Club 520 Podcast - 520 In The Morning - Jeff Teague REACTS to NBA All-Star Weekend: Steph Curry MVP, Mac McClung wins 3rd Dunk Contest

Episode Date: February 18, 2025

On the Monday, February 18 episode of 520 in the Morning, Jeff Teague, DJ Wells, and B Hen react to NBA All-Star Weekend which featured Tyler Herro winning the 3-point contest, Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley winning the skills competition, and Mac McClung winning his third NBA Slam Dunk Contest. Chris Paul and Victor Wembanyama got disqualified from the skills challenge. The guys then react to the new tournament style all-star game where Team Shaq beat Team Charles in the finals, and Steph Curry won MVP. 0:00 - 520 returns from San Francisco3:00 - Tyler Herro wins 3pt shootout4:15 - Mac McClung wins dunk contest8:00 - NBA Stars in the dunk contest?10:00 - Rising Stars in the All-Star Game12:00 - LeBron costs someone an All-Star spot13:30 - Bronny turns down Rising Stars game17:00 - 1-on-1 tournament for $1 million21:00 - Verified Buckets23:00 - Superchat questions29:00 - Get Well Soon33:30 - Superchat questions pt.2 #Volume #ClubSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Good morning. Happy Tuesday. It's 520 in the morning. Your favorite sports show. Sorry we wasn't here yesterday, man. It was crazy traveling, getting back from San Francisco, man. Shout out to everybody in the airports going through it, man. We were definitely certain one of those people for sure.

But I'm the host. My name is DJ Will. So you say you had a smooth transition. Shout out to y'all. On me. Can't relate. To my left, my right, Bishop Henders from my brother Teague. Fellas, good morning

What's happening, bro? I got out of there I see, boy I feel like home alone, boy I woke up at 1 a.m. looking around I said, damn, it's just me Yeah, let me go ahead and swipe I'm gonna get back home

Dog, I got on that 5 a.m. flight There was a crying baby behind me I just knew the day was gonna get wicked for sure, man But shout out to San Francisco, man. 520 had a wonderful time out there, man. Off-stripe weekend. We went crazy. Shout out to the sponsors who held us down, man.

Shout out to Michelin Nest. Shout out to Foot Locker. We had a time out there. Fellas, how was y'all living out there? It was cool, man. Shout out to Dame and Adidas for inviting us today. A little activation too. That was hard.

Most definitely. Shout out to JR. You still get shouts on the show, man. It just might be a little bit more positive now. My dog came and got us at the door. We beat all that long, long line. Shout out to JR for sure. Most definitely, man. Let's get straight to it, man.

We didn't get a chance to recap our All-Star weekend, but we're going to go over the games and stuff. Listen, the Skills Challenge, let's just start there, man. Chris Paul doing Chris Paul stuff, man. Find the loopholes to win the skills challenge, man. How you get disqualified in the skills challenge? I don't understand why they just – I thought you had to make the shots.

That's probably why I was confused. You just had to shoot them. You got to attempt them. Oh, yeah. It was a brilliant plan. It was. It was a smart plan. It was on Chris Paul.

It was, but you should have just really just shot it, though, if that was the case. They did. One of them. They just tossed it up there. That nigga was the case. They did. One of them. They was just tossing it up there. That nigga was just, all right, fam, what is this? He made a raid in the skills challenge. I didn't understand.

I swear to God, I thought you had to make it to move on, so okay. No, you have to attempt them. Oh, okay. He a mad genius. Trying to finesse the skills challenge, bro. This is a family friendly event bro

that's how you know that nigga probably be cutting up at the family reunion bro like all the little games you be playing with your family he too competitive bro

he team like a motherfucker bro uno he probably filthy nah facts hey he couldn't play our uno mm mm

oh my god the ultimate uno and t career him and this nigga be fighting that's a goal. Play CP and ultimate Uno. That'd be the most competitive shit.

Mostly league concept for sure. That's funny, resurfaced together on the internet, the whole Jersey on Tuck situation. It was just like, I don't know if y'all talked about that, but please remind T-Crit of that situation. Mad genius, bro. He know all the rules to everything. Like, he knew the rules to that shit.

That's why he did it. All we gotta do is attempt everything. Like, he knew the rules to that shit. That's what I did. All we got to do is attempt. They can't say it's not a shot attempt. He said, this is making it look more player, though, bro. I said, him, that nigga did like that. I said, fam, what is this, bro? This weekend is already a disgrace, bro. What y'all doing, man?

It was funny, though. It was fun. That was some entertainment. Nah, man. Find the loopholes in the skill challenge, man. Most definitely, man. Shout out to CP and Whimmy, man, for. It was fun. That was some entertainment. Nah, man. Find a loophole in the skill challenge, man. Most definitely, man. Shout out to CP and Whimmy, man, for getting the squad five. Donovan Mitchell, FMO.

We got that dub for sure. Skill challenge, I like him back when he was a better one player. I don't like that team stuff. Go back to when it was just ISO. ISO situations, man, for sure. Three-point contest. Your favorite white boy took the dub home. Yeah, I told you, man.

You called it early? Yeah. Shout out to Tyler Hero, man. Get that little 100K. I fuck with it. I think it's, I mean, the last couple years, they've had the best shooters in there, but it's crazy how, like, the three-point contest has passed the dunk contest, right? Yeah.

