Gil's Arena - Gil's Arena Reacts To Cade's DEVASTATING Injury

Episode Date: March 19, 2026

Gil's Arena Reacts To Cade Cunningham's DEVASTATING Injury as Gilbert Arenas & The Gil's Arena Crew react to Cade Cunningham going down with a collapsed lung that will keep the Detroit Pistons superstar out for potentially the remainder of the NBA Season and discuss what this injury means for the top seeded team in the East & their MVP Favorite. They then celebrate another win for the Los Angeles Lakers as Luka Doncic, LeBron James and the rest of the Lake Show got back to back wins against the Houston Rockets to push their winning streak to 7 games and discuss how dangerous this Lakers team will be heading into NBA Playoffs. Next, they react to Giannis Antetokounmpo & The Milwaukee Bucks engaging in more drama as the Greek Freak reportedly refused to sit out the rest of the NBA Season after the team requested their franchise superstar to shut it down and debate if this is the final straw that will finally encourage the Bucks to trade Giannis. Finally, they react to Joel Embiid officially missing more games in his NBA Career than he played and debate where the Philadelphia 76ers big man ranks amongst NBA Centers before reacting to Anthony Edwards going down with a knee injury, discussing if this injury will limit the Minnesota Timberwolves chances in the NBA Playoffs. PLEASE Give us a LIKE and SUBSCRIBE!! Today's Gil's Arena Crew : Gilbert Arenas, Josiah Johnson, Brandon Jennings, Swaggy P, & Kenyon Martin Gil's Arena premieres every Wednesday & Thursday at 11:30am PT / 2:30pm ET. Sign up for Underdog HERE with promo code GIL and play $5 to get $50 in bonus funds or bonus entries https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-gi... SUBSCRIBE:    / @thearena0   Read Rashad's Blog - https://rawrashad.com/?blog=y Join the Underdog discord for access to exclusive giveaways and promos!   / discord   Must be 18+ (19+ in AL, NE; 19+ in CO for some games; 21+ in AZ & MA) and present in a state where Underdog Fantasy operates. Terms apply. Concerned with your play? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit www.ncpgambling.org; NY: Call the 24/7 HOPEline at 1-877-8-HOPENY or Text HOPENY (467369) 2 Min Countdown 0:00:00 Show Start 0:02:01 Cade Cunningham Suffers Collapsed Lung 0:05:06 Lakers Are Looking Dangerous 0:25:09 KD & Rockets Continue To Struggle 0:46:11 Giannis Refuses To Sit Out 0:55:49 Celtics SHINING With Tatum 1:14:58 Jaylen Brown's Unique Leadership Style 1:31:18 Embiid Has Missed More Games Than He's Played 1:46:17 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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And if you can't watch this show live with us on YouTube, we have audio version available on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast. So you got to start this show with some unfortunate news coming out of Detroit. The Pistons announced that their franchise cornerstone, Cade Cunningham, will be out at least the next two weeks after suffering and collapsed lung. So according to Shams, it's a mild collapse lung, but the expectation is Cunningham commissed the remainder of the regular season. But there is some optimism that he would be back in time for the start of the playoffs, which begins on April 18th. So Cunningham appeared to suffer the injury in the first quarter of the Pistons win over the Wizards Tuesday. When he dove for a loose ball collided with Wizards guard, Trey Johnson left the game shortly after. So Cade is averaging 25 points, a career high 10 assists, six rebounds this season, made his second straight All-Star game.

are making first team all-NBA for the first time in this career. Pistons are also in the midst of their best season in nearly two decades, looking to get out of the first round of the playoffs for the first time since 2008. So, Swaggy, we will start with you because you were sitting in Gil's seat here on Gil's Arena, presented by Underdog Woo-Woot. But what's your reaction to Cade Cunningham missing an extended period of time with the collapsed lung? Oh, man, it's scary. I'm praying for them because when you hear a collapsed lung,

And that sounds dangerous And the ways this season been going for them And balling, you want nothing but the best for them To see him go out at the end of the season It was something just dangerous I never heard of a mile Yeah, that's quarter Nisham A mile collapsed on it

Is it a lap store? Right So that's it But take his time Take his time on praying for him obviously without him Detroit definitely not the same team

won't look the same I don't see them winning just hopefully he could come back I shift over to you Mr. B I wish you were actually in the news K Cunningham to miss some extended period of time with a collapse loan man it's sad news and it sucks

because I already worked to get his team to the number one seed he was having an MVP year You know, this is an injury kind of like what C.J. McCollins had. I think C.J. McCollins, Terrence Jones, and Gerald Wallace all had this type of lung injury. So I'm just wishing for the best for him. It does sucks because he might, so now he won't be in any awards that he can get. So you just pray for him and hope for speedy recovery.

Let's shift over to this side, Kenyon. What's your reaction in the news that Kay Cunningham to miss him extended time with a collapse long? Oh yeah, no, just to reiterate what the guys have already said. Yeah, no, this sucks. Wish him would speed of recovery first and foremost. Any time you hear collapse along, yeah, you just, yeah, you know, it's, you think, yeah, especially the sport that he plays and cardiovascular effect that you, I'm saying, that this is going to have. if winning, if he does come back this season, right? It's going to affect the team in the standings, I feel, their play.

He's been the engine for them, their workhorse this season. And it's unfortunate, man, you put all this work in this season and to be ineligible for postseason awards because something that you're making a hustle play, right? You're diving on the floor after the ball. you're making a hustle play. And how many times have we dove on the floor after the ball? Yeah.

And then there's little things like that and just freak things happen in sports, right? It's unfortunate that he is going through this. Unfortunate that the team has to try to stay afloat without him. But this is an opportunity for other guys to step up as well, you know, to hold a fort down, keep that number one seed. It's going to be tough sledding the last month of the season, of course. But I feel that those guys, they, I'm saying, they've done a lot of winning this season, so they've been a part of it.

