best player. That's what I'm saying, man. They

49:47

built that team to be Teflon,

49:49

bro. Like, yo, this guy goes down. Aight, this guy's gonna

49:51

slide in and we're gonna be fine. Plug and play. That's

49:54

it. Ugh, that player might

49:56

be good for 100 years because he doesn't jump. You know

49:58

what I'm saying? Like, he's dead. He

50:00

ain't running suicides bro. He

50:02

be running past them dudes down the floor. That's

50:05

how he chewed, cause he know when to turn it on.

50:07

He know when to sprint. He know when to go. He

50:11

know which way to go. He know how to

50:13

do that. I'm gonna ask you this as a

50:15

basketball player, cause I noticed this about Yo Kitch

50:17

and it's the most interesting thing is that he's

50:19

the first player I'd ever seen who realized that

50:21

after I've done the pump faking, you've gone past

50:23

me, I don't have to be in a hurry.

50:25

Like, oh, when let's man, I can slowly walk

50:27

into the lane. I had never seen anybody that

50:29

had that understanding of space and time. That's IQ.

50:32

That is just IQ, a feel for the game.

50:35

Like, I don't know where the fuck he got that from. Like,

50:37

that's hard to teach. You know what I mean? You just gotta

50:39

have a feel for the actual game

50:41

and the floor of the game to understand like, oh,

50:43

there's one less guy over here and I'm looking at

50:45

four guys in front of me. Yeah. I'm

50:48

gonna just pick this apart, right? So now what

50:50

you start doing is putting systems and play for

50:52

him to be able to work out of

50:55

that position up top of the key, upscreens,

50:57

backscreens, curl, cuts. You know what I mean?

50:59

I catch it, you just, and going to

51:01

just go into the back, high, low to

51:03

the love. Like, it's a lot of

51:05

shit that only he can play

51:08

that position like that. The damn shame

51:10

they gave him Anthony Randolph's number. Fuck!

51:17

No, no, no. Actually, no, the reason I

51:19

say that though, because I know the discussion

51:21

is always, Dan, they gave Yogi a number.

51:24

Yeah, yeah, yeah, they did. The

51:26

crazy part is that they gave it to Anthony Randolph.

51:28

Anthony Randolph, that's the fact. That's the point I'm making.

51:31

That's the crazy part. I know the underbelly of what

51:33

you say. Yeah, no, it's like,

51:35

if they had given it

51:37

to Yogi, way later, it would have been like, come on,

51:39

man, this is crazy. Because the idea of like, retiring New

51:41

Jersey is a no-brainer. Like, there's no, but when

51:43

I found out they had given it to Anthony

51:45

Randolph already, I was like, oh, this is bad.

51:48

Yeah, I keep trying to say that. The static

51:50

is with Anthony Randolph. Yeah. How is it? How

51:52

is it? How is it in my life? Why, why are

51:54

we on it? No, let me take it off. Let me

51:56

take what Anthony Randolph is. The dude that wants to jump

51:58

in the tile machine and come play into. days basketball because

52:00

he was just too skinny to play in.

52:03

He would play well in today. Because he

52:05

went over to Europe and was so cold.

52:07

Beach right hoping hoping hoping just

52:09

this raw look. Yeah, I'm here for all the

52:11

skinny dudes. You know what I'm saying? Like I would have

52:13

all come back in this day and time. I wish John

52:16

Henson could have stayed healthy. No, it would have been great.

52:18

Every single one of them. Copeland's not the Chris Copeland. He's

52:20

another skinny dude, man. He was balling at a couple of

52:22

years ago. We had no heroes when I was little. That's

52:24

the thing that people don't understand. We have no Kevin Durant

52:27

when I was little. Oh, yeah. We

52:30

remember, yeah, like Reggie Miller, but I mean, Reggie

52:32

was in the gym. No, see, that was the

52:34

other part, too. They were. It was they were

52:36

confident in a skinny. I

52:39

will also make this note, too. Before we get out

52:41

of here, people need to understand NBA. Skinny

52:43

is not quite as skinny as people think.