Unfortunately, we didn't get to have Steph versus Sabrina, but I think going forward, we'll have some interactions from the W players, like Kaylin Clark. Obviously, she wants to do it for the W, first and foremost, but anything else you think they need to do for the three-point contest to change or just keep having the shooters in there? No, let's just keep that simple, bro. Don't tweak that. Just leave that one alone, man.

Okay. Y'all already done touched everything. Just leave that one alone. Which I think is the one thing they got right in the All-Star so far. Yeah, I mean, it's a three-point shooting league, so they should probably move this to the main event. I mean, they shoot 53s a game now so you might want to highlight the nba like that's what we're doing the nba now we shoot a bunch of

threes the dunk not really that important to us no more so you probably should make this the main event most definitely i could definitely move that to sunday for sure let's get straight to it man dunk contest shout out to mac mcclellan man three Three-peat for sure. Four 50 dunks, man. And I was seeing some of his warm-up dunks and stuff like that. He be going crazy for sure. I don't like that we got a hold of that against him, that the contest is watered down than it used to be. But you got to go win.

And he won three of them in a row. So I got to show some respect there. What do we do to change this? What do we do to make this better? Is it possible at this point? No, I just had the best players in there, the best dunkers in there. Child's in him. We done seen all the dunks you can do.

He's jumping over cars, people, stacking people on top of each other. It ain't nothing else else you can do, bro. Unless somebody got to go between the legs twice, and I don't know if anybody did that yet in the NBA. I know some of the dunkers on YouTube.

They got to do a 720 too, bro. They got to do a freaky might do that. 720 in the game? In the dunk contest, our buddy did it. Wasn't it Oladipo? Where he did a 540. Yeah, I think it might have been a 540. You said in the game, boy. Somebody pulled off a 720 in the game.

Oh, boy, if a man won, did. I pull up a 720 in the game. Oh, boy. From AM1 did. I'm talking about in that NBA game. I'm just saying. What was his name, Jer? Is it Air Up There or something like that? Air Up There. Yeah. Yeah, boy.

The NBA game. Somebody do a 720. Nah. Oh, boy. From the Spurs, too. He had some good dunks. Yeah. Shout out to Stephon Castle.

Held it down. Rooking it crazy for sure. Yeah. But it just ain't too many dunks that we ain't seen. It ain't hype. It ain't hype. It ain't hype no more. I mean, it only had four people in it.

Like, that's kind of crazy. You get to a point to where you start off at the semifinals. Zach Levine said he hopping in next year. Yeah, I seen something to play.

I seen Josh talk about it. I seen Zach Levine tweet. We seen the tweets before. And we also got LeBron James get on there and say that he was... That was hard. I ain't gonna lie.

No, I see. His dunks wasn't trash, bro. It ain't trash. Nasty, but it's just. Like we seen this with Aaron Gordon. That's tough. Aaron Gordon did that. He did.

Even crazier, though. So I got to ask. That's that white boy, man. The YouTube people. I mean, I think. But every dunk he do, he jump over somebody. Yeah, you got to ask him. Paul's still white boy, man. The YouTube people. I mean, I think YouTube dunkers are going crazy. But every dunk you do, you jump over somebody. Yeah, you got to ask them. Paul's still his size, too.

Shout out to Stephan. He got crazy bounce, though. Reacting like that, I fuck with that. You can tell that was thoroughly entertaining about him. But you talk about some of the YouTube dunkers, they be making shit up every single day. Like, they be going crazy. Like, at this this point do we just

integrate them because i mean they talk about mac mcclellan being pretty much a g league player getting caught up for the dunk contest and he gone like if that's the case if you just want to entertain people entertain people stop asking all stars to do it because they obviously not gonna do it right now well i just feel like if you want to bring it back see this is the problem we grew up wanting to see Vince and T-Mac and shit Steve Francis them niggas actually used to kill in games too we see our favorite players BD like hoppin dunk contest no I'm just saying we know BD used to dunk on them I ain't no boyfriend I was like bro that's wild bro nah BD I'm just saying though

we actually watch them play everyday so for y'all to put in a YouTuber that we don't know and that's not even about us no more cause it's probably kids that know about them just like the streaming world but that's not a vibe bro it's not a vibe bro bro. It's not a vibe, bro.

The NBA, all-stars for NBA talent. Shout-outs to Mike McClellan. I say you're not an NBA talent, but it's kind of like, damn, bro, you done won three times in a row. You just want to see your favorite. Yeah, bro. Your favorite players competing in dunk contests. So if you had John Moran, Zach Levine, people would be hyped about the dunk contest

just because they know them players for real. Yeah. But, I mean, they should make the three- just because they know them players for real. Yeah. But, I mean, they should make the three-point contest the main event on Saturday night. People get up for that. People want to see somebody run off 33s in a row, whatever. That's the crazy part about it, like you said.

It's to the point to where it don't even matter no more. They have to put the stars back in. It's going to be a mute point because, I don't know, we'll get to it. Even talking about possibly having some more money instead of because you make the money better for people to want to put the stars back in. It's going to be a mute point because we'll get to it. Even talking about possibly having some more money instead because you make the money better for people to want to do the dunk contest. If they upped it a million, you think the people would be more

intrigued? They're still like, I don't care. I just think there's no more dunks to be done. I don't think people are like, man, what can I do that ain't been done? I seen dude do the 360 windmill. As soon as he did it, everybody was like, he ain't do it like Vince Carter. What can he do?