So hopefully they can continue that. But yeah, just speed of recovery for Kate. Yeah, so Piston's saying two weeks. Shom's saying, obviously, could be extended more than that. Two weeks will be re-evaluated. Obviously, season is over in a couple weeks. Like I said, the playoffs start April 18th. But, Ken, to your point, the collapsed lung, and obviously I'm not a doctor or expert,

that seems like one of those injuries where you can't really do much on the condition in front, right? You gotta just chill them at the lung recovery and then for him to have to now go back out there. Yeah, I'm pretty sure what B said, octetan, some type of inhaler or medicine that they'll probably try to implement, the speed the recovery up, hypervary chambers, different things of that nature. I'm pretty sure they will try to utilize to, like I said, to speed up his recovery. So no, I'm saying, but we'll see. Like two weeks sounds soon. I know they've been optimistic.

Two weeks for the rear. Yeah, yeah. They're being optimistic and saying, yeah, they go re-evaluate them in two weeks and see where they are then. But, yeah, no, this is something that you can't rush. We know that. It's not a tape job or a surgery that can come. Yeah, I'm saying it's not something. I've never heard the guys playing through collapsed lungs.

Yeah, no. You hear people think. Yeah, this is one of them things, man. Yeah, but C.J. McCullins, General Wallace, they have the same type of thing. Yeah, and stuff in the game, like I said, diving for a loose ball. How much time with them guys, miss us? I said you did your homework. And how much time did those guys miss?

He missed a couple months. With CJ? Yes, C.J. I think Droves was, if I'm not mistaken, drills was in 2009. Terranston Jones was in 2015. Yeah. So, and C.J. McCullins,

he missed 18 games, six weeks. Shit. Yeah, so if history said, if it goes on this injury in history. Yeah. That sounds good. According to the internet, it's definitely the first one.

Seriously. According to internet, one or two weeks for initial healing, though full recovery can take several weeks beyond that. Obviously, not when you want to rush. Yeah, but that's probably for a normal person, right? Not someone who has to come out here and run a few miles every time he step on the floor. That's for normal people.

That ain't for top-notch athletes who you've, you got to get in cardiovascular shape. And he is the engine that makes that team go. So his workload, old, his, is more than most. The average. Than average basketball player, but damn short, average person. Yeah, I don't see them finishing first now that he's out.

That brings me my next question. Pistons have a three and a half game lead over the Celtics for the top spot in the east. 14 games remaining for him in the season. So what does this injury mean for Cade and for this Piston squad as they get ready for their playoff first? They have 14 games left? Yeah, 14 games, I think, is like split between. up three and a half.

I mean, they got the wolves twice. No, I think they, they got O KC. Wolves without Ant Man too for a period, so he may miss both of those games. I need, so you got already upb? Yeah. How many games against the West and how many games gets these?

So we got Warriors, Lakers, Pelicans, Wolves, OKC. Yeah. So five or they're 14, so nine and, yeah. Some winnable games, though. Yeah, they got some very winnable games in there, man.

So I think they still finish first. Yeah, I think they still finish first. Who they playing guard, though? I think they still finish first. Because Boston is down how many games? Three and a half. Three and a half. Three and a half with 14 left.

I mean, you got Wizards, Warriors, Lakers, Hawks. And you got Boston schedule as well, right? Who they got, I mean, they got 14, 15 games left as well. Yeah. Yeah, their schedule is harder, too. Yeah, so that's. But they got. Yeah.

See them last night? Seems. No, it's... Off. It was open. Yeah, they can do it. I'm just saying it's going to be... It's going to take Detroit

to lose some games in a row. Right? And they've got some potential guys that can fill in the void. Obviously, Danis Jenkins is going to have an increased role. He's been playing solid as a Zortama. They built on defense.

It's still out? Man, that team is... And they built on defense, though. That's my thing. They can't make them go, but they built on defense and tough. in that interior that paint, right? So I think that's going to help them.

I ain't saying they're going to do it, but I think the way they play is going to help them. I ain't saying they're going to feel it, but it's going to be tough sledding to keep their furs, but it's going to be tough sled for Boston to catch them with the record, with the schedule that it is and the way they, so. It's kind of like the D-Ros situation. Like the D-Ros went down, remember for a minute, but they were still, they were still in with Nate Robinson and like, they still had that core. But they were like Indiana right now. Like Indiana right now with no Hollandberg? No.

But they still got... They defense too, though. That's what I'm saying. They just didn't anybody lashing like that. They're just playing fast. I mean, even looking on this fortune, they got eight to nine, what I would say, winnable games.

And that's enough to keep first. Yeah, that's enough to keep first. And you've got to think where teams are right now, right? A lot of them teams have been tanking. Yeah, no, for sure. Wizards? Teams are tanking. They got pacing, but...

They're not trying to. win. Pelicans. Not trying to win. Like we said, Timberwolves without Ant Man, but they won their last two games to beat the Suns and they beat the Jazz. I'm just, damn. A few of them teams are not trying to win at all

right now, so you can pretty much, because Detroit trying to keep first, you can pretty much. But you can also just get one. Like, you know, one of them dudes get going at night. Absolutely, but like I said, they built on defense. So they're going to, they're going to compete. One thing J.B. going to have them do. They're going

compete, right, without Kate. and that's going to be the constant message, right? So what's their point guard now, though? Man, you got to do about committee. It's a committee move. It's a committee thing. It ain't just one guy. Not one guy on their roster is going to feel

what Cade has been doing this season. Right, right. Just not. So. The jury might not win more than three games without Cade. You said this shit about you. You was wronged in. Don't do that.

That's a different team, though. Don't do that, though. They got to Paul Murray, though. But they don't do that. Ain't no Jamal Murray over here. But they plan in the east. So if they do fall. But they do.

But they do. But if they do fall in Boston get number one. They do fall to two, it ain't the worst thing. Right. That's what I'm saying. So you've been here all season, you fall to two. It's not the worst thing that could happen to you. Because you still get a back first round.

Yeah, right after going to go out and compete, yeah, I just think, yeah, it's, you know, I mean, you come back to first round. You've got a month right now before the first round start. So. Yeah. Celtics, as right now, have the seventh, hardest remaining schedule. Detroit has the 15th, so a little bit. So, yeah, it's... I mean, we'll see.