52:45

Oh, if you see a picture of me

52:47

standing next to Kevin Durant, you will not

52:49

be saying that Kevin Durant is skinny. No,

52:51

he's like, he's like 240 something pounds. He

52:55

just finished eight lots of pills. Look

52:58

at him. Now, I

53:00

have been wanting to pull off this epic

53:03

crossover for a long time. Like we've done

53:05

with 7 p.m. Is the

53:07

right time, man. But man, Mero, I'm proud of

53:09

you. Glad to see you. We do. I

53:12

appreciate you. Also, shout out to Melo, man. He

53:14

hit me with that left hand down. No, I

53:16

have to let him know. The lines were drawn

53:18

in the sand. You know, you got to do

53:20

it. I'm saying one time. I'm going to tell

53:23

you why Gary T. You also ain't going for

53:25

no left hand. Dap Anthony Edwards on the left.

53:28

I bet you tried to walk up to him. The others with

53:30

the left hand. I can. I can. I can. I can. I can. I

53:32

can't. I will never walk up to it. I want to be left

53:34

hand. That

53:38

as much as everybody thinks the left hand dap

53:40

is being disrespect. Now, one time in your life

53:42

has anybody ever tried to disrespect you by offering

53:44

left hand dap. It's a it's an

53:47

anecdotal tale, but it's never happened. So what we need

53:49

to do is start fighting people. We don't respect and

53:51

just roll up all would be like, you

53:54

know, that's why you do it. You just give them the weekend. like

54:00

that would be worse than the karate dap

54:07

you just give them the dead fish the

54:10

see that's that's the new generation handshake

54:13

right there they

54:15

don't look at you it's

54:18

a year I've

54:21

done the wrong thing because me I was like

54:23

yo it's 20 minutes what is going on like

54:26

no really

54:29

school looking at like they don't even look

54:31

at you in a gap you know the dat

54:33

master is going out of style and they're

54:36

not my handshake you over here it

54:38

yo all the team you

54:40

know they're too cool I don't

54:42

know what I would do with some 14 year

54:44

old didn't look at me when I yeah yeah

54:47

I'm over you stay the over they

54:52

would definitely talk I've got to I

54:55

want to bring sir back you know what I'm saying

54:57

we thought he was talking about this last time I

54:59

was here fuck this shit bad whatever happened to sir

55:01

I'm just crazy I've worked really hard to get to

55:03

where I am but I have earned search that when

55:05

he hit you with the uncle feel away bro yo

55:08

because they think they think it's cool yeah

55:10

I remember a maneuver day was got bad it said

55:12

that she didn't want to be called auntie and I

55:14

thought that she was being real disrespectful and like it's

55:16

like I think you'd be a real sensitive right seven

55:19

years later I got a few more years under

55:21

my belt and I'm like nah I feel like

55:23

oh is you respecting

55:29

your uncle is optional like

55:31

if he a good uncle you respect but otherwise

55:34

you might just kick it with a little weed

55:36

every now and then that's the way

55:38

that's the way you don't respect 20

55:42

special every battle of crime you

55:47

know how to how to go home going with

55:52

the ball you know let

55:54

me hold something let me know yeah you got

55:56

no because I heard that officer cute that's It's

56:00

been a school up there, big program. See, that's

56:02

awk. That's awk. They got boosted.

56:04

Even the uncle that you call a

56:06

nickname, you respect

56:08

more than the uncle you call awk. Like my uncle will,

56:10

but God rest his soul. We call him black, cause he

56:13

called everybody else black. We respect him black. Call him black

56:15

was not a sign of disrespect. But if I had called

56:17

him awk, black would have flipped. What? I

56:19

can't even get a second. He would have

56:21

called the black hand side. Black out. Black

56:23

out. Yeah, black out. Black was very much

56:25

so a kind that's not weakness. No, black.

56:27

I'm a sort of dude. Could

56:29

have been there. But fellas, I

56:32

appreciate you greatly. And ladies and gentlemen, thanks so much

56:34

for joining us here. On the right time we do

56:36

this three times a week, hit the voicemail line, 323-596-7767.

56:42

AMA, ask me anything, 323-596-7767. Sean,

56:47

you handles everything behind the scenes. Thank you, sir,

56:49

along with all these wonderful people whose names I

56:52

don't know who are probably actually doing this today.

56:54

Subscribe to the right time. Follow the right time.

56:56

Rate us, review us, subscribe, like. Give us five

56:58

stars. You only give us four stars. I'm inclined

57:01

to believe you are a hater. We'll talk to you guys in a

57:03

couple of days. Take it easy.