Ain't nothing else to do. Yeah. Dang. That's crazy. We got two points. You only can have so much balance, man. Well, I don't know. I think if the YouTubers

are going to be involved, let them come do tutorials. Let them show the niggas that's in the dunk contest. Give them some ideas at least. They do that, though. I was going to say, that'd be my problem.

They'd be consulting all them people and then they come out and don't do them dunks. I'm talking about give the stars, bro. Like, give Ja Morant some tips at least. They do that. I was going to say, that'd be my problem. They'd be consulting all them people and then they come out and don't do them dunks. I'm talking about give the stars, bro. Like, give Ja Morant some tips, bro. Like, they giving

Mack McClellan, no disrespect, them type niggas. All right, bro. Help the, if they going to put the stars in there, bro, let the YouTubers come

and really get them niggas some actual dunks to do. Because I think the YouTubers, bro, you saying there ain't no dunks, bro, some shit out there, bro, that ain't been televised, bro, on NBA All-Star Weekend.

How long these dudes is practicing these dunks? These dudes got a weekend to practice these dunks. That's true. I mean, they might do some after practice, but they still playing NBA games. YouTubers go to LA Fitness. Yeah. They do these dunks all day. They fucking make these up at Vasa.

You right. He said they practiced dunking, ain't no three-point line on the corners. Man, running up there and giving them eight tries. No, that's true. That's crazy. I'm not going through the breakdown of this All-Star Game format.

Let's just talk about it. That shit was a joke, bro. Like, that was a joke. The Rising Stars Challenge, okay, it's cool. You get to showcase a little bit more players, bro. Like, that was a joke. The Rising Stars Challenge, okay, it's cool. You get to showcase a little bit more players, too. But to get straight to it, one point that was very valid that Draymond said was, I worked my ass off all year just to go play somebody that's a

rookie and sophomore on Sunday. That is crazy. That's a very simple perspective I don't think a lot of people thought of, especially for him to say that. That's some bullshit, man. It is. I told you I didn't fuck with it from the gate. I was giving it a chance. I love TNT.

I love inside the NBA. But I do think that they made this event way too much about them instead of the actual All-Star game. Well, it's their last Hooper, isn't it? Yeah, but. Yeah. No, you're right, but I think that's why they did it. This is the last Hooper, bro. Fuck it.

Yeah, I ain't. When Kevin Hart started talking, I just turned it off. I didn't want to watch all that. They had him talking too much. He pushed Shea off, too. Shea was tight. Yeah, it was weird, man. And we'll say it again

for the get well soon moment. Bruh, they only played basketball for 33 minutes. The whole two and a half hours was them yapping. They got to 11 points. We was lost in the hotel. Went down and got my food. Chopped it up with the Uber driver. Came back, and it was a performance.

I'm like, why is there a halftime game, and they're going to 40 points? That's a joke. You can't even give people a chance to be entertained. And people, them tickets ain't cheap. Them people flew to San Francisco for all this stuff, man. You got to get them a better product, man. Just go back to the OG. That's all.

Yeah, east and west is where you want to start at? That's all, bro. Just leave it there. That's cool. Shit. I told you, all you got to do is go east and west, throw back jerseys. The nostalgia will be there. Put your favorite players in it.

And people will just say, and they'll play. Put the money up to a million dollars for the team to win and $100,000 for the team to lose. Hoo-wee. Up the scope. People play different. Niggas will start hoping. Yeah, they'll be like, I'm already here.

I might as well win the money. Yeah. Like, I'm already here. Nah, that's true. That's a hell of a drop-off, though. Yeah. An M to 100K? Oh, niggas is sick.

Yeah, they're going to be like Kyrie Irving who took out who hit the half-court shot. That was hilarious. Shout out to Kyrie for that, man. Taking that boy bread like that. Some notable situations. LeBron, a very, very late DNP. People was upset about that.

Yeah, because somebody else could have got a chance to be an All-Star. Norman Powell. Some of these guys that got robbed. I seen Dame say another scenario for the All-Star game if they keep it this format, that the people that got snubbed. Should be the team. Yeah, it should be the team instead of the rookie sophomore. I was like, that's damn near dope.

Yeah, if you're going to keep it that way. Yeah. An all-snub team. I like that because if you would have looked this year pre-injuries, that would have been a competitive team. Man, they got an edge on their shoulder. Yeah, it would have been. Trae Young, Norman Powell. Who else got in because because of kairi got in late because of injury yeah you

would have had a squad and not for nothing shout out to the russian stars because they came out there and competed like i mean they did their job obviously we don't want them in that format by any means but i can't be mad at them for getting out there playing like they took advantage of the opportunity but something got to change man because like because, like, LeBron laid DMP, and then, obviously, A, he sat out, basically, too. Do we even see that much of Kevin Durant? Like, so we already got a watered-down game, and some of the biggest stars, we don't know how many more All-Star games LeBron got left, and LeBron D appeared. He don't care, bro.

Nah, he don't. He didn't like the format, probably, probably, man. Nobody doing that shit. Y'all should have put his son in the Rising Stars, and he would have played. They should have put Ronnie in the Rising Stars, yeah. For real. He would have played then. He got offered for the G League.

Yeah, I was going to say, he should have been on the G League squad. He was lucky. He turned it down. Aw, Bronny. Bronny DMP? Yeah, he turned down the G League. Bronny DMP in the All-Star game is crazy, bro. He's a GOAT.

He's officially a GOAT. I did not know that. Boy, I hate these niggas, man. Oh, he's a GOAT. I didn't know that Bronny was on that. Oh, man. Trish Hayes, we have to talk to you. I did not know about this news.

Breaking news. Bronny Dakota. Fuck that little All-Star game. Is anyone playing in the G League All-Star game? Bron said, nobody named LeBron James is playing in this shit this weekend. Me or my son. You can't do that, man. Yeah, bro.

Go hoop, bro. Go hoop, my nigga. I'm in the G League, bro. I'm in the NBA. Yeah, bro. I'm not trying to go hoop with Reed Shepard, bro. I get real minutes. But I'm not in the G League, bro. I'm in the NBA. Yeah, bro. I'm not trying to go hoop a Reed Shepard, bro. I get real minutes. But I'm not in the G League.

I'm in the league. Bro, you come fuck with us, bro. You pull up. You do pull up. But I'm still in one of y'all spots because I pull up and I leave. And I go play in the league, bro. I ain't no G leaguer. You are, bro.

Your best game of the season has been down here with us, bro. Yes not down here with the gang bro i'm not your dad i'm really not fucking with you i'm on a standard nba contract bro bro you are selling out g league games you are a g league affiliate you are your daddy of the g league you are a south bay laker for sure. What the fuck? You're your daddy of the G League. How's the main talent not your word, bro? Bro, I'm in the league. I'm in the league, bro. That's like if you pay for Jay-Z tickets, bro,

and Webby pull up. Nah, bro. I'm in the league, bro. If you pay for home tickets and Memphis Bleak pull up, you are pissed. Don't ever do that to Bleak. And I love Bleak.

Don't do that to Bleak. Bleak my dog. Bleak pull up. It's still to be lit. We're out here, my shit. But if I'm expecting to see Jigga and I see bleep, I am pissed. That don't even add up. That's like Jay-Z going to perform for bleep.

More like that. If Bronny go play in the G League. No, bro. I'm on a standard NBA contract. Bronny. Bronny. G League. No, bro. I'm on a standard NBA contract. Bron, Bronny. Bro, pull up, gang. We fuck with you down here, bro. These people pay good money to see you, bro.

And you tell us no. Nobody went to the G League All-Star game. Bro, it be thick in here. No, it don't, bro. Where is it played at? They don't even know where it's played. I ain't gonna tell it, bro. But I'm telling you, if it's a game, it has to be played somewhere. I respect the G-League because the G-League, they be hoping, but nobody going to the G-League All-Star game.

A lot of scouts and stuff go to those games, but it'd be more of a serious game than an All-Star game for the G-League. It's like an invitational showcase. Yeah, good thing it's called an invitational showcase for sure. It is like a showcase. I'm already on a standard deal. Let somebody else have that spot. Boy, y'all funny as hell. Oh, man.

Shout out to Bronny, bro. Every time I underestimate your game, you take it to another level, bro. I got a copper Bronny jersey, bro. He's a legend. From the South Bay? No. They don't make those.

But y'all tell me they're good. You can't find those in Dix. I said Dix. Sporting Goods. You got to say the whole name, bro. Respect. Shout out to Dix Sporting Goods. We need to deal.

For sure. That's hilarious, man. I'm surprised Grady Dix is not as important. He don't have no S on his name. Just call him GD. The real one. For sure. How y'all feel about that 1v1 tournament they proposed?

A million dollar prize. Y'all something? Yeah. That'll bring the all-star game back. Yeah. The players is interested. Kyrie said he'd do it. So, you got Kyrie. Yanni said he'd do it. So, you got Kyrie. Giannis said he'd

do it. And Dane. They got to do it a different way, though. He got to be like a 6'5", an under one, and a 6'6", and up. Something like that. I don't want to see Giannis play Kyrie. Nah, position

by position. You treat it like the old school Charles that had the guards versus forwards and they played each other. Yeah, I don't want to see Kyrie versus Giannis position by position. You treated like the old school Charles to have the guards versus the forwards and they play the same. Yeah, I don't want to see Kyrie versus Giannis in a 1v1. Nah, that don't make sense. Can't get a court. Just roll them out there. Line them up.

I mean, I feel you, but, like, man, come on. It's not going to be as entertaining as you want. It ain't going to be entertaining, bro. We're going to be mad. That's what happened with the girls. Like, them forwards was playing them little guards, and they just started. They too little.

Yeah. Kyle versus John Moran would be cool. Position by position. Yeah, because even the Cam Reddish practice interview, not interview, footage surfaced, and he was out there frying motherfuckers 1v1. They were just like players like that to get out there and thrive. Yeah, it looked like 17U, Cam Reddish.

But what he was doing to them Laker players, he different. It got to be a get out there and thrive. Yeah, it looked like 17U, Cam Reddish. What he was doing to them Laker players. He different. It got to be a 6'6 and under. And a 6'7 and up. Yeah. Three dribbles? Nah, who? Nah, seven seconds.

Shot clock? I like that. Whatever they had in the women, they set the standard. That was fire for them. Mm-hmm. Yeah, I would have said three dribbles because post players. They set the standard. That was fire for them. Yeah, I wouldn't set their dribbles because post players. Boy, they'll get up there and jab, jab, pull a fake for 30 seconds and shit.

Yeah, but they give you a shot clock with a seven seconds or something. You ain't got time for that. No, you got to get straight to it. Nah, that'll be hard. Nah, that would be far. They put that on Saturday? Yeah. I'm something. That'll be the highlight.

That should be the, that's over the three-point contest. That'd be over the dunk contest. For sure. Dunk contest is damn near

the JV game. Make that first. Yeah, you're down there. Mm, okay. Put the dunk contest first,

three-point, then the 1v1. Yeah. Get rid of the skills challenge. Yeah, that's the skills challenge, 1v1. Yeah. I like that. Yeah, because nobody cares the skills challenge. Yeah, that's the skills challenge, 1v1.

Yeah. I like that. Yeah, because nobody cares about skills challenge. I know they got sponsors, they got to feed and make

them happy, but nobody cares about no damn skills challenge for sure. Yeah, you can do the Taco Bell 1v1. Yeah, I'm sure

any sponsor, there's going to be hella sponsors for that. Let's see my Taco Bell skills challenge. I don't know if y'all can see that. My fault? Yeah, don't worry about it.

Where is it? Man. That nigga heard Taco Bell and he was lit up. Where is it? Yeah, he's on the real door now. Be here with your Taco Bell order. Two Chalupa Supreme beef, a hard taco shell Supreme,

and a brisk lemonade. Arnold Palmer. And if I want a dessert, what's the little crunchy things? I forgot the name of it. No, churros. That's at your house. Cinnamon twist.

Pause. Cinnamon twist. That nigga going to say it's the twist. Hey, that's crazy. That nigga so weird. That nigga so weird. What me was that though? Why'd you put a hand in there?

Because that's what you did, nigga. I was about to say, Mike. That's crazy they done they done they done they done with the ankle

with the ankle bro if you go to Taco Bell and do this they gonna have security to scrunch you

out that line I don't know why bro when you put this ankle I think that's just gone I don't know

bro your stock gonna go down. I don't know, bro. Your stock going to go down, bro. I don't think you're going to get no more pictures, bro. Niggas ain't going to be making no requests, bro. That's two words for me. Hey, man, put your pants leg up. See? That's what I'm saying.

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Is there anything y'all would like to see next year? Nope, just that 1v1. I'm cool with that. Okay, 1v1. Y'all good with that? Yeah. For sure. That's crazy, man.

All-Star Game used to be a really important moment for us now. It's just like an odd first thought. But we're at five buckets, man. Over the weekend, Matt McClung, I'm starting him off, man. Three dunk contests in a row. Shout out to you, man, trying to put that event on your back because the NBA damn sure don't care about it. But you holding it down.

Taking advantage. I think he want more money winning the dunk contest than he has in his contracts. I ain't mad at you, bro. Take advantage of the situation for sure. Yeah. Good job, bro. For sure. Behem, who you got?

I'm going to take Mikayla Blakes. Another 50-point game. Hooping. I think she had like 30 points in like the last seven or eight minutes of the game. She went crazy. Who? Mikayla Blakes. Vanderbilt.

She's cold. I should be kidding. Yeah. She broke the first one. I wonder what she averaging this year. Let's put our stats up. This is OD. She already dropped 55 this year.

She had 53. Yeah, that's crazy. I just wanted to see if she averaging this year. Yeah, let's put our stats up. This is OD. She already dropped 55 this year. She at 53. Yeah, that's crazy. I just wanted to see if she averaging the dub. We can go back to it. She got to average the dub. She got 250 pieces. She got to be doing something. Well, they figured that out.

My verified bucket is Steph Curry, second MVP. He won it in his hometown. Well, home team town, whatever you want to call it. Won it in the bay, in front of his home crowd. He went crazy at the end too. I know JT got that done for game, was killed the whole time.

That's supposed to let Steph hit another three and win that game. I didn't care what the score was. Yeah, she averaged a 23 this year. She's hooping out, especially as a freshman for sure. Shouts to Steph, man. Man, I'm happy for games to come back. Just a little dare, people. We be having it after All-Star. I know y'all need to rest, man. Man, I'm happy for games to come back. Just a little dare to be here.

We'll be having it at the All-Star. I know y'all need to rest, get back, move around. But, boy, it'd be tough out here without basketball. Let's go to the Super Chat. Hefe said, what do y'all think of the Magic's chances of making the playoffs after the slump in January? I think they'll make the playoffs for sure. They need to just rest more than anybody did because they've been hurt all year

for sure. Yeah. You out east, man. You got a chance for anything. Yeah, I think they probably went six anyway, even though they dropped all those games. They still going to make the playoffs for sure anyway. Yeah, they be sure.

Yeah, for sure. Shouts to the Magic, man. They're doing the best they can. Super chat again. Zay Black, did NY pay OG too much money? Inanobi? Yeah. Of course.

Yeah, they overpaid for him. Of course. And a lot ofpaid for him. Of course. And a lot of that was to pay to keep him from being for another team too. But, yeah, I think he's the biggest sign in Nanny and Nick's history. Yeah. And he ain't the one or two player on the team. So, yeah, they definitely paid the king's ransom for him. Well, he the fourth best player on the Knicks.

I ain't going to say he the fourth best, but he is. Debatable on a given night, him and Mike Hill. Yeah, that's what I was saying. Four, is he four? Yeah, it's a toss-up for sure, but if we're talking about your possibly fourth best player to get the most money on your team, yeah, that definitely qualifies as overpaid. OG getting 36, Jalen Brunson getting 25.

Damn. Damn, damn, damn. My boy Josh Harbaugh, get that chicken, boy. 18 M's. He underpaid, too, on the lowest of keys. Get that chicken. Nah, shout out to OG. You get that bag whenever you need to.

Ain't never mad at that. Yeah, man. It's been wicked. CJ McCollum dropped 43 on Thursday before he took his little sabbatical. So, bonus had 22 and 28 before they took the sabbatical. We're going to do a lot of hypotheticals about how the season will go tomorrow. But I want to ask y'all, is there one player or one team y'all look forward to seeing the rest of the season?

Just ready to see Ed go on another tear, Anthony Edwards. Okay. That's it for me. I know Shea going to do his thing, though. I just want to see if De'Aaron Fox and Wimby can figure it out. This is back Back into the season See if they can get anything going For sure

Scroll up a little bit I can't see behind the camera There we go right on Shout out to Willie Strong Super Chat How y'all feel about what Oscar Robinson said about Draymond Green Be here Your man's Oscar Robinson city legend See I be telling y'all Y'all be showing too much love to them old heads.

They quick the shit on y'all any chance they get. You had no reason to say that, bro. No reason to say that. He was just voicing his opinion. So for you to always, I mean, not always, but for you to bring up him just passing the ball to Steph Curry, that's definitely like saying shut up and dribble, bro. I'm nothing. You like, you boring too.

You don't do nothing but pass the ball. Yeah, I don't. But if they get on there and get the disrespect back, then it's a problem. I don't rock with that, bro. I don't rock with that. Yeah. Whatever. He been talking shit.

I told y'all that, though. Oscar Robinson talks shit, boy, for the longest. So, whatever. That's funny to be here. Oscar Robinson got beefed, man. That's funny as hell. It's up forever. Super Chat. RM Philly said, that's when Behan Oscar Robertson got beat bad that's funny as hell the show forever Super Chat

RM Philly said Fatigue have you seen a new WWE LFG show if so how do you think Undertaker and Booker T evaluate

Behan during a tryout he's saying how would he evaluate Behan's skill set during a tryout during a the new show

that they got for WWE it's basically like tough enough like the old tough. The new show that they got for WWE. It's basically like tough enough, like the old tough enough. Okay. But I haven't got to watch the episode yet because we was out in San Fran doing a bunch of stuff. So I ain't get a chance to check it out. I'm going to go home and check it out today after I leave here. And I'll get back with you tomorrow.

For sure. Behan. What? Ready for your debut? Nah. He said, nah. You cool? I'm cool, bro.

Bro, you be here in 5-2 now. You got to clear the burn now. Nah, I'm just here to support, bro. For sure. I'm the nigga walking with Undertaker. Little chubby nigga that used to walk with Undertaker. That's it. That's all I got for the 5-2 family. I can definitely see you being the WWE manager, for sure.

That would be fire. That's all I got for the 5-2 family, man. 5-2, lock it in. You got to come out next and be with him the WWE manager for sure. That would be fire. That's all I got for the Fatu family, man. Fatu, lock it in. You got to come out next and be with him, bro, for sure. Super Chat Teddy Hart says, OKC has too many young players and peaks to keep them all. If OKC don't win the chip, can they consolidate and trade for KD's offseason?

Game over. Yeah, they have a lot of assets to do whatever they want to. If they come up short this year, whatever is disappointing for them, they definitely need to go ahead and get another superstar want to. If they come up short this year, whatever is disappointing for them, they definitely need to go ahead and get another superstar if possible. But I think they do it as is. I mean, if they don't get over the hump with all the people they got. Bro, this ain't James Harden though, KC.

They straight. Nah, they ain't young. They ain't supposed to be here. Yeah, right. There ain't no expectations, bro, like that. Yeah, got one max player. They over exceed me. Most definitely. They got one max player. They over exceed me. Most definitely.

You got one max player right now. Yeah, they can chill. I don't like them type of talk. You don't do something like that until you got two or three max players on your team. That's when you got to start. All right, we got to get rid of some of these guys. Figuring some shit out. Yeah.

What they had to decide between James Harden. And Serge Ibaka. They both was up. But they already had Russell and KD on max dips. Now I ask you this question. If they do decent this year and the price for KD ain't too OD, do you entertain it at least? Always going to be OD.

Because he on his way out, bro. It's going to always be OD. Everybody knows Kevin Durant loves basketball. He going to play basketball until he can't play no more. He not like Brian. Yeah. He not like Brian. Like Brian, I mean, Brian played 22 years.

The KD fuck around and played until he 45. He like basketball, bro. He don't do nothing but basketball. Yeah, and even the statement they had from the documentary of him talking about being geeked to the Olympic moment, like that was fire to see. Yeah, he crying about basketball. Don't from the documentary of him talking about being geeked to the Olympic moment, that was fire to see. Yeah, he crying about basketball. Don't too many niggas cry about basketball. Nah, bro.

He's always been a consummate professional. I can't tell you how much he loves basketball. I don't know, man. I think it would be fire somehow, some way, he wouldn't got a chip with them. That'd be crazy. Him and Shea get a chip for OKC, that'd be heat. Yeah, I wonder if he even want to go back there, though, to be honest. Does he damn sure they want to go back to Golden State?

I mean, that's very clear. That's a great question. If I ever got to talk to KD, I wonder, would you want to go back there, though, to be honest. Does he damn sure want to go back to Golden State? I mean, that's very clear. That's a great question. If I ever got to talk to KD, I wonder, would you ever go back there, KC? Would you be open to that? Shout out to Teddy Hart with the shot. Any more in there? All right, cool. For sure, man.

Give us some. We'll be here. Who need to start that week off with a little bit of encouragement? Probably the University of Illinois. Jeff showed me that. Hanging a jersey upside down. I don't even know how I got it upside down. Y'all didn't see it on the floor.

So to raise that bitch all the way up in the air and do that, you know what I mean? It's crazy. Yeah, that's a joke, man. Had my nigga pull that. He had to think they was trolling, bro. Yeah, bro. Had to, bro. And what a lot of people aren't taking in context of the situation,

you know the allegations that he had to beat while he was there and had to sit out. He was a killer, too. So y'all already messed up his draft stock in that situation. And then y'all go and play in his face on the night he's supposed to get honored. Yeah. That's wild, bro. Illinois is out of pocket. That's why

D-Rose decommitted. Shit like this. That's tough, though. That is crazy. I was like, yo, y'all trolling. Yeah. Who did that? But shouts at him to get your jersey retired, but damn, they trolling. Yeah, get that right, bro. Upside down. I need another night, bro.

Nah, for real. I feel you. Y'all gotta do this right, bro. Y'all gotta give me another night. Liz guaranteed me a job when I get done hooping or something. Yeah, bro. Fact. Something, bro. Nah, for real. I feel you. Y'all got to do this right, bro. Y'all got to give me another night. Liz guaranteed me a job when I get done hooping or something. Yeah, bro. Fact. Something, bro. Y'all got to make this right. Upside down is ridiculous for sure.

I'm on the internet for the rest of my life, bro. I was like, who the fuck, man? Who did that? Who was responsible for that? It had to be somebody that didn't fuck with him, bro. Whoever it was got fired. Hey, what's worse? The D-Wade statue? getting your d-way statue not that bro that nah bro d-way statue was crazy bro hey you know why d-way is worse we'll be on his ass on here

but he had something to do with it that's what make it even worse bro oh dude didn't have nothing to do with his jersey being retired. That's worse. For you to be a part of the art project and steal. And then you say, fuck nigga, who was that guy? Nigga, you. You drew. He did not say that. Yeah, he did.

He did. He said, who was that guy? He did in the video. Yes, he did, bro. I think that D-Wade was just trying to show love because he rocked the organization so tough. I don't think that that was supposed to come out the way he thought it would. I think he just was like, all right, let's hear it now. Right, let's shout out to y'all.

I don't think that he was all the way through that. I think that's cap. I think he don't even care. Well, you know what? Salute. I got it. I'm saying he probably don't care about it. He's like, all right, it's a statue.

It's a little question. My bad. I didn't mean to bring up that verse this morning. But I think Terrence, he care. He embarrassed forever. Like, we laugh at that statue. But D-Way going to have so many more statues and jersey retirements. This dude probably never get nothing else retired.

And no shade. I'm just saying, like, he a young player in the league it's kind of tough to get your jersey retired yeah like you got to be all the fame you ain't playing as a rookie i'm not saying you can't get there most definitely but it's just probably it ain't looking too promising right now you're gonna get another retirement and to get it at a school like illinois that you went through a lot there, man, that moment is kind of, bro, that's embarrassing, bro. Yeah, for sure. Illinois, let's get there.

It ain't his fault at all, but shit, he's standing there like. Oh, that's crazy. Damn. At least D-Wade can laugh about it. Like, y'all my Hall of Famer. The whole crowd already is laughing and shit. That's crazy. Like, what are they doing?

Look at this dickhead. Who's the dickhead that messed it up? That's crazy, man. Get well soon. You know, you in college, too. They probably drunk. He got people like us talking about it for no reason. He just minding his business.

Oh, man. Didn't nobody even know he was getting his jersey retired. Nobody knew. Everybody knew D-Web was getting a statue. That's true. Nobody, nobody did. And now he all over ESPN. Dang, man.

I feel your pain. But y'all, man, super chat again, EMDT. Why do you think LeBron's the only player who doesn't get hurt and is still playing like this at 40? Nobody else has

good health habits? Ain't nobody got his money. LeBron spends on his body every year. He spends millions on his body, bro, but he came in the league with $100 million down there. Like, guaranteed. Hell of a kickstart. You know what I mean?

Only Zion. And you need to talk to LeBron. Only Zion I know that came in the league. Bam. $100 million, $90 million, whatever it is, he ain't have to worry about You good All you gotta do is

Focus on hooping Yeah Your life is set With 90 million dollars Off the ripper Yeah the contract is signed Yeah like what I got no worries

All I gotta do is Play basketball Do everything I can To solidify myself As one of the best in the league. I can spend a million dollars on my body. Because anything I make playing basketball is just extras. For sure.

Might get well soon. It's an all-star game. Like we said, man, only 33 minutes of actual basketball, two hours and 26 minutes of bullshit. Shouts to TNT. We love inside the NBA. One thing that was unfortunate about it is a lot of people got to see why there's been

qualms with Inside the NBA or TNT coverage for sure. They did not put on the best display to prove people otherwise, but that shit's crazy, man. We here to play basketball. Stop trying to make viral moments. Kevin Hart's a legend, superstar, but we don't care that much, bro. We here to play basketball. Simple as that.

Most certainly not least man we gotta show the video chris park would be cheating man all-star game he ain't cheating he ain't trying but this crazy he was moving fast too like his hit the rim though because he's tall as hell hmm i'm not watching that bro now the crisp all with his footy look I shoot these but that's not even a shot bro look they didn't go to a free throw line bro when we should hit the real if he said I'm gonna go my creators yeah he passed no boy though yeah shout out to Chris Paul

but he gotta get out of San Antonio we don't need Wimby getting any of them attributes at all leave Wimby alone bro I like it I want Wimby to become the villain

he already kind of leaning towards that if y'all don't notice it yeah like he played hard in the all-star game he say shit like they don't train as hard as me yeah i thought the nba players that i looked up to when i was growing up i thought they trained hard they don't train hard like he doing everything that he reading a book doing all-star game yoke is like you got a book he like yeah i read you for every game they like it's not serious brother they start laughing at him like he's doing everything to not fit in no you're right be the villain I like it no better teacher than the one he got

there we got another question up there Mike super chat again Mike Onassis Which All-Star kicks did y'all pick up out in San Francisco? Flu Game 12s Yeah Galaxy Phone Pops is for me for sure I got some Kobe's Oh shit Some Flu Games and some Black Forges You got some really nice Pumas too

Oh yeah I got some Pumas And Anters Oh yeah the Kyrie Kyrie Anters is an OD You became a Puma athlete This weekend I became a Puma athlete This weekend

Shout out to the Puma gang Sorry Darren Fox man We still work your way down here too Yeah it's good But I'll love I still love Under Armour too Ain't nobody really locked me in yet. We ain't inked nothing, but

we in negotiation. Yeah, we trying to get a 5-2 for Locker Deal right now. We trying to just be one umbrella, baby. He's just getting passed around now. Yo. I'm about to say something now. I'm about to say something. Let's move on

from this situation. Super Chat from Mira says, Start, bench, cut, and prime. Wall, bill, Gilbert Arenas. Two-part question. You get one. Prime, Gilbert Arenas, wall, bill. Bench, I mean, cut, bill. Start, Gilbert, bench, wall.

Also, who is better, Malik Monk or Monte Ellis? Send some more money for us to answer that question. No, I'm joking. I love Malik Monk, but Mississippi Bullet? Monte Ellis was better than Malik Monk. Yeah, bro. Monte Ellis was like that for sure. He averaged 26. Yeah,

he was a man that got on the state before Steph got his shit together, but then they had to ship him a bottle here. Who asking all these questions? What was your personal event? What was that? I don't know. That was just from earlier today. But it wasn't too much about All-Star.

We cared about the rest of the world felt the same way for sure. All right, man. Listen, we appreciate y'all locking in. We got a really, really, really dope episode dropping today, 12 p.m. Eastern. A million dollars worth of game. What are we dropping on 12, man? Who is it?

A million dollars worth of game. Club 520, baby. Oh, G? Who is it? $1,000,000 worth of game, Club 520, baby. Oh, Gilly and Wallo? Yeah, man. You know what I'm saying? It was supposed to be a one-on-one game, but, you know, D&P, Gilly. Yeah, D&P. The real Bronny. So, wait a minute.

That's blowing me, man. But, yeah, see y'all tomorrow. Well, he just ignored that screen Hey Shout out to the production team man They be going through some shit Behind closed doors man No they don't

You gotta get control of your artists man You fine But listen man Like we said Dope episode man We didn't drop it yesterday but we saved it for today special special episode man shout out to gilly shout out to wallow shout out to michelin nest man for holding us down man be able to have these

wonderful episodes shout out december too man we got some dope stuff dropping this week we always love our star weekend that's when 520 tends to turn up and start the year off the right way like we said we will be back tomorrow man we're gonna have a recap of our weekend for sure, the real one. Then we're going to talk about what we're projecting to see happen for the rest of the season, man, because basketball

comes back on Wednesday. Okay, one more question before we get out of here. Last but not least, Super Chat, Evo Lottie, when a player gets traded out and then a team plays

the team they got traded from, can they help the coaching staff with the game plan against the team? Duh. Yes. I don't know why I had fun.

He was about to say. They play had to think he was about to say that. They play basketball that's broadcasted and it's recorded so everybody can watch it. Come on, bro. Stop playing around, bro. Deebo Lottie,

get well soon to you, bro. Deebo Lottie, she got more head than she got body. Y'all a fraud, man. Thanks for the questions, man. We appreciate y'all, man. We'll be back same time tomorrow, 520 in the morning.

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