Yeah, we'll see. We'll see. They got to do. Yeah, we'll see now. Hey, they got to play the game. That's for damn sure. Yeah. But, you know, like, you go to 9 and 5.

Yeah, that's good. 95 in the last 14 without your dog. Like, that's... Yeah. You got to imagine, obviously... Anything above 500 without your dog, the last 14 is a win. Yeah. Facts.

Both are going to catch them by April 1st. Okay. Okay. Is that your prediction? My prediction. Alright, let's shift over to the K side of it. Like I mentioned, Cade played in 61 games this season. I think it was all but guaranteed to make his second straight all-NBA team

with his name being mentioned in the MVP discussion. That sucks, man. If he can't play at least four more games, he would be ineligible for post-season awards. That's terrible, dog. So we talked about this 65 game minimum. It seems like in a case like this, you got a guy who played 61 games. That's what I was saying, man. Like, a situation exactly like this that I stated.

That's not right. That ain't right at all. Because you can't tell me he's not first team all NBA, man. Like, that's, that ain't right, man, at all. And I've been, I've been saying it. Like, if you end and out, in and out, in and out, in and out, and you missing 20 games here, fit like then, this, he's playing. Like, playing through shit, been dawd.

Like, yeah, I don't, yeah, that's, that's weak, man. Yeah. Yeah, that's disgusting. So he's all right. I mean, he signed that five-year max due. They made all-NBA, so he's still, he's getting... He's fucking with his legacy. Yeah, right?

But now, see, he's awards for the next contract? Yeah, that's legacy, though, right? How many, how many all-N-BAs you got? How many first team, all-N-A's second? Like, that's, that's that, right? It's still first, yeah. That's, yeah, I don't... I ain't rocking with that, man.

Like, that ain't, yeah, because it's... And everybody is affected by bad teams tanking, right? This is trying to protect the integrity of the game. This is what they put the 65 game rule in trying to protect the integrity of the game. And at no point, there's no, up under 65 games, there's no subtype, like subsection A's, B, C, D. Like, if a player has, like, there has to be some type of exceptions to this. It's one of those things you know it when you see it, right? Yeah.

Man, there's 61 games. He's not. He ain't set out because they're playing for first in the east. having one of their best seasons, I think best seasons since 2008, potentially have most wins. Yeah. Since that season,

and they made the conference finals. I'm saying? He's in the MVP discussion. He's not... I mean, but if your owner, probably like... He already got it in Mexico. He already got it.

So he's going to get an all... Listen, let's hear me. Okay. Healthy, he is going to make another all-MBA team. That's not in a question. No, for sure. So the owner is out of, like, like, he's going to have to pay him

no matter what. If Keith, you got to pay him. They didn't dodge no bullets in that manner. Yeah. It's a bullshit rule, man. To a certain degree. Certain teams, if you're doing, like, yeah, you're trying to jug the system to get a better lottery pick and all that.

Yeah, you should be penalized for that. But this is not one of them cases. Yeah. So obviously, I think we've talked about it before, just looking at this situation. Now you've got guys like Jan and Steph, you got SGA who can only miss a couple more games. Joker can only miss one two or maybe one he's at 16 right now so you can only miss one yeah yeah yeah

yeah so you know cold it down to one game he can miss no matter what and if he wants to be in the MVP conversation no matter how he's feeling all right he has to force himself to continue to play if he want like yeah that's a lot of guys teetering on that brinkin guys that have already been eliminated but yeah but if you're like if you get injured you if you get hurt during the season you get hurt man that's just what it is like we can't avoid it right Some guys have avoided injury. Some guys have avoided being out long periods of time throughout their career. And that's more head off to those guys.

But everybody is not that fortunate. Come down and roll somebody's ankle. You're trying to go for a layup or a rebound and roll your ankle. Like, you can't control that, right? So it has to be some type of exceptions to this. It's collapse in the lungs. Yeah, yeah. So you want to go out and try to play and put it.

And die out here. Like that's like that. Yes. Adop for this all NBA team. Like that's what they like no man. Like come. Like that ain't to put that on. Yeah that's crazy.

For real to like collapse long when you think of that that's what? Yeah. I'm on the floor. I can lose bars. It's scary. So we asked the chat should the NBA revise the 65 game minimum rule. 62% of the chat says they think that the NBA should revise the rule. There's got to be something you know.

Yeah. Because there's exceptions to all. Most rules there are exceptions to, right? For some people, for some situations that, so with this rule, you take

common sense out of the equation. Right, you take human thought out of the equation. Cade situation in particular, right? Yeah, you know what? 61 games. was he going to play four more games the rest of the season?

The answer to that question, yes. Within those 65 games, you have to reach a certain crowd like 20 minutes in the game or something like that so you can't just say like put them. That's what I'm going to say. Went out there bitch rolling my day, jump ball foul. This jump ball foul and he goes sit back down. So you can't read the system like that. You actually got to go out there.

But why not though? That's the thing though. So you didn't give me an out in the rule in the club. balls, right? No, I think for, so the count towards that 65. But you put that in though. Yeah. So, but you didn't put any other exceptions in on the other side to cover the player, right?

You didn't do anything to cover the player. Yeah. That could be affected about this. And now we are here once again that something like, yeah, it's just, it's unfortunate. That's crazy that it gets taken away from him. So close to the finish line. So close to the finish line. Had a hell of a year.

Nobody had them number one. Could be come back the last four games. If he's able enough to come back the last four games of the season, go out that bitch and, hey, let's play zone defense or something. Hey, get them as just do. Hey, you got to play the game. So he'd have to return, I think, by April 6th without to happen in their game against. They got the magic, bucks, hornets, and Pacers to end the season. Let's play the game, huh?

So how many minutes do you say you have to play? I think it's like over 20-ish or something like that. I forget what the exactly. For the game to count? For the game. Like, Deven Chenzo, if I'm not mistaken, a couple years ago. That's great. And he was bawling got burned by it because he had been like 29, 30 minutes of game.

But you do that. Yeah, right? Yeah, yeah. So you do that. Yeah. Just, like, just hear me like, I'm sitting down. We played this game, right?

So they put a time limit that you have to play. You have every intention zone playing your, your totality of your minutes that you're, every game, right? Trojojo, you played 30-something minutes. You played 30-something. I played 34, 33 minutes tonight, whatever it was, right? had no intentions on playing anything less than that unless I was on minute restrictions

that you was coming back from your injury. So just you go out in the 17th minute and bump knees with somebody or get need in the quad. That's crazy. The game don't count. Yeah. See, that's bullshit, man.

That's crazy. This is the criteria. But they'll say it's part of the game. An eligible game. It is, but so it should count. So an eligible game is one where a player participates in at least 20 minutes, but there's some wiggle room there.

They can have up to two games where they play in the 15 to 20 minute range. But anything under 15 is usually considered a game that doesn't count. He left that game in the first quarter. It's a part of the game, yes and no. So the game should count. Wait.

So they don't count that game? No, back. He didn't, I don't think he hit enough minutes for that to be in L.A. So that would be 62 for him or it still 61? I think it might be 60, honestly. Oh, yeah. So you know what I'm saying? So you know what I said, right?

So if the game, why don't it count? Right? If you go out there, bitch, and try to play, and something happens in the 19th minute of that game that you can't continue the game, but you're not out for a significant period of time. No. That game don't count.

Like, come on. I'm just a host. I don't make the... I know. I understand, but just... Yeah, I get it. Once you say it out loud. Because when you hear it initially,

you don't think about that side of it, but you got to get it. that 20-minute threshold. Now that you hear that loud, it sounds bogus, right? You did nothing protect the player. All the rules are protect the league and teams and all. Like, that's what that is. Exactly.

Unfortunately, well, let's keep this thing moving. Talking about some positives going on around the league. Houston, we have a problem. Them Lakers came to town, ran off back-to-back wins over the Rockets, taking the season series in the process while holding down control of the third spot in the West for the time being. So after the Lakers win Monday, Kevin Durant was considering becoming a corner boy after putting up just two points in the second half as the Lakers defense suffocated the future Hall of Famer.

In the rubber match, the purple and gold had a 12-point lead at halftime, but the Rockets bounced back in the third quarter outscoring the Lakers 3722 to take a three-point lead into the final frame. So we pick up the action midway through the fourth quarter of that game. So after the Rockets went on a 9-0 run midway through the fourth quarter to keep that three-point lead, Lakers closed out the game with a 22-11 run of their own. Luka was once again ignited by some ill-advaged trash talk, this time from a Rockets fan in the crowd, had another monster game.

Finished with 40 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds, including seven-threes. 26th career game with 40 points and 10 assists. Tied for third most in NBA history. LeBron delivered one of the best performances of the season and possibly his career. He was eight for eight from the field in the first half. It was the second time in his career he made at least eight field goals and a half without a miss. first time coming exactly 15 years ago to the date of this game, March 18th. He finished with 30 points on 13 to 14 shooting, five rebounds.

Slovenian Jesus took over the game in the clutch time with lobs and buckets to help seal the win, including this dagger three. Right here, Jamari Smith grew. So Lakers have now won seven straight games, 10 of their last 11, with five of those wins coming over four of the top 10 teams in the league. They beat the Rockets twice. now on the tiebreaker with the Rockets, Nuggets, and Wolves in the West. Thank you, Kay. I like that.

No, you know, I ain't... I'm not gonna beat me. She's beautiful. You got credit the other day when I was here, right? They're hooping. No, ball. It ain't hooping. It's balling.

It's... He's throwing no look. I mean, I told them it was time to hit the panic button. You know how word he's on me? The button was hit. Well, I know who feel they better. It does you. Y'all probably want to try to get to that.

that Houston Laker match up in the first round. We're not ducking. We want nuggets. They probably want a nugget. Wolves. They don't matter. They don't. Trust me.

We're not really. It's been struggling lately. They've been struggling lately. Mr. B. I hear you. Championship. Struggling lately. Throw it to 15, man.

Struggling. We got the Yogistoppers. His name is DeAndreide. Jamal Murray cooking. Championship. The playoff series? I don't think. Yes, the Lake.

But they're balling, though. Yeah. They're playing well. He's doing no look past. the clutch time. No worries. So Swaggy, what stood out the most to you about the Lakers during the seven-game winning streak? Man, Luca, MVP status right now. Ballin.

LeBron. The things he was doing was amazing. Shit, still catching live, dunking. 13 for 14, man, come on. His only missed two questionable. Look like he got out on that play. Man, they should have been 13 for 13 for 14. 13, they was hating.

But now, Luca is getting comfortable. You could tell everybody's falling in line, playing with confidence. Doing no look passes, bro. Game on the line, Lobb City, step back three, splendid defenses. Aiden doing the right things. Wasn't trying to take crazy shots in the end, gave the ball right back to Luca. And when he's playing with that type of momentum, I think he should move up in the MVP race.

Shout out the Luka Donaldi. You also mentioned DeAndre and 8 of 10 for the field. 16 points, four rebounds. Marcus Smart locking up. Katie, giving up the ball and plus time. Yeah, a total of four remorse. Yeah, I was like, excellent back out. I thought I missed the 14.

I heard if I thought he said, for like, he got his man out of the way to hold him. No, I'm just kidding. You know, Lakers rebounder struggles are white-n-n-hous. What did they have? 40, 10, and 9? Yeah, why is he out rebounding? The five.

Because he's boxing out. He's looking out. He's trying to get that bitch and go. Right. All right. We don't want him to beat Javelle Jr. He tried to, Aiding, try to get the rebound and dribble up. No.

Just boxed out. Mr. B., you said the Lakers previously needed to hit that Panic button. Panic button has been hit. Seven straight wins, won 10 of their last 11 games. What stood out? most of you about the Lakers during the seven-game winning streak? I think JJ Redick.

I think just getting his guys together and them coming together. I mean, it's definitely tough having to coach, you know, Luca, LeBron and all these great players. But I think him right now in this crucial moment of the season, getting guys together and they're rolling defensively. You know, Lucas playing MVP level, AR. LeBron's out there, you know, doing whatever he got to do to win. Mark is smart and ain't there playing defensively.

But the only thing is just their death, you know, their death. You know, how deep you guys are. That's probably a struggle. One of the worst benches in the National Basketball Association that is not. But right now, I mean, you know, you got to take it for what it is. Playoffs, you only play seven and eight in the playoffs. All right. You got one of them seven, eight, 41.

So it might be nine. Yeah. Hey, man, oldest in the mind. They rejuvenated. LeBron Sam. As long as he can do what he was doing over in the corner, playing off the ball, most of the game letting Luke handle the workload.

Yeah, then in the fourth quarter, you bring him and let him... Yeah, no, it is... They're playing good basketball, man. You can't deny it. At the right time of the year, um, a lot of teams are, we know,

are looking towards summer and lottery and certain things, and they hit the panic button to bees credits and they needed to do more, right? And they have been. Yeah, so it could be a combination of a few things, like Brandon said, JJ Redick and and or LeBron going to them and be like, this is what we need, this is how I feel we can be successful, right?

And I think he's smart enough basketball player to understand, like right now, let's let the other two guys handle the workload. And I can still get mine like he proved, right? taking easier shots using that experience that he has he knows how to get open those how to pick his spots

and knows where I'm pretty sure now where Luca likes guys to be when he's going into his dribble package and this, that, and the third and guys move

when he makes certain moves and I'm pretty sure LeBron has figured that out so that's going to help. No, they're playing well, man. They are playing well. Yeah, but I just want one thing from, Lou, I want you to have that same energy, like, defensively. Like, that's all, Luke.

That's all. That's all. That's a valid point. Yeah, that's all. Like, just how, like, his competitive nature is never the issue on offense. Give me, listen, half of that. I ain't, you ain't, you ain't, you ain't, you ain't, you ain't, and I ask you to be Marka Smart, Tony Allen, none of them dudes, right? Not asking for that.

They get a fad. Don't get straight-lined. Okay. That's all. Okay. Okay. Don't get straight line and the team can react to not getting straight line. Give me half of that enthusiasm that you play with offensively.

When someone starts talking shit, other player, fan in the stands. Like, use that as well to get stops, right? It works both ways. If I was elected, I would just bring. Yeah. Bring you that absolute. Every single gang. Right.

Just all them fat boy. Whatever you got to do to hype him up. That's all. A heckler. Yeah. Use a filter. Yeah. A seat.

Right near the beach. Yeah. Just use that. Like I said, half of that enthusiasm. You ain't got, because you're important. We don't each getting foul. We're trying to do things that we know you,

you struggle. We get it. But half of it. And then y'all will be a much, I'm saying, sold out. Like, y'all, it'd be a hike. So we have.

have some defensive statistics for Lucas that I'll break down at just a moment. I don't do that. I'm just telling you what the number is saying. Because you have four or five steals the other day, right? That don't, right? But Swaggy, before we go there, you have previously said that the Lakers were the best of the ass teams. Yeah. In the NBA.

Yeah, they moved up now. They have upgraded. That's all what I do. These lunchtime ballers. They're six-period PE ballers. Yeah, they moved into six-period. You know, they played JV. And varsity.

they go back and forth. Hopefully not on the same day. I don't understand how you think got beat on the same plate down there all game. Back door. Same live for Rui, for LeBron. Is it the young?

You know how? Because it's the same players on the floor. Right? In the clutch, though. It's the same players on the floor. Because they so, listen, that's what, but that's a great, that's him.

That's smart, right? That's them. They're so used to him going and doing it and shooting that bitch in that moment. They all ball watching. Man. And they're thinking the dude going to be stay in the corner, right? They put a different guy over there.

It's the same. You put a different player that it's the same thing. The dude's ball watching. Thinking, thinking he's in the doom, boom, boom, boom, and throw that bitch to the corner. He do him, doom, doom, and it's this shit. Man. It is.

They got the same guys out there. They dumb. Dumb. He's drawing so much attention, though. He draws so much attention. He drives so much attention. It's just like. I mean, Luca previously looked like

A pastor because he had to because he couldn't get a shot, but now it looks like he's more embracing. If he's doing that, man. Katie giving it to the fucking Sangoon. They didn't know what they're doing in the last minute. That's called strategy and game plans, Wally. Houston, they ended in the, that's, how many games they won in clutch this year? The Rock is clutch record. They're struggling.

Let me pull it up for you. I'm sorry. I can tell you. Nobody shot the ball. They were losing the ball at their hands. Yeah, I'm a friend. If I'm the Lakers, I might want to see Houston. Yeah, I want to see Houston.

I might want to see Houston first round right now. Sure. Tell him. No. Hold on one second. I mean, they can get Houston. They can get Houston out of here in five. For sure.

That's so good. Thompson can't guard everybody. Like, that's for damn sure. He can't guard all. He can't guard Luke. He can't guard LeBron and Austin Reeves all together. They got him trying, though. You could try.

He can't do it. You're going to burn your ass. You're going to burn out. By the Brown out there, 13 for 14 from the field. Hey, you keep your, yeah, all that good, right? Yeah. Come over here.

He's lay up, yeah. Go over there and get some of that work. Yes. Go over here and get some of that work. Being fired trouble in the playoff series. 18 and 20 in Clutch games this season. Clutch games, I believe last five minutes within five points is the definition from the league.

Not a good record. That's not good at all under five. 18th based on win percentage in those moments. Do you know who are the best clutch team in the National Basketball Association this way? Who? Do you see it? The Los Angeles Lakers, 20 and 6 in clutch games.

Do you see it? Hey, Brandon. 26. That's really good. We get it down. I did not know that. No. Of course.

That's not what's getting pushed by the game. Okay. That's impressive. Okay. That's impressive. 26. Yeah. Yeah, Houston better watch out.

Houston, Minnesota. I'm searching out. But as much as KD be complaining about the last couple of minutes, he passed the ball. Yeah. Maybe he's trying to send a message or maybe that's just... That's what it looked like a little bit. But let's talk about Luca. You said Luca deserves to be in the MVP discussion, right?

I think that's what he's playing right now. He's four. Should he be two. How are you on him? Well, it'll come out tomorrow. The updated MVP... Come out tomorrow, brother. But Luke have been absolutely dominant during this seven-game stretch.

Let's take a look at the number. So according to Opta stats, Luca's the first player in NBA history to have a seven-game span with 250 plus points, 50 plus rebounds, 50 plus assists, 25 plus 3 is made, along with an undefeated record. Average in 38 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists during the stretch while shooting 49% from the field, 40% from 3.

And Ken, you talked about Lucas defense, so I'm just going to read you some numbers. You do it with it what you want. Also shown improving the season on the defensive end, particularly in isolation defense. So according to a report from Yahoo Sports, Kelly Iko, Lucas allowing just 0.844 points per possession in 109 isolations this year.

Slightly below Heyman Thompson and better than Jada McDaniels and Ogena. Man, come, man, come. We're not going to do that. You know. When those dudes, so, Luca, he's locking up. When them dudes on the ball, every possession,

like, no, them dudes that he named are on the ball every possession. So, listen, they can find any stat to make anybody look impressive and doing anything. Facts. That's exactly what that is. Seven games.

How deep dive research you got to do in order to. You're down a very, very, talented deep with that one. Kelly Iko, talented journalist. He's doing his job, due diligence. Like Kelly down a rabbit hole deep on that one. Yeah, right. He didn't type in so many different scenarios

to try to come up with some positive defense and be like, he's, oh wow. He's talented. Okay. Jada McGa. Okay. That's working. Okay.

How can I get him under one point? point per game per possession, right? Defensively. Like, what words can I use the... How can I make this make sense? Yeah. Man, I get it. Damn. In the last 13 seconds at a shot clock... Uh-huh. What is his percentage against... The Lakers are

with these players on the floor, he's typed in all kind of shit to get there. So now the Lakers trying to get everybody down to 13 seconds. Yeah. Just, yeah, come on. Reading the information, do it. Man, Luke is playing well, man. No, yes.

All right. I just wanted to hear you say this. I said it. But there's also contesting and rim protection. His numbers are up as well. One thing, he ain't been complaining as much. I mean, I'm sure a lot like that. If those numbers are up, I'm sure they've got to do a lot with JJ, though.

I mean, he is. He's challenging him. I mean, he is challenging, you know. Should. So he's in the 95th percentile in shots contested per 100 possessions, and 87th percentile in real. He's coming live towards the end, you know. He's trying.

That's all what we do. He's trying. like when it started coming towards playoff time, like we rise, like, you know, like last year. No, no, no, no, but that's in the playoffs. They had to come up with new camera angles to... Leading up to the playoffs, we was like, if he ended up number two or three. Three, I believe. So if he's closer to 95, then...

Because if those numbers were nasty, we probably would not mention them, but we have to show look at his love. Them clips ain't listen. People ain't just putting these... test is Yeah, it ain't AI, they take game footage.

And, yeah. You try to ISO Luca. Just don't get straight line. As long as you ain't getting straight line, we can

deal with it. That's all. But it increased, I think, effort across the board even. I think there was concerns about LeBron's defense

early in the season. Austin Reeve. Cool, we ain't listen, man. But now those guys look locked in. You're seeing

LeBron do what he's doing at 41 years old. He's going to compete, right? Yeah, we know that. With the golf tan still getting in it.

Yes. But let's talk about Lakers Big Three in general. Lakers big three and their role players also seem to gel more in the past few weeks with LeBron and Austin Reeves sharing the responsibility of being the Lakers' second option during this particular winning streak. So Reeves averaged 24.6 assists, four rebounds during the Lakers' seven-game winning streak, with LeBron putting up 21.6 rebounds, five assists, while shooting 64% from the floor, 40% from three in the four games that he's played during this win streak. Brown has played the last four. How dangerous are the Lakers when their big three is playing at this level?

It ain't them we need to worry about. To y'all's the point. It's the death. You got Aiden. Ain't accepting that he's not that guy. No, the big three ain't the problem. It's what they have around them. Yeah, that ain't the issue.

So it's hard to say if the Lakers are for real. Mark is smart. The little is the problem, though. A little bit. Rui? No, no, that's a big problem. The big three? No, no, no, the big three isn't the problem.

It's everything that's around the big three. Because if they ain't making shots, right? Yeah, but in the beginning, trying to figure out who's one, that was a little bit of a problem. I don't think there was ever a question who's one. One, two, three. I don't think there was, since they traded for Luca Donchich, there has not been a question who was number one. Yeah, right? Yeah.

Ain't been the question. In our minds, but in spite somebody else in mind. In reality. Who? Yeah. So there's y'all mind and there's reality, right? Like the king probably thought he was still number one. But there were, I mean, the Bron missed those games, Reeves stepped up big.

Like he should have. He's the number two. And then when Luca went down, Austin Reeves went out there, bitch, what, 44, 45, 54, 1? It was that, right? So that's what number two is supposed to do when the main guy is out. When all three were together previously, it was issues, right? They figured it out now. Who's on the ball?

They figured it out now. They have enough time to. A lot of it was their defense too. Yeah. That as well. That had a lot to do with it. Effort, defense, complaining, not getting back. All of those things compound.

Not buying the JJ Reddick's? Yeah, so all of that is a thing, man. They're not for real yet. Like, I think next year you guys are still in the Fugazi Ranch? Yeah, I think this year is a Fugazi year, but then next year. A playoff series win in the cards? If y'all see Denver, I don't know. But somebody.

We've had no problem with the next year. Yeah, I don't think we're worried about them. I think Luca formed one as a Laker again. Anybody behind us, we're not really worried about. It's the two teams in front of. I guarantee right now. It's the two teams in front of us. How far are you guys out a second?

No, that's not. Oh, it's not happening? I don't think that's a realistic conversation. But anything is possible. This is Los Angeles. We're going to put up right now. Seven games behind the Spurs. God damn.

We're not worried about it. You're not worried about second. Yeah, so yeah. So, yeah. So, yeah. We'll see. I better get the three. Get the three.

Get home. Get your first round at home. Get the three, play six. We play them. Currently the Nuggets, but there's still some... Easy. You said easy? Y'all better get to 40.

Yeah. Hey. Y'all better get the four. It's just different. The Lakers need to see Houston first round. Four five, baby. That's your best bet. I think they want that for sure.

Four five, your best bet. Lakers, Houston first round. Four, five, y'all four, your best bet. First round. The Lakers and missed six-game rotary right now. You got two wins that started with those back-to-back wins over the Rockets. At the heat tonight. Then at the Magic.

Then at the Pistons, who are now. LeBron. Without Kay Cunningham. Then at the Pacers. Those are all games. It's an interesting stretch here. So I'll just read the next game. So at the heat, at the Magic, at Pistons, at Pacers.

Then home games versus the Nets, Wizards, and then Cavs. Then they got OKC. Oh, man. They got, listen, they can go on a 10 games. Yeah. At the right time. Perfect. Let's shift over to the Rocket Side quickly.

Western Conference finals, baby. You see that in your future? I see it. It's not completely unexposed. I wouldn't be shocked by it. Let's move over to Rocket Side. So Alper and Shangoon, 27 points in 10 assists for the Rockets.

And his return after missing two games with a lower back issue. Amon Thompson added 26 points in 11 boards. But KD, again, struggled offensive than this one. He had just two points in the first half. finished with 18 points and six rebounds Rockets have lost

three of their last four games dropped to the fifth seed after their second straight loss of the Lakers Wednesday what's the rocket's biggest issue right now when you look at this squad couldn't down the stretch

they're struggling down the stretch is the 18 and 20 in the clutch games that's struggling to get stops late in games struggling to execute offensive of relating games, whatever, if it's for lack of having a point guard, lack of ball movement, lack of play calling,

whatever it is, lack of shots going in. Yeah, they have not gotten it done in the clutch as of this season. Yeah, no, it is, or it could be just one of those late season glooms that they're in. There's a long season, man. There's ebbs and flows in the season. We know that.

And maybe it's just one of those things that they're going through. Still time to write the ship. They've got games to play. But yeah, you know, you don't want to get into a habit of not playing your best basketball, right? You have championship aspirations, right? So that's, that's, try to lean on that right now, right? But yeah, no, it's, and the KD's words the other day when we were talking, right, about, they was asking him about his fourth quarter another day, and the statement that he started to make,

which we assumed what was coming next was him saying to ask the coach. Don't want to read too deep into that. If there's anything there, then that could be why they have been struggling as of late and in late games. certain guys feel they need the ball in certain places or not in certain places, right? So it could be a number of things, man. Yeah. And obviously there was a report, reportedly, KD's burner on Twitter. Just the burner.

Taking shots at players on tables right at the All-Star break. They seem to kind of rally behind it a little bit now, but you're looking at that team. Body language, they showed a shot of the Lakers bench, crucial point in the game. They're all locked in. They found out it was Katie? That was the report. Not confirmed nor deny. I still think their struggles is because they don't have a point guard.

They still need a point guard down the stretch. They shouldn't they have enough time to address? You knew where we have available for this. Point guard, you need shooters. And I don't even think they're buying into what the coach is saying, honestly. But I've been saying it says they need a point guard. Like they need a point guard that can get a bucket, a point guard that can take out a lot of stress off Katie.

I mean, if you see when Katie's a state. successful, he's always playing with a scoring guard. So they don't have that over there. It's a good point, B. Yeah, but I don't know. I think it's spread out? Yeah. So, you know what I'm saying?

That's what's going to be the struggle for me. Yeah, he's toyed junk right before the season starts. I think it's their brain, tell you true. They kind of, I don't know if it's the youngness or dumbness. You got Tari, he ain't made a three. and the whole month of March, April, and still shooting four or five three the game. You don't know what they're doing the end.

You taking shots, you shouldn't be shooting. If you know you're not a three-point shot maker or shooter, you shouldn't be shooting them in the game on the line. Turnovers down the stretch. They struggle to find who's their go-to guy at the end. KD. in a battle with Sangu. It looks like. Tar Easton, we won for 28

from 3 in the month of March. 4%. That's what I was up. Who? Tar Easton. And he didn't. One shoot, 28? Yes.

But he ain't made one in the last, what? Five, seven games? Yeah, what's they paying to go? One for 28. He hasn't made a three since March. He doesn't made a three since March 5th. See, he ain't made a three since March 5th, and he's shoot four games. And he keeps shooting him.

Like, man, the times you. Shoot or shoot, Swaggy. But... Work your way out of it. Fuck. Not on my watch. Not on my watch. That's in practice.

Go to the gym. It's a mental thing at this point. Do, draw the ball to the basket, man. Like, you are not... Let's call a spade of spade. That's what I'm saying. Tarry Easton is an energy NBA player, right? That's what I say.

Is it a mind? He is a guy that's made his name and his career off of making energy plays, extra possession. getting the ball off the rebound pushing it coast to coast those type of things you shot yeah

this is the 3 30s yesterday 0 for 3% for the season you work on those things yes 0 for 3 work on those things yes that ain't what got you your job and had you keep your job

that's all yeah of course we want to see you working on it daily yeah but by game 4 you ain't made one by game 5th Hey, are they crazy? Hey, young fellas, dry the ball to the basket. It's just a March song.

I mean, he's shooting 37% from three for the season, including the stretch of March. So I'm saying like, you know, it just feels like a nasty slump going on. He's gone. That's a beyond nasty. He got to work his way out.

He got it. He got to be on nasty. One for 28. In the month of March? That's beyond. He just, he just shooting. It ain't. I didn't even trying.

Like, what the, it's like hitting the golf. Trying to get your iron together. Just trying to get that iron together. And it's that drive. Yeah, you doing everything. It's just damn. Like, I can't get off the team. Open, bro.

I was like, what the fuck? You know, when you're trying to guide him in? He's at that point now. He's trying to wish it in. Right? At this point, he is letting that thing go and he, hey, and listen, he is shooting it and, hey, old sand go, hey.

Please, God. Hey, hey, you shoot it and now, hey, it's in God's hands now, right? That's the old saying, right? That's the saying it goes, right? Do some, hey, it's in God. You know that. I don't want that. Man, that's a tough feeling, bro.

I mean, every time he sees that long. Hey, he. I dare you to shoot it. Dary you to shoot it. It's like shooting that ball. That heavy ball that you practice. He has to shoot that heavy ball right now. Oh, my God.

Now the fans are going to know. Yeah, that's that weight. He's a big ball. He's trying to shoot the ass. Absolutely. The next one he's going to make, it's going to be like, no, and it's going to go in. It's going to be a bank, too, what? From the corner.

It's going to be a dare shot. He's going to bank that bitch in from the corner. He with us, and it's going to be one of those. Before he wants, but he with us is probably the most disrespectful. Oh, bro, you know how often you hear that? Nowadays, I'm saying. How long as that been going on? That's been going on for everybody.

That's been going on. That's the same thing, yo. On the bent. Let them shoot. Let them shoot and do that. Turn their back. Only certain dudes can do it during the game. Like, you're diabolical.

If you're playing and somebody doing you, like, it's mostly come from the bench. Yeah. Right? You, and I can only imagine now that most of the dudes hang out over there and at the corner? Oh, listen, man. There's no way. It would have been plenty of fights. Back in there.

You hang out in that corner two minutes. And Tyra, you won for 28 right now? Oh, listen, you might get hit in the back of the head with the ball, arguing with us. Dog. Yeah, yeah, yeah, no. He with us. He with us? 12 for 28.

God damn. Oh, that's, that's something. But 37% for the scenes, you got. We got some of the rules. He's shooting at Cliffs time. So I'm just saying. I hope April's better. It's not the norm.

It's an anomaly. It's not the norm for him. It's an anomaly this month. It'll be April. Thank you. And Kenny passed to him. That's why I'm like, man. Oh, and at this point now, too?

You just got to get out the way. No, but it's like your teammates see you open. It's like, oh, shit. That's what I said. He's like, no. Dribble out the corner, dribble handoff, dog. I threw it to you for you to dribble handoff, man. Long for 28.

Jesus. And that one was earlier in late March. First day of March. Yes. First day of March. I'm going to be a good one. Got that shit out the way. It's going to be a good one.

Yep, going to be a good one. Shit. You're shooting that, man. Four times of the game down here. All right, well, let's shift back over. That shit, Camiga threw up the other night from three quarter of that. Yeah. It's going to be one at all.

He's going to be one show. He has made as many as that on the month. Yeah, Camiga just launched that shit. Plans 30. It's passed. I'm not what I'm saying, but. Yeah, well, you got a better chance. Trying to pass it to a motherfuckering and he going in and him shooting it.

This I'm talking about he gets 30 minutes in the game. Like, what I got to do? Like, what I got to do? This person's better if he drop, kick it up there. What I got to do? He played 31 minutes yesterday. Mm. I'm telling you all, we could get off this couch.

Isn't it? Listen, that's what I'm saying? You can go one for 28? Yeah. Bro, we can go one for, bro. What? In a month? In a month?

You get 28 shots this whole month and playing. You guys got more than one. You guys got more than one. Some of them just. We hid, we hitting the, we hit, we hit the, we hit, we hit More than one. More than one. Hey, I hit death more than one.

What? Let's keep this thing moving back over to the Eastern Conference. Man. Got to talk about an interesting situation going down in Cream City between Janus and the Bucks. So Yannis suffered a hyper-extended knee and bone bruised during the Bucs win over the Pacers. Sunday did not return to that game even though he thought he could have. With the Bucks ruling him out for their game this past Tuesday against the Cavs, despite Yonis's MRI coming back clean.

So according to a report from the athletics, Eric Name, Buck's leadership has already approached Janus about sitting out for the rest of the season, but Janus has reportedly shut that idea down. So Janus already missed 32 games so far this season, has played in 36 games, averaging 28 points, 10 rebounds, five assists in nearly 29 minutes. Milwaukee currently 11th in the east, six and a half games behind the Hornets for the final playing spot, and a half game in front of the Bulls for the 12th.

The Bucs don't have control over their own pick in the draft, but they are still slated to get a lottery pick. They will get the lesser of their pick and the Pelicans pick that New Orleans traded to the Hawks in the draft they trade for Derrick Queen. So Mr. B, when you look at this, obviously, Janice's ultimate competitor, probably not in the best interest of the Bucks this season for him to have that mentality during this final stretch. With it looking like they are not going to make the playoffs anyway. So what's your reaction to Janus reportedly refusing to sit out the rest of the season at the Buc's request? I mean, well, I mean, you know, we all know Yonah's love of the game, so he's going to always be out, want to be out there. But, you know, from the buck standpoint, sometimes you got to, you know, you got to do what's best for the player and also yourself. You know, knowing that free agency is coming up this summer and, you know, there are rumors that he wants to leave.

You know, if he goes out there and he gets hurt, you know, that hurts, you know, you getting back or, you know, something back for Yonah. And also he's been dealing with a lot of injuries the whole year. You know, the way he plays is the reason why he gets hurt because he goes so hard. You know, if I am, if I am, yonest, I am sitting out, getting my body together. I'm going to sit out the whole summer, not even playing international or anything like that. I'm going to just get my whole body together because the way he plays and he's getting older, it's not going to be able to hold up. And with the buck's struggles this year, it just makes sense.

If I'm honest, I'm going to just protect myself right now and I'm going to just chill out. And, you know, hey, we want to last season, last game of the season, you know, you want to bring Janice and all his brothers and they play. And I'm saying, no, let's do that. I mean, because it could be an opportunity that this could be his last, you know, his last go-around. So, you know, just protect him. And also protect yourself if I'm the box. It's all business now. So, Janice, one year remaining on this deal, player option next summer.

Obviously, if you don't sign an extension, I think by October, right, it would be on the wall. even prior to that move. But let's shift over this side. Kenyon, what do you think about Janice, