Club 520 Podcast - Club 520 - Jeff Teague on Anthony Edwards vs. Nuggets, Drake vs. Kendrick + Is Jokic Top 5 EVER?

Episode Date: May 6, 2024

We’re back with Season 2, Episode 64 of Club 520 where Jeff Teague and the guys discuss Anthony Edwards’ Minnesota Timberwolves beating Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets in Game 1 of the Western... Conference Semifinals. The guys discuss how Anthony Edwards has quickly turned into a superstar and is on the verge of becoming the face of the NBA. The guys discuss the rest of the NBA Playoff second round matchups, who the greatest New York Knick is of all time, Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s beef, and much more! 00:00 - Introduction03:10 - Anthony Edwards vs. Nuggets07:00 - Dallas Mavericks send LA Clippers home08:30 - Who's winning: Mavs or Thunder?11:30 - Is Nikola Jokic a Top-5 center in NBA history?13:30 - Best New York Knicks player of all time17:20 - Dirk Nowitzki's crushes19:30 - Best sister duos23:20 - Diss records from Kendrick Lamar and Drake29:00 - Caitlin Clark WNBA debut30:45 - Pacers vs. Knicks33:00 - Jayson Tatum or Anthony Edwards?40:00 - Deion Sanders46:00 - Sha'Carri Richardson48:00 - Antonio Brown49:30 - Kevin Durant to the Warriors?51:30 - Linsanity "was a movie!" #Club #VolumeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:02:20 All right, we back. Another episode of Club 520 Podcast. I'm the host. My name is DJ Wells. Same gang with me to my left, my dog, Bishop B. Hinn. Dr. Prellis, how you doing, Nasty? Cool, Nasty. Let's get to it, baby.
Starting point is 00:02:31 You all right, man? Fresh off the, uh, uh, Freaky Mike. I went to Five Iron last night. How was that? You should take a look. Nah, it's tight, bro. It's a little expensive, but it's pretty cool. All right. Maybe if y'all give me a bonus, we'll take her out there. Nigga hopped on a simulator. Yeah, it's about 80 an hour. Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 00:02:50 Not in my budget yet. They got the air hockey and shit and the pool tables and that motherfucker. It's nice. Low key. Is the food good? Yep. We had the buffalo pizza and the fries. I think I really just like going to Topgolf because the food is really good.
Starting point is 00:03:03 I'm going to take five iron Food over to Topgolf. Okay. I want to check it out. I like Topgolf food, just not the wings. For real? Yeah. I get them fried hard, bro. Light sauce.
Starting point is 00:03:15 Yeah, them motherfuckers Tyson wings. I'm nothing. Yeah. They got me fucked up. But to my right, my dog, young Nacho, young Teague. How you doing, man? I'm chilling, bro. Cool.
Starting point is 00:03:25 What you got going on today, man? Man, I don't know. I don't really feel like podcasting, but I'm here for y'all. Let's go. I'm on that type of energy today. What's wrong? You all right, bro? I just don't feel like doing this.
Starting point is 00:03:36 Cinco de Mayo, my family celebrating. I'm in this motherfucker with y'all. The heritage, the lineage, whatever y'all want to call it. This nigga ain't there. Never want to be a motherfucking Mexican Italian Spanish man
Starting point is 00:03:49 but today he want to tap in y'all got me in here and all my people outside support their day I can't wait to basically start up on Juneteenth you niggas are gonna be
Starting point is 00:04:02 in shambles y'all gonna be in shambles. Y'all going to be in shambles. What they going to do? They going to be in traffic? Go pull up at all y'all parties. I'm seeing niggas in these hats. I'm saying,
Starting point is 00:04:17 y'all be calling me out of pocket. Oh, God. Niggas be constantly. This shit is crazy, bro. Nah, but I got these by, these weren't even by the door. I ain't going to lie to y'all today these wasn't these was in my garage
Starting point is 00:04:26 damn yeah these was in my garage so I'm damn near taking them over to white and blue so I forgot how cold them was them was the ones
Starting point is 00:04:34 out the countdown pack right yeah nah them raw that's another countdown pack that was slept on them and the car mods yeah these was in my garage
Starting point is 00:04:42 for sure for sure hey man Anthony Edwards hey man no man Carmas? Yeah, they use it in my garage. For sure. For sure. Hey, man. Anthony Edwards. Hey, man. I know, man. It's really about to be this man league. If he beat the Nuggets, it's really his league.
Starting point is 00:04:53 That was a hell of a game yesterday. I'm sick about my Clippers, man, being put out. Yo, Clippers. Why are we talking about the Clippers right now, man? Because, bro, that hurt my heart that they lost like that. But my nigga still, he's still in it. He said he got Brian back,
Starting point is 00:05:07 so it's cool. He proved it yesterday. That's fire. And he had niggas playing out of their body, though. I mean... Cat was fun. Cat always play hard,
Starting point is 00:05:16 but he was playing extremely hard yesterday. The Oaks was having trouble. I think they feel like they ain't got a chance to win. Like, I can see that they playing hard like it's they window
Starting point is 00:05:26 they opportunity like damn we can win this motherfucking thing yeah yeah it's like really obvious too and like shout out to Tim Connolly
Starting point is 00:05:32 he put that Nuggets team together you know what I'm saying moved on before they got the chip but he put this Timberwolves team together too so it's like
Starting point is 00:05:40 if any team could beat them he put both of them rosters together for real for real and that cat Aaron Gordon matchup really decides the series. Nah, that ain't the one that decides the series. You don't think so?
Starting point is 00:05:51 Nah. It's the AE matchup. They got to put Aaron Gordon on AE. That's going to decide the whole thing. He got to guard Anthony Edwards because nobody else on that team can guard him. It's fucking right damn well
Starting point is 00:06:07 yeah I think yeah you right you don't think Porter though Porter be a better who I'm just saying for the
Starting point is 00:06:14 cause none of them are guarding him they gonna put Porter on Cat see bro I don't know yeah I think basically
Starting point is 00:06:21 what he's saying is they gonna hey Cat gonna have to beat us if he exposes matchup win that's's what's going to have to happen. He can if you put an MPJ on him. He can, but they're going to take their chances with Cat winning over Anthony. He just gave y'all 43.
Starting point is 00:06:36 I got to, like. We're going to put Aaron Gordon on. Might as well let Michael Porter fake heads on the nigga. Because, bro, he was pulling up in them niggas' faces yesterday. Yeah, but they too small. He too strong, physical. They need a physical, bigger presence that can contest his shots. Even though he was crossing Aaron
Starting point is 00:06:53 Gordon at the end, but to do that for a whole game, you're going to get tired. You're going to wear down. Aaron Gordon don't got no offensive responsibilities like that. He playing a dunker. He don't even have cross matches and stuff. So they're going to put him on and that. He playing a dunker. Yeah. Now you have cross matches and stuff.
Starting point is 00:07:07 So they're going to put him on and watch. You'll see the change. Caldwell Pup a good defender, but. Mm-hmm. Yes. He kind of light for him.
Starting point is 00:07:16 And that's his little homie too. That's the one for him. He might be a little too small for that year right now. That was a good game though. Yeah. It's great basketball, bro. That's all I think.
Starting point is 00:07:27 That's going to be probably one of the best series of this postseason. Nas Reed hooped, too. Hey, we talked about it. Nasty Nas. He a key factor. And I like how they be
Starting point is 00:07:35 giving it back to Mike to settle shit down. Mm-hmm. And Mike hitting the corner three. Mike turned up second half. They got a full squad. Low key, bro. No, they do.
Starting point is 00:07:45 They do. They got a whip, for real, bro. No, they do. They do. They got a whip for real. Like you said, they GMed it a hell of a job because we all made fun of them. We like, man, they paid three centers really. Facts. Cat, Gobert, and Nasri. But now you see why he did it
Starting point is 00:07:57 because like I got three guys that can guard Jokic. He going to be wore out. Like we going to keep pause. We going to keep switching bodies on Pauls. Jokic, Gobert going to start. Then Cat going to get some time guarding him. Then Nasri going to come
Starting point is 00:08:14 in and guard him. Then we'll put Kyle Anderson. They got a hell of bodies to guard Jokic. It seemed like that team was built to play the Nuggets. For sure. That's a hell of a point. Like you said, they don't lack anything. They don't lack anything. Nah, for sure. That's a hell of a point. And like you said, they don't lack anything. They don't lack anything.
Starting point is 00:08:28 They all play hard. They got two great wing defenders leading to two really good bigs. And I was one of the people that a lot of us were that said, why the fuck did they trade for Rudy Gobert?
Starting point is 00:08:37 He was also hurt then too that people don't take into accountability. We just don't like him, so we just don't care. But he was hurt still when that trade happened, but that shit is looking crazy right now.
Starting point is 00:08:46 Yeah. Yeah, your Clippers, they already, you know what I'm saying? Shout out to PJ. The shoes is fire. Yeah, they already, they fueled up the jet, my boy. Yeah, it was. Wasn't nothing niggas could do, bro. But I like to talk about that series,
Starting point is 00:09:00 because even though it's over, but Luka played defense the last game. He did. He was trying. He actually gave a fucking effort. And it looked great. Kyrie, damn near
Starting point is 00:09:10 first team all defense. He was locking everybody up. I was like, damn, they really trying to win. And I could see that they feel like they could win the championship too.
Starting point is 00:09:18 Like, we got the recipe to win. Man, they... And they do. They do. Gaffer be playing crazy. PJ plays crazy. And DJ plays crazy like they have same kind of
Starting point is 00:09:27 similar situation obviously they're not all super bigs but same kind with them bro they get to it and when it comes out to it you're not going Kyrie is 13-0
Starting point is 00:09:35 in closeout games that's crazy yeah I was sleeping on I was sleeping on Dallas I ain't gonna lie I told you that I was sleeping that serious
Starting point is 00:09:42 I was super asleep remember after game one I told you I seen not that serious. I was super sleep. Remember after game one, I told you, I seen how the second half went and I was like, they found something. When they came back? Yeah, I was like,
Starting point is 00:09:51 oh, they found something. And yeah, they found it. Hey, I feel like they're going to be OKC. Yeah, they're going to be OKC. They're going to be OKC.
Starting point is 00:10:03 Young boys going crazy. MVP shape. I get it But I think they about to They're probably going to be Mavs in six You got to think about it Their best defender Is Lou Dort
Starting point is 00:10:13 He got to guard Fucking Luka Who guard Kyrie? Jalen Fuck it He in fucking trouble Not enough That's not enough
Starting point is 00:10:24 If Jalen is guarding him It's too They trouble. Not enough. That's not enough. If Jalen is guarding him, they got too many options, bro. I don't know. Like, nah. And they too small. Because all they're going to do is call up switches every time. Josh Giddey is about to be fooled.
Starting point is 00:10:37 Yeah. Yeah, P. Giddey about to be in trouble. That's serious. Because he got to guard somebody on that wing. Man, he about to be fooled. They're going to be calling him up in them pick and rolls. Fool.
Starting point is 00:10:46 And the big situation, I'm not saying, obviously, Dengar's not better than Chet, but he is bigger than him. And right now, that does make a difference, especially the way that he plays on them rows. Yeah. I'm just nervous about OKC because they so young. They ain't ever really been through this smoke before. My thing is, who is going to guard Shea, though?
Starting point is 00:11:04 Kyrie's guarding like he was guarding last game. But I don't know. Derrick Jones and P.J. Washington do a good job of guarding, too. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. They good on the switch, for sure. Yeah, they was locking P.G. and them up.
Starting point is 00:11:15 They was really locking them niggas up. So, it's going to be interesting. Seriously. I got Dallas on the net, though. Yeah, I'm going to roll with Dallas on that. I'm scared of OKC. But it depends, though. If they click, shit with Dallas on that. I'm scared of OKC.
Starting point is 00:11:26 But it depends, though. If they click, shit, I don't know. Because they got some offensive weapons. Niggas, everybody can get a dud. Yeah, I like the way they play. But Dallas is going to have to be on point. They're going to really dust them, for real. I just feel like the problem with teams like Dallas who have two killers like that is they can win you four games.
Starting point is 00:11:42 They might drop a couple cool, but they can, by themselves, win you four games. They might drop a couple cool, but they can by themselves win you four games. Shea, I know he's proving himself, but I don't know who else is with him. I could confidently say, I know these two can go get me four games. Everybody got to have a good night four times in a row, or four times. That's tough.
Starting point is 00:11:57 Yeah. Yeah. Either way, next round is over for whoever come out of that series. Ooh, you think so? Yeah, if they got to play the Nuggets or the Timberwolves, either one of them teams are beating them. Yeah, I don't think the Mavs got enough for either one of them teams.
Starting point is 00:12:12 I think the Mavs and Timberwolves series would be crazy, though. Because you still got two elite defenders and two elite offensive players. I think if the Mavs match up with the Timberwolves, they could beat the Timberwolves. Because that's when Rudy O'Bear gets exposed. Because he sits back on picking rows.
Starting point is 00:12:31 And Luka and Kyrie, if you sit back on them, it's fucking murder. And now if you take him out and you got Cat switching,
Starting point is 00:12:41 it's fucking murder. That's the only team where it's like, oh, hold on. These is two guys that are different. Isolations, Jamal Murray hurt right now. So he ain't really getting to his shit right now. He kind of hurt. And you still see him have moments where he can score.
Starting point is 00:12:58 They depending a lot on Jokic. Other than that, they don't have no scorers on Denver. MPJ shoot all jumpers. True. Yeah. Aaron Gorin scored all in the dunker.
Starting point is 00:13:10 Only one that really get buckets off the dribble is Jamal Murray and Jokic. Everybody else is pretty much. Reggie Jackson have a couple moments,
Starting point is 00:13:18 but... Yeah, everybody else got to low-key get creative for it. Yeah. For real, for real. But, if somehow,
Starting point is 00:13:24 someway, the Nuggets win a championship, I think that we got to talk about Joker differently. Are they replacing the Warriors if they win again? No. For that Dynasty-type shit? No. The start of it. If he win another one, though, he probably the second-best big ever.
Starting point is 00:13:41 Third. Second or third-best big ever. I'm definitely saying top five and I wouldn't be opposed to saying Demer top four,
Starting point is 00:13:49 three. I'll say top five for sure without going through a list for sure. Yeah, because he's elite. It ain't too many
Starting point is 00:13:55 people better than him, bro. You're just talking about centers? Yeah. I'll say top five. I won't say three, but I'll say top five
Starting point is 00:14:02 confidently. Go off. I mean, who is it? Hakeem, Shaq, Will. He got more game than Bill Russell. I'm just going to be real. He's sitting in hell. He ain't got a spot.
Starting point is 00:14:15 We all agree. He got more game. Respect, but Christmas. Yeah, nothing on that. I'm going to go 80s up. Will was a problem, though. He was just born in the wrong time. Yeah, nothing on that. I'm going to go 80s up. Will was a problem, though. He was just born at the wrong time. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Starting point is 00:14:28 Dude. Will, his shit. He was born at the wrong time, bro. His stats is retarded, bro. That's not his fault, bro. He get a pass. Will Shaq Kareem. Sinners?
Starting point is 00:14:38 Okay. Yeah. Yeah, I said Will Shaq Kareem. Yeah. And then, yo, that's pretty much it. I can respect that. That brings us to a point where we can talk about
Starting point is 00:14:50 the Knicks after this, but Mark Jackson was talking about Niggas Gass and Jalen Brunson saying he the best Knick ever and he said Patrick Ewing is the best Knick ever.
Starting point is 00:14:58 He just played there longer. I just don't feel like that's true either. He just played there longer. Nah, bro. Carmelo Anthony is the best Knick ever. You know how I see it.
Starting point is 00:15:06 Nah, hell nah. Pat better than Melo as a Nick. He wasn't there long enough. Pat, he was with the Knicks, what, 13 years and shit like that? What, he spent his career before he died in Orlando? He went to Seattle, too. So it was like— That's the nastiest draft.
Starting point is 00:15:20 How long was he in New York? He was there a while. At least 10-plus years. I got his How long was he in New York? He was there a while. At least 10 plus years. I got his whole career. I need New York. Because he got drafted in what, 84? He went to the finals and shit. I seen him.
Starting point is 00:15:34 He ain't playing the finals. I seen that nigga play and... Huh? He ain't playing that finals. Yeah, he was hurt. I'm just saying, they went to the finals. They had to get there.
Starting point is 00:15:43 They went to the finals. They used to cover finals. They went to the finals. He played get there they went to the finals they used to cover finals they went to the finals well he played he was on the Knicks in 98 know that he was he got drafted in 85
Starting point is 00:15:51 by the way 85 so 14 years 17 years he was with the Knicks 14 99 to I'm sorry
Starting point is 00:16:01 from 86 to 99 Ben Davis University Education boy math crazy let's talk about to, I'm sorry, from 86 to 99. Ben Davis University of Education. Boy, math. Crazy. Let's talk about our Hennessy reads, nigga. See his math. Phone right in his hand on his face. The way this shit is, it don't have like a
Starting point is 00:16:15 So you gotta count. Take 14, 15. Mike needed the numbers next to it. When he had to count it. I was like, okay. At least 13 years. Let's just say 13. it's 12 13 years for the next five nine nine do the math mike shout out to pat you on your man 14. 14. shout out to carmel anthony but jaylen brunson is going crazy how long was mellow there was it seven years I believe so can we google
Starting point is 00:16:45 how long was it we just gonna say seven let's just guess so I just feel like they didn't play long enough yet to be the greatest Nick of all time hmm
Starting point is 00:16:52 yeah they gassing the bros and shit but I like the energy it's too fucking early to say Jalen Brunson is the best Nick ever but y'all that's why I hate this basketball
Starting point is 00:17:02 that's dumb bro y'all understand bro what them people have been through, yes, they gassing it, but they are so happy they have a good player, bro. I felt the same way. He's nice, though. He is. He's different, bro. He's definitely the best point guard.
Starting point is 00:17:15 I mean, Walt Ferger might have something to say about that, but... He ain't got nothing to say, bro. In the last 20 years, he's definitely the best point guard that Nick's ever had. Damn, better than Marbury? Marbury,
Starting point is 00:17:29 y'all know him. He better than him. No, brother. As a Nick. As a Nick. Because Steph and Jersey was crazy. Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 00:17:37 And the Timberwolves. Steph averaged 20 and 8, bro. That's tough. That's it. That nigga averaged like 27 and 8. I'm just saying, he was a real point guard
Starting point is 00:17:46 though I've heard listen Jalen Russell numbers are dummy I'm not going against the numbers it's different bro
Starting point is 00:17:53 I'm not I'm not putting him above Stephon Marbury bro as a Nick I am not as a whole
Starting point is 00:17:59 player not a career but as a Nick I'm taking Jalen Russell I don't remember shit Stephon Marbury did as a Nick I remember he had one Ialen Bruston. I don't remember shit Stephon Marbury did as a Knick.
Starting point is 00:18:05 I remember he had one floater and won a game. He was an NBA All-Star, bro. Jalen Bruston and gave you the highlights. He was an All-Star with the Knicks. No, he wasn't. No, he wasn't. In Jersey. Hell no, not with the Knicks.
Starting point is 00:18:20 We got to look it up. I know he was an All-Star. I didn't plan on working today. Jamal was on his team when he was on the Knicks. We got to look it up. I know you're not. I didn't plan on working today. Jamal was on his team when he was on the Knicks. I'm trying to have this WAP conversation at the same time. Whoa. We were recording.
Starting point is 00:18:32 You're talking about WAP. You are sick. Yeah, talk to her. We are. Oh, damn. That sounded crazy. I mean. You're having a WAP conversation. We didn't get no sass. It's Mike on the WAP. That's crazy, bro. What's're having a WAP conversation. We didn't get
Starting point is 00:18:45 no sass, it's Mike on the WAP. That's crazy, bro. What's the thing called? Triple X, what? Terrible. Hell no,
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Starting point is 00:23:24 you get your podcasts. Speaking of the Mavs, inside the NBA is the craziest show on earth because they brought up Dirk's crushes. Dirk started his first crushes with black women. It was Foxy Brown, Lil' Kim. I like them. His wife liked Dirk. crushes Dirk started His first crushes Was black women It was Foxy Brown Lil' Kim I like them His wife liked Dirk Mmhmm
Starting point is 00:23:48 Dirk always had A little flavor Dirk Yeah Damn man Y'all got me thinking Now though About that Nick shit
Starting point is 00:23:57 Jalen Y'all crediting Jalen Brunson early bro Bro he be killing He's amazing bro He's nice as fuck, bro. He's a good basketball player, for sure. But we speaking of crushes, who was your crush?
Starting point is 00:24:10 Back then? Yeah. Damn. Maya was definitely one of them. I kind of think of another one. What's our girl from Parenthood? Reagan Gomez? She was one of them ones.
Starting point is 00:24:23 I used to get the Word Up magazines. For sure. Yeah, I used to like, I used to get them. I used to like the shorty from 3LW. Damn. The light-skinned joint. Not Tasha.
Starting point is 00:24:34 Nah, I wouldn't. She was hard. I was not on Tasha. Not 3LW. Not the one that say, not the other light-skinned. They robbed your dick. I mean, Rob Kardashian.
Starting point is 00:24:43 That's a hell of a mix. Yeah, my fault. Rob Kardashian, that one. That's a hell of a mix-up. Yeah, my fault. Rob Kardashian, that one. What's her name? Adrienne or something like that. Yeah, she was solid. I robbed that drink. She was hard.
Starting point is 00:24:53 I was a Jet Magazine nigga. Beauty of the week. Yeah. Who was your favorite beauty? Well, probably when Da Brat. Shout out to that community. You know, I... Da Brat was hard in that one video with Tyrese.
Starting point is 00:25:07 Da Brat was caught on the front of Jet Magazine in that swimsuit, though. Da Brat. Before she went left-handed full-time, like. Because she was a part-time member at first, right? For sure. She was dating Iverson and shit. She told on my nigga. But, yeah.
Starting point is 00:25:21 She was bad back then. Oh, God. She didn't blow up now she built like me now a shout out today they lineage for sure or at least right being sisters is crazy who a better sister combo than them like i don't know bro is there any sisters oh yeah we don't count them who was uh Who was the comedian? I like that dark skin. Samora. Samora.
Starting point is 00:25:48 Nia. Yeah, give me them two. There's Nia Long's sister? Well, I don't know. One of them. Nah, Samora's sister is... It ain't Nia Long. Let me look that up.
Starting point is 00:26:01 I'm out of pocket. I'll just put that in a desk. It's Nia Long? Yeah, it's Nia Long. That's a nice combo. That's tough. I'm taking of pocket if I just it's near long yeah that's a nice combo that's tough I'm taking them over woo that's an elite combo
Starting point is 00:26:10 I'm taking some more and some more I know y'all be I be tapped in too quick but don't don't judge me is it Tia
Starting point is 00:26:20 Tia and Tamir after we seen them as adults hell no alright they did I ain't gonna do them like that we can sister Is it Tia and Tamir? After we seen them as adults, hell no. All right, they dead. I ain't gonna do them like that. We can.
Starting point is 00:26:31 After we see what they become as adults. Nah, bro. Some more in the alone. They tough. I'm about to look and say, the bread and what's her name is fire, though. Lisa Rae, they fire. Because Lisa Rae is still elite to be older.
Starting point is 00:26:44 What's her name? Vanessa? The Simmons. I ain't seen is still elite to be older. What's her name? Vanessa? Miss Simmons. I ain't seen the older sister in a minute. She's still elite. Yeah, she's still that. Very respectable. Angela's been popping out.
Starting point is 00:26:54 Yeah, yeah, yeah. She came to the dark side. Angela got a little down down in her. I don't know, bro. We're just going off straight. Chicken nugget? Straight looks. Man.
Starting point is 00:27:05 All right, let's move on, man. It's a spectrum. I don't know nobody else's. It's the boys representing for the dark-skinned community. She definitely do. She was pressuring us all playing. Nah, them one girls is fine, too, though. Oh, God, nigga.
Starting point is 00:27:22 She ain't that fast. She ain't, never mind. She age kind of bad. Nah, I shouldn't say that. She play't that fast. She ain't near mom. She aged kind of bad. Nah, shouldn't say that. She play on a show with Mike Ips. I know who you
Starting point is 00:27:30 talking about. Yep. Yeah, but she was on Living Single. She was hard. She was in Deliverance from Evil too.
Starting point is 00:27:35 Yeah, she was on Living Single. She was tough. She was. Her sister tough. Her sister played on T and Tamera show. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:27:43 That ain't a bad one. That's a sleeper. Old school. a bad one. That's a sleeper. It's old school, yeah. Damn, there's a lot of sleeper duos out here. I just knew y'all was going to say Beyoncé and Solange. Nah. I'm not a fan. That's the real Orlando Brown.
Starting point is 00:27:56 Solange. At this point, after the elevator, Zocchi up for debate. Yeah, with a short sponge cut I'm nothing that's funny after that I'll fuck with Solange
Starting point is 00:28:10 well when it comes to duos they're they're lads I mean they're lads I mean we're not gonna sit here and laugh
Starting point is 00:28:19 out of everybody we named Serena Venus and Serena Serena and Venus that's that's too close to Dr. Umar. Nah.
Starting point is 00:28:27 I try to forget about them. Y'all know how I feel about women that are too athletic. Serena, yeah. Serena got orbs like Teague, nigga. Hell nah. Wait, I didn't think Serena was a problem. I thought you were going to say Venus, but I digress. Serena.
Starting point is 00:28:43 Yeah, I thought it was Venus was the problem too. Well, I'm saying, no, Venus, Venus damn near look like NDIR. Serena is still just, she too strong, bro.
Starting point is 00:28:56 But I know that's how y'all would though. Venus is like Dowsing for Street Fighter. How who would? Like how y'all like strong. That's not my algorithm,
Starting point is 00:29:02 brother. We had that wrestler talking, y'all niggas was vouching for the wrestler. In fact, I watched Backlash the other day on Saturday.
Starting point is 00:29:09 Good event. They was turnt up in France. If Serena wrestled, she'll fit right in, bro. Oh, yeah. She's strong as shit. Yeah. Serena had niggas wrestling.
Starting point is 00:29:18 Drake and Common, the most light-skinned beef of all time. That's crazy. Shout out to that. Speaking about beef, who up? Pause. That is crazy. Shout out to that. Speaking about beef, who up? Pause.
Starting point is 00:29:27 That is crazy. Speaking of beef, who is up? That's nuts. But speaking of rap battles, a rap battle. Man, so many motherfucking battles. I can't even keep up no more, man. Nigga Kendrick dropped 10 songs.
Starting point is 00:29:43 Hey, Friday night Was probably one of the Most important nights In hip hop For a lot of people We have never seen Like diss records Drop that quick Back to back like that
Starting point is 00:29:52 Cause the Drake video Came out and I was like Aw this shit fire That shit was sliding And then 15 minutes later Kendrick took that shit Right off private on YouTube Which was like
Starting point is 00:30:00 Yep been waiting on this And got very fucking disrespectful But he's so creative Cause he got the, what his shit called? Family Ties or some shit? The Family. And this nigga got the Grams.
Starting point is 00:30:10 Ah, he's a genius. That was hard. That was hard, bro. They said Drake playing fake C's, though. So, if that is true, where niggas is getting fake information, bro, Dre the GOAT, bro. I mean, now let's be clear.
Starting point is 00:30:24 We don't listen to diss tracks for factuality or stuff. It's really what sounds better. Oh, you look to it for different reasons than me because I think that's what kills niggas. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:30:33 If you pull out some shit that niggas really didn't know, like Pusha T talking about your daughter so then the nigga popping out of anywhere, popping out of nowhere, I call the nigga your daughter.
Starting point is 00:30:42 Her daughter. Shout out to Freaky UD. My bad, baby. Same person. Yeah. I call the nigga Adonis Adonis shout out to Freaky UD my bad baby same person like I like shit like that bro I do too
Starting point is 00:30:52 show your son now bro be a dad bro that's hard bro and Carlos said imagine the rap be making your child support go up
Starting point is 00:30:59 and I said damn that's crazy that's what niggas look for bro like I don't want to hear a bunch of bullshit. Are you lying saying that nigga got a daughter, bro? Nigga ain't 11 years old.
Starting point is 00:31:10 Are you making that up, bro? That's kind of lying. That part is funny. I feel like he got a daughter. He probably got a bunch of kids. I mean, right now. See, this is why telephones get fucked up in school back in the day. Niggas get to lie.
Starting point is 00:31:26 We know who Anthony Edwards' daddy is. No, we don't. Michael Jordan, nigga. Fuck around with you. You see that turnaround? He ain't light-skinned. You know Jordan all he fuck with them pink toes. Shout out to Mike.
Starting point is 00:31:38 His kids are black. He has two of them in their arm.. Nah. Nah. That's funny. All right, man. But I think the fact that they really, on a Friday night, went back and forth like that is crazy.
Starting point is 00:31:51 Like, regardless who you felt won, regardless who you felt got the edge, that shit adds just people who love music and love rap, that's some fire shit.
Starting point is 00:31:58 Yeah, and that was good for the culture. That shit's crazy. I couldn't fuck with that DJ Mustard beat, bro. That's the LA song, bro. Them niggas, you know, they tune the music what they rock with different. They probably be out there's crazy. I couldn't fuck with that DJ Mustard beat, bro. That's the LA song, bro. Them niggas, you know,
Starting point is 00:32:05 they tune the music what they rock with different. They probably be out there going crazy today. Oh, they got all type of videos dancing to that motherfucker. Yeah, bro. Niggas out there,
Starting point is 00:32:13 that's they shit, man. They doing you the jerk and all type of shit too. Wow. Yeah. I seen the niggas C-Walking too. I was like,
Starting point is 00:32:20 oh, that's a different respect what they got going on over there. That's they shit. They making it sure it's uncomfortable when Drake
Starting point is 00:32:26 go to LA. Niggas say he better cancel the Oakland show. He good, bro. Drake the goat, man.
Starting point is 00:32:33 He got to battle all these niggas. I'm picking Drake every time, bro. Rick Ross, funny.
Starting point is 00:32:37 Hey, that beat that Metro did, though, it was hard. BBL Jersey. Shit hard.
Starting point is 00:32:43 I thought about slide, bro. Fuck around, make a rap to this motherfucker. Nah, that motherfucker is hard. Metro did those hard BBL Jersey that shit hard I thought about Slide bro I'm like fuck around I'll make a rap to this motherfucker now that motherfucker is hard
Starting point is 00:32:49 one of them niggas gonna get on there though man you know what's funny Metro like damn I can't rap but I'm about to make a challenge and niggas dissing you
Starting point is 00:32:56 is crazy hard bro go crazy on this and I'm gonna give you a free beat Metro said it's a real reason why he don't like Drake
Starting point is 00:33:02 he ain't gonna say it though he definitely said that you know what it is bro he said you ain don't like Drake. He ain't going to say it, though. I want to figure it out. You know what it is, bro. He said, you ain't fuck my girl, though. She ain't no industry girl. So what is it? About a girl.
Starting point is 00:33:13 Another girl that ain't his girl. An industry girl. His side girl. These niggas don't got no real beef, bro. Hell nah. And even in the disc, when Drake was going crazy, he don't say nothing about Future. He was like, damn, this my first time having problems. And then it went right past. I was like, and even in the diss when Drake was going crazy, he was, he don't say nothing about Future. He was like, damn,
Starting point is 00:33:26 this my first time having problems and it went right past. I was like, business decision. Yeah. Yeah, I wonder why he ain't say nothing to Pluto. Yeah. You know,
Starting point is 00:33:33 that's, you know why. He know the real dirt. You know why. Pluto just started getting on shit, just dropping names and had Drake tight. That's a different motherfucker
Starting point is 00:33:43 to fuck with. If we gonna argue about girls, bro, leave me out of it, bro, because I'll turn this bitch up sideways. Oh, God. Yeah, leave it alone, bro. That's a business decision
Starting point is 00:33:51 for sure. I made one of them before. It's like, hmm. You need a takeout. Nah, I'm gonna left future. Nah, right? Right. You got it, Chet.
Starting point is 00:34:03 Right. Say cheese. Yeah, I was like, matter of fact. Oh, you didn't want to that bitch? Yeah. I ain't even get to do that shit. Perfect. You put your thumb.
Starting point is 00:34:11 All right. Well, you being a part of a diss track would be nuts. I don't know if I was part of the track, but I sure was part of the tab, boys. Oh, for sure. Yeah. I can't put this. I ain't picturing I put this dick on. Give me a new
Starting point is 00:34:28 motherfucking crossover, nigga. Same dumbass crossover. Give me something else, nigga. That's what made me laugh when we first met when we was at this
Starting point is 00:34:38 nigga house. I'm like, bro, it's fucked up, but this picture is top tier when they talking about this shit. It's crazy.
Starting point is 00:34:45 They couldn't give you what you was getting to dunk on. They couldn't give you what, like, some regular clothes on. They have a whole uniform. Hell no. The problem was everybody was like, man, you mad at Future? Hell no. I ain't mad at him. I was bumping his shit. I just fucked your bitch.
Starting point is 00:35:03 I was like, that body about me? Shit. I don't give a fuck. Oh, there he's at. Man, that's one of the highlights for real. Oh,
Starting point is 00:35:10 man. I was like, that might be about me. Ain't that a bitch? Oh, back in the day. Good time. What's up?
Starting point is 00:35:17 Hell no, man. That's crazy. Oh, shit. Hey, man. Our next superstar in the city,
Starting point is 00:35:24 Katelyn Clark, had her debut. Mm-hmm. Went crazy. Shit, like, listen, Oh shit Hey man Our next superstar In the city Kayla Clark Had her debut Went crazy Shit like Listen All them Hey I know It's the preseason
Starting point is 00:35:32 But we gonna gas it anyway It's gonna be spooky In the W Next two years bro Shit like If she gonna be like that bro She gonna average like 16 her rookie year
Starting point is 00:35:41 That second year It's 25 Her and Aaliyah Boston. What's up? They played Dallas, right? Shout out to Rike. Rike had a stupid cross for game.
Starting point is 00:35:53 Yeah, that's the same one Kalen hit the bunny with. Exact same move for game. Rike nice, though. Been like that. Yeah, she cold. But I know they won. And she went crazy. But Kalen Clark, what she was doing, I'm like, oh, she ain't even shooting over closer to the three-point cold. But I know they won. And she went crazy.
Starting point is 00:36:05 But, hey, Kaylin Clark, what she was doing, I'm like, oh, she ain't even shooting over closer to the three-point line. Y'all in trouble. Y'all can't guard her out here. Don't care how good y'all are. Nah. Is preseason tickets high?
Starting point is 00:36:15 I hope not. Uh-uh. I don't know. I seen the highest ticket for the New York game was 10 bands. I said, man, y'all, all right, now y'all getting out of hand. Hey, man.
Starting point is 00:36:25 10 bands for a ticket, man. Bro, in the Lord, they said. In New York game was 10 bands. I said, man, all right, now y'all getting out of hand. Hey, man. 10 bands for a ticket, man. Bro, in New York? Yeah, in the garden. Game one. They was like, you could literally fly to Indianapolis. No, no, I'm talking about it's for the New York Liberty game.
Starting point is 00:36:35 I'm talking about, excuse me, I'm sorry. Fever versus Liberty. It's how much? One of the tickets is going for 10 bands. Peace. I said, that better be
Starting point is 00:36:45 a fucking sweet I better be able to stay in this bitch for next week for 10 bands they better have the sunset bitches afterwards
Starting point is 00:36:52 yeah I can't imagine what the tickets look like for Pacers Knicks and New York no Pacers Knicks so crazy
Starting point is 00:36:59 to some point they said niggas in New York can fly here get a nice hotel get tickets to the game that all still be cheaper than the price
Starting point is 00:37:06 in the lower level in the garden yeah that's crazy what the Pacers gotta do to slow New York down they don't gotta slow they gotta speed them up they gotta play like
Starting point is 00:37:14 they gotta guard them how they guard Milwaukee full court pressure they gotta do that same shit to Jalen Brunson he gotta get tired yep
Starting point is 00:37:22 Nim Hard whatever the fuck that nigga name is he gotta go he gotta guard yeah I think that that same shit to Jalen Brunson. He got to get tired. Yep. Nim Hard, whatever the fuck that nigga name is, he got to go, he got to guard. Yeah, I think that if we play our pace,
Starting point is 00:37:30 we have a chance to win that series. If we play their pace, we'll obviously lose that series. I mean, we score enough points to where realistically we can win those games.
Starting point is 00:37:38 But like you said, Nim Hard's going to have a hell of an assignment. Aaron Neesmith too. And also, Tyrese, bro, you're going to have to guard. You can't sleep on Deuce McBride
Starting point is 00:37:47 or Dante because they will get 20 on some random shit. And you can't have that. I think Obi Toppin, he got to play really good for this series for us because we don't really have
Starting point is 00:37:56 no tweeners in that forward position because Pascal can't guard OG and vice versa, but he reached out in the damn time to get in foul trouble. Obi going to have to do something with OG for us to win this series. The Knicks really ain't got nobody else that can score that time to get foul trouble. I hope we gonna have to do something with OG
Starting point is 00:38:05 for us to win this series. The Knicks really ain't got nobody else that can score though, besides Jalen. I mean, Josh Hart and Dante, they had moments. Dante catch and shoot. If he see a big basket early, he can go off for six, seven threes, but OG, he ain't really tapped into his offensive game
Starting point is 00:38:20 yet with them. They only be scoring a hundred points and shit. Like, they ain't putting up crazy numbers. The Pacers get out and run and pressure the ball like they did this last series. The Pacers probably gonna fold two of them boys.
Starting point is 00:38:32 I ain't gonna hold you. Yeah, I feel very confident in us winning this series. I think that the biggest problem is that Tibbs has a superior advantage
Starting point is 00:38:38 over Rick Carlisle. Nah, Cap. Cap, you just see the game plan they put on Milwaukee. I mean. I've never seen NBA players get pressured like that and was turning the ball over. I was like, what the fuck?
Starting point is 00:38:51 This shit look like high school. Like TJ McConnell, that last game had like three or four steals in the backcourt. Bro, Ryan Garcia drug tested my boy. He was going crazy. I mean, I'm like, what the fuck? But I ain't never really seen that in the NBA like that. So if they carry that game playing over against the Knicks,
Starting point is 00:39:07 they only got two ball handlers, Big Broad. Yeah, that is true. Yeah. Like. I think that role player shit works for the Knicks
Starting point is 00:39:15 really, really well, but we have the best bench in the NBA. So it kind of just like depend upon how that shit going to go. And also Tibbs don't like something that many people
Starting point is 00:39:22 and we play way too many people in my opinion. And Bogey hurt. Definitely it's hurt. Yeah. That takes away, you know what I'm saying, second unit scoring.
Starting point is 00:39:29 So you got Nim hard pressure in the mall game. Then you're going to have TJ McConnell going to come in being annoying. Then you can put Nii Smith on him being annoying.
Starting point is 00:39:38 Y'all got a lot of defenders that can bother Jalen Brunson. So the New York Knicks going to have to play out of their body basically to win. Nah, if they just slow the pace down,
Starting point is 00:39:46 that'll beat us. Like, not being funny, we are a team that fouls a lot. We are effective when we're out running. It means we'll probably give up some layups. That means we're going
Starting point is 00:39:53 to get transition threes. If you slow the game down against us, I mean, that's very tough for us to get back in the groove. And also, Jalen Brunson can score like nobody. So I'm scared of that for sure.
Starting point is 00:40:04 But if we in the up and down tempo our way, I don't fear them. Miles Turner going to have to shoot the ball well, like he did last series. Yeah, he played really well last series. If he shoots the ball well, y'all win. Because I mean that Mitchell Robinson is not going to be effective.
Starting point is 00:40:17 Arnstein, they're all going to have to be out here on the perimeter. I think, yeah. Yeah. I like it. I think it's going to be a crazy series either way they both gonna get fed to Boston
Starting point is 00:40:27 yeah unfortunately it is what it is sorry bro that's how it goes bro you gotta just pay homage you know what I'm saying
Starting point is 00:40:34 they both gonna get blown out by them how you feel about a lot of people putting just throwing over JT so easily it's tough nah JT so easily. It's tough.
Starting point is 00:40:47 Nah. JT my nigga. So it's all biased right now. Ant, you're calling a podcast. Change the podcast. JT. Ant my favorite player, but he ain't.
Starting point is 00:41:00 JT, nah. JT put in too much work, Brian. What I'm going to say is the difference about them. Ant kind of got his personality is more likable. Yeah. Like, he, ah, I fuck with my guys. JT, very Kobe Bryant-ish. Like, he's a little more, I shouldn't say likable than Kobe, RIP.
Starting point is 00:41:20 But, like, you can relate to JT a little more. But he kind of so reserved that you're like, man, he kind of mysterious. Like, hey, you, like, you can relate to JT a little more, but he kind of so reserved that you like, man, he kind of mysterious. Like, hey, you like, you become a fan of his. You root for him. Like, his personality make you root for him. Like, last night when he hit dude with the snatch back to the cross with the pull up, you like, yeah.
Starting point is 00:41:37 And he start looking around, you like, man. He got more dog in him for sure. I ain't going to say that though. I do. It's just the way they show it. The will to win. I feel what you're saying, but it just look better. The eye test, it look like Ant want to play hard every play.
Starting point is 00:41:54 Niggas be saying JT take possessions off sometimes. But he don't though. It's just his demeanor. Yeah, but I'm telling you from the overall, not our personal. Overall, like that's how they view it. I get it too. And JT team is just way better. For sure.
Starting point is 00:42:09 When you got Drew Holiday as your fourth option. That's crazy. That's crazy. And he always low-key the head of wit. Yeah, yeah. He always, like, when he was there. I couldn't imagine him when he, like, by himself. I'm not saying by himself, but, like, move Jalen Brown and get him J. McDaniels.
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Starting point is 00:46:10 if it was his job to score more, I'm sure that he could probably do that. Like you said, it just looked a different way. But him being in a press conference and a wife beater in a hat talking shit to a cat, bro, that's more likable, bro. Yeah, it just seemed like he more...
Starting point is 00:46:23 And I love JT gaming. Like I said, I'm not going to put Ant, even though he's my favorite player, I'm not putting him over JT. It just, I feel like Ant got to get more out of his players than JT. So him being the leader, you see him being mic'd up and being vocal,
Starting point is 00:46:37 like actually telling niggas where to go and shit. It just, he got to do more. And the shit he's saying is working, nigga. He put niggas in position. Like Jalen Brown and them kind of already know what to do. Not his the shit he's saying is working nigga he put niggas in position like Jalen Brown them kind of already know what to do not saying Kat and them don't but he got to
Starting point is 00:46:49 he don't have to boost them niggas up to come hoop like that I also look like look thinking about it like JT had to come in there
Starting point is 00:46:58 and be in competition yeah with like a JB a Marcus Morris even though Marcus Morris was probably like the OG probably was helping him out and shit but Gordon Hayward it was always a competition so he had to like Yeah, like a JB Marcus Morris, even though I'm Marcus Morris apart like the OG private subliminal shit We're in Hayward. It was always a competition. So he had to like solidify itself as a player
Starting point is 00:47:12 Being in competition with your teammates. Hey, he came in Nobody on the wing. This is his shit. It's him and cat big and small Like you got a chance to flourish you can fuck up You gonna figure Your skill set out And now it's starting To come together As a whole And they look great But you gotta think The underlining with
Starting point is 00:47:30 JT and JB And they might not be Competition now But how it first started Definitely competition Well he had that Just too Because nigga Terry Rozier
Starting point is 00:47:38 Was one of them Yeah Kyrie Irving was one of them That's why I say I ain't giving it to AE just yet But It's two totally Different scenarios To me But I say I ain't giving it to AE just yet. But it's two totally
Starting point is 00:47:45 different scenarios to me. Niggas ain't getting blessed with Kyrie, Terry Rozier. He came to a win now. Niggas is all stars, bro. Yeah, he came into a win. Yeah. They both called too.
Starting point is 00:47:58 But it's just funny when he told Katniss, he's like, stop fucking fouling. Like, that shit is hilarious. Yeah, bro. That nigga's 22, bro. And he's leading. I don't know. Like, that shit is hilarious. Yeah, bro, the nigga's 22, bro. And he's leading.
Starting point is 00:48:06 I don't know. Cold, though. For sure. He like a 22-year-old that you probably would follow, though. Yeah. As an older player in the locker room, I could look at him and be like, listen to that nigga, man. Like, I would.
Starting point is 00:48:18 And he probably lead in a cool way. He make everybody feel like they're comfortable. I like that. Even what he said about they coach at the end of the game like the head coaches are hurt whatever but nah we listen to him we respect him like we respect the head coach like I was like yeah he got it that's fire
Starting point is 00:48:33 he already taking fire yeah he got it yeah he got it cause he really want to us but we know that like the fact I just love that people can't fuck with the narrative basically like calling him a dumb basketball player. Nigga really an X and O type of nigga. For real, so.
Starting point is 00:48:49 No, you can tell, bro. It's crazy. I mean, Deion Sanders is funny as hell. Them bros that the people who transferred now to Colorado is funny as hell. Oh, they be roasting him?
Starting point is 00:49:00 I ain't really talking about it. Yeah, no, I don't fuck with Colorado. He's the way he is. Cause, no, I don't fuck with Colorado. Right. Cause, bro. It's not the Black Lives Matter. I fuck with, I fuck with Prime. I just don't fuck with Colorado.
Starting point is 00:49:12 Damn. You don't fuck with the movement? Nah. Man, they had a high-star kid transfer out. And basically, he was just like, Prime was just being
Starting point is 00:49:19 too disrespectful at practice saying that was trash and shit like that. And then, Shador got on Twitter and was just like, damn, I don't even on the remembering he was probably trash new and he started a couple games and then Dylan Edwards got a part of their
Starting point is 00:49:36 but but yeah that's what we all doing too much with that I fuck with that I'm just saying when your son leave what bro, what's next, bro? He trying to take his son to the Cowboys next year with him? Oh, so he's trying to leave too? That nigga, Deion is not coaching NFL niggas, bro. He going to stay in Colorado. He just going to be hard. If they have a great year this year, shit, motherfucker Shiloh 35,
Starting point is 00:50:04 so he can't come back either. So this new recruiting portal, now this is where you tap into your college coach shit for real. Yeah, that's what I want to say. I don't fuck with, I ain't a hater. Because Travis Hunter is the truth too. I just don't fuck with daddy ball fools. I get it. Yeah, I never liked that at any level.
Starting point is 00:50:24 That's the worst shit. It level. That's the worst shit. It is. That's the worst shit. So for him to do it at the highest college level, I mean, it's hard. It's tight. I would love for my son or whoever, my kid, to be really good at football, basketball, whatever sport they wanted to do. That's hard.
Starting point is 00:50:38 But shit, you got to deal with that. Nigga, nigga, transfer. He was like, nigga, you was sad. Then your dad, the coach, like, yeah, what my son said, nigga, that's goofy. Yeah, nah, because the nigga was a top recruit, bro. But call it his sadness if your bro is like, that's so fucked up. Because, bro, I can't get a good offer because you shouldn't know me, bro. Or even like when you promote the school, you only have your son, even though your son a star, it's like me as a coach,
Starting point is 00:51:05 I probably put my son to the back burner a little bit. Like, I wouldn't dim my son light. Like, you going to get the light. You the star quarterback. You like that. But for me, I'm probably going to promote
Starting point is 00:51:14 some of these other kids. Like, we know you love Travis Hunter. We know he good. We know he like a son to you too. We got it. He came jacking. We got it. I ain't got to promote them.
Starting point is 00:51:23 They already good. Yeah. But some of these dudes that i'm trying to get to the league like even my other son that ain't really like that when i do these interviews it's gonna be him yeah i don't know i'm liming up there i don't know nobody else on their team yeah he got the best he got the best lineman in the country and all i know is shador and i ain't hating I mean shit he cold so it's gonna be good
Starting point is 00:51:46 but I'm just saying I'll do it that's interesting I'll do it I feel that but it's Prime though he can't do no wrong in a lot of people's eyes
Starting point is 00:51:54 besides he been like that since he been in Showtime niggas hate Prime but now it's just different and if he is successful this year with that team
Starting point is 00:52:03 it's gonna be OD cause remember how it was early on when they weren't really playing nobody and they was winning? Nah, they was going crazy. They beat TCU, I think it was. Oh, it was. Niggas was, oh, Jamar, Keenan.
Starting point is 00:52:14 I betted against them. I'm like, they not about to beat them. About to get crashed, bro. I was like, it's over. They beat them. Oh, my phone. Oh, yeah. I know you're on your phone.
Starting point is 00:52:22 Oh, I owe big money. I lost about $10,000. They got the better of everybody in the country. Next week, they win again. I had them losing to like... They won their first three. NC State or somebody like that. I don't know who it was. Wisconsin, I think.
Starting point is 00:52:37 Maybe Wisconsin was boo-boo. Nebraska. Nebraska was boo-boo. They beat Nebraska. Oh my God. Phone went crazy. You said Nebraska. Boy. Do them next. Oh, my God. Phone went crazy. You said Nebraska. Boy. You chose everybody. Them Knicks. Them Knicks five.
Starting point is 00:52:49 Them Knicks eight. It got spooky. I was calling them niggas every day. Reese cheat them. Calling that nigga. He stop answering. Nigga, Reese. Wait till next year.
Starting point is 00:53:00 Nah, nigga. USC play right now. Yeah, after that Oregon game, it got spooky. I called Mooks so many times. I called him at USC playing right now. Yeah, after that Oregon game, he got spooky. I called Mook so many times. I called him at six in the morning. When they lost to Oregon. But I ain't hating. We'd just be trying to get behind something Black Paul.
Starting point is 00:53:16 That's crazy. I was just saying, needs to be trying to support. I really went wild because something could have been a freak. But I get everybody trying to come together and support Primed Up and I was supporting
Starting point is 00:53:29 them too it's just like sometimes I be like damn bro yeah some of these other kids is on a team bro
Starting point is 00:53:36 yeah let me find out who they are like help me out bro that's real you know what I mean like but I think
Starting point is 00:53:43 I think his son Deion Jr., because I'd be tapped in, his son do a good job of doing that on the everyday shit on YouTube. But I get it for the TV shit, like the actual shit, they really be mattering for real.
Starting point is 00:53:54 Yeah. Because niggas get promoted, but... They do, but I understand, bro, your platform is different, and you use your platform for whatever you want to use it for, Tom. You could do that more. We know Shador, your son, bro.
Starting point is 00:54:05 And we know if he play well, he going to be a top pick. We know it for, Tom. You could do that. We know Shador your son, bro. And we know if he play well, he's going to be a top pick. We know Travis Hunter, no matter what he do, he's going to be a top pick. Yeah, bro. Like,
Starting point is 00:54:11 they going to sell they self, bro. You don't... Yeah, bro. Get some of these grown 25-year-old niggas from Juco that's trying to... Yeah. Niggas from last chance U
Starting point is 00:54:20 trying to get a crack at you. Shout them out. Shout out, bro. They got niggas getting sections on that team now. Niggas been transferred from Clemson. They like, he the top five recruit. I'm like, who the fuck is this nigga?
Starting point is 00:54:31 Deion didn't say shit about him. Is he good? No, that Nike bag came through. Man. Shout out to the DTs. They back in the rotation. Shout out to Sha'Carri Richardson. You know what I'm saying?
Starting point is 00:54:41 World champ, 100 meters. All that shit they talking about her. Hell yeah. She got that bag, and she going crazy again. She looking hella strong right now. Man, I hated the way they did her, man. I hated the way they did her. They did her so bogus for being a young kid.
Starting point is 00:54:55 Drake bogus, we're saying. Smoking them on and off the track. Now look at him. Yeah. That was funny. That's what he said. That was a bar but that was that was definitely a bar
Starting point is 00:55:07 yeah that's a Nike plug though that's the love hey I'm glad she getting her just due she actually fast as shit yeah
Starting point is 00:55:15 I like her though definitely a single parent home I don't know all about that but I love the way that she kind of like redirected her energy instead of like you know how she was an internet sensation for a minute now she don't even all about that but I love the way that she kind of like redirected her energy instead of like you know how she was
Starting point is 00:55:26 an internet sensation for a minute now she don't even do that shit no more she like locked in I liked it I'm just playing for y'all start going crazy bro
Starting point is 00:55:34 just chill yeah the rebrand is smart she's like alright cool I'm gonna perform I'm gonna just lay low get this money still get your shit off but
Starting point is 00:55:41 don't let her win the big shit though she gonna turn up. She's back in the club, bro. Don't get it fucked up. Nah, that Nike bag. New weave on the way. The $20 million Nike bag,
Starting point is 00:55:51 she's not fucking it up. I think she is. I think she's in the right path. She's had fun. All right, she gonna tap into the A bag. Oh, it's still up when we leave this motherfucker. Don't get it fucked up.
Starting point is 00:56:02 She gonna chill. Just don't tap into the AB bag. Antonio Brown got on Twitter and gave Drake nigga of the day and cracker of the day. The most ridiculous thing I have seen. DJ Macado. I didn't see that. I didn't see it right there.
Starting point is 00:56:17 DJ Macado got cracker of the day. Let's go. He said that? Yeah. He posted it after game six. We're not racist racist y'all that was funny a white person
Starting point is 00:56:29 put some tweets up I want y'all to know that it's not always Antonio Brown on his Twitter still we don't know that no I'm telling you what I'm saying
Starting point is 00:56:35 it's under AB name bro AB Blaine that's fried bro that's fried I see JJ Reddick and them just signed a company
Starting point is 00:56:42 signed Richard Jefferson yeah to do a podcast Road Tripper was one of my favorite podcasts they was early on people slept on Road Tripper
Starting point is 00:56:49 him and Enchanted was funny as hell they started this shit really they give up the readings that was legendary yeah what happened to
Starting point is 00:56:56 CJ McCollum shit they just said fuck it they probably just ain't been doing it but he started I remember they started Jalil White when they said
Starting point is 00:57:04 this is the CJ McCullough we've been getting this series, and they put Jaleel White in the media day pictures, it's funnier than a bitch, bro. I can't wait to see Pat Bev in them episode this week. Paul George.
Starting point is 00:57:17 I just be wanting to hear what niggas, how they feel after the series. Yeah, that's going to be interesting. Yeah. Did you see, basically they had a little fake mock-up. They were just like, all right, all the players who got eliminated,
Starting point is 00:57:27 you know what I'm saying, like, would they go back to their original teams, like, for Shits and Giggles? Like, Kawhi go back to San Antonio, PG going back to NAB, and then, like, KD going back to Warriors type shit. I think it's a hot chance for KD to go back to Golden State. I don't. Bro, you can't stay in Phoenix, bro. Why not?
Starting point is 00:57:48 You trying to win, bro. They do got to trade one of them. One of y'all niggas got to go, fam. We got a no trade clause. Devin Booker just started his max deal just about to kick in, right? Yeah. KD is the casualty award.
Starting point is 00:58:04 So who you trade for KD? They not trading Kaminga. He too young. Get a couple of them old heads, bro. Two people out of strong lineup can come over there. And Gomesite? Yeah. That's not enough for Kevin Durant.
Starting point is 00:58:18 Why not? They don't got nobody to trade for KD. I did see that, allegedly, that Devin Booker wants to be a Knick. Yeah, he just started a five-year deal. Yeah, he's not going nowhere. Yeah, let Donovan have that spot, bro. Donovan? You think Donovan going to go?
Starting point is 00:58:35 I could see Donovan going to Miami before I see him going to the Knicks. Or if Dame or whoever gets to Miami first and the other one go there, I could see that. I don't know. I know Jalen Brunson need another two guard, though. Somebody else that can give him some buckets. So I think them getting a high profile two or a wing would be. So you got to give up Julius and probably.
Starting point is 00:58:56 Damn, the real JR. Let him go. Let him go, bro. He got to fly. Yeah. I wouldn't even want to come back if they made it to the conference finals. Because if you come back and fuck up what they had going on. He got to fly. Yeah. I wouldn't even want to come back if they made it to, like, the conference finals. Because if you come back and fuck up what they had going on. They going to hate.
Starting point is 00:59:10 Don't worry. They going to get you the fuck about it. It's like when Melo came back with Jeremy Lin. Niggas was hot. Oh, God, bro. When Melo first came back. I'm like, nigga, are y'all serious? Nigga, this is shit.
Starting point is 00:59:19 It's fake. Yeah. It's not real. I'm telling my nigga, you're the reason why the ball stops. Yeah, like, but like, nigga. I was like, damn. I'm like, this Jeremy Lin shit is fake. This is not real. This is not about nigga, you're the reason why the ball stops. Yeah, like, but like, nigga, I'm like, this Jeremy Lin shit is fake. This is not real.
Starting point is 00:59:27 This is not about the last. Y'all mad at Mello? I'm Carmelo Anthony. Y'all telling me I need to listen to Jeremy Lin is insane. Swear to God. That is crazy.
Starting point is 00:59:35 I love Knicks fans. They're the most ridiculous people ever. What they did to them in B jerseys is so crazy. I just love that Jeremy Lin run, though, bro. It was entertaining.
Starting point is 00:59:44 I know it was bullshit for y'all because y'all was in the league. Nah, I was part of that run. Yeah, but I'm saying, though, bro. It was entertaining. I know it was bullshit for y'all because y'all was in the league. Nah, I was part of that run. Yeah, but I'm saying, though, like... It was Darren Williams' fault. That was funny, though, how that shit just ran and then it just stopped, bro, out of nowhere. Like... Reality kicked back in. And Jeremy Lin was still a good player. Yeah. But he wasn't that good.
Starting point is 01:00:00 He was going on a tear. I said, bro, the NBA ain't fake. He was fucking shit on. I'm like, this nigga can't even dribble his left hand. How is he killing us like this? What the fuck is going on? He was out of body, too. This nigga is with God.
Starting point is 01:00:13 For real, bro. God is on his shoulder right now when he's shooting these shots, bro. Shout out to Jalen. He had a few good years after that on the league. Nah, he's a good player. Yeah. He was a hell of a backup in Charlotte yeah
Starting point is 01:00:25 shout out to J. Lynn the fact he got that run in New York just seemed like some movie shit it was a movie it was a movie for real bro and then when he came back
Starting point is 01:00:35 Melo was back when we played him and I just remember people was just like really mad that Melo came back like on fuck up shit I was like
Starting point is 01:00:43 oh they was pissed before nah I didn't know that I didn't know they was mad like on the comeback of Melo I thought they was mad yeah when Meloello came back like on fuck up shit I was like oh they was pissed before nah I didn't know that I didn't know they was mad like on the comeback of Mello I thought they was mad yeah when Mello first came back it was just like why is he like
Starting point is 01:00:51 like he in Germany yeah like he's holding him back cause I remember they told that nigga you're the reason why the ball stopped he starts snapping
Starting point is 01:00:59 on motherfuckers this fuck you this my team like nigga why are y'all really they was on like a win streak though they was bro
Starting point is 01:01:07 yeah and then he came back and it was like don't fuck this up yeah I didn't know the hate started right then though I don't know if it started right then
Starting point is 01:01:14 but it was definitely some hate though and I as Carmelo Anthony first ballot hall of famer who the fuck are y'all talking to facts bro
Starting point is 01:01:22 I was like I was amazed like what y'all talking to? Facts, bro. I was like, I was amazed. Like, what? Y'all think this shit is real? Bro, I didn't know what the league was turning into. I said, they done went and found a motherfucker. Chinatown.
Starting point is 01:01:37 He had that bitch lit, bro. Stands, backpacked. His run was more important than, like, Damn near anything That ever happened in basketball Besides like Larry Bird and them Cause he like changed everything Like him and Yao Ming Yeah They changed everything for like
Starting point is 01:01:54 The NBA really Internationally Yeah like when it come to China Like China I don't know where they at with China now But before the shit happened Yeah before that happened China was
Starting point is 01:02:05 that was an NBA hub like and they had it booming I'm like damn what was y'all going out there for Adidas tour I went out there for everything they're like do you know Jeremy Lin I'm like yeah I know Jeremy Lin can you call him no I can't call him
Starting point is 01:02:21 but I know him do you know Tracy McGrady yeah I was like y'all mean Tracy McGrady? Yeah, yeah. They was like, you come back again. I was like, y'all mean Tracy McGrady and Jeremy Lin, bro. They was the biggest names. I'm like, bro,
Starting point is 01:02:30 y'all crazy? I don't know. I mean, I should take that back. The Redeem team and all that shit made it big too. No, I understand
Starting point is 01:02:36 what you're saying, but that's one nigga though, bro. He gave all them hope, bro. Yeah. Him and y'all mean gave them hope. That's funny as hell. Niggas are trying'all Mean gave them hope. That's funny, too. Niggas are trying to rock their jerseys.
Starting point is 01:02:47 That shit was platinum. The T-bag jersey was platinum over there. Platinum. And the Y'all. And the Y'all was different. Yeah, Y'all was out of pocket. Y'all. That's when I was like, all right, these are all-star balances.
Starting point is 01:02:57 Full gazing. Same, bro. I know Jeremy Lin probably was on the all-star teams. And they cheated him. Yeah. I know. Who, Jeremy Lin? They probably supposed tostar teams. They cheated him. Yeah. Who, Jeremy Lin? They probably supposed
Starting point is 01:03:06 to make him when you're winning. Yeah. Bro, if they had all the real votes that they should have counted, nigga, he would have been the first.
Starting point is 01:03:13 In today's climate, with social media, Jeremy Lin would be starting the all-star game. Off the dribble, bro. Oh, yeah. They definitely, they definitely,
Starting point is 01:03:20 I know they had to change that because of Jeremy Lin. Because he would have won all-star votes. Hell, yeah, bro. That Lin Sanity shit, bro, they definitely. I know they had to change that because of Jeremy Lin. Because he would have won all-star votes. Hell yeah, bro. That Lin Sanity shit, bro, was nuts. Bro, and especially how they do it now, how you can count with retweets and stuff, bro.
Starting point is 01:03:33 He would have been starting all-star every year. Nigga would have started no game in the regular season, but all-star game right there. They had to change it. Like, you can't be all fan votes. They had to change it, bro. He would have started. Fans don't need that much power, bro.
Starting point is 01:03:45 Tell the niggas they vote don't count. It's crazy. They do it all the time, bro. Shout out to Florida. Anyway. And on that note, be here and tell the people they can get some merch at. ShopClub520.com, baby. Yeah, you know what I'm saying?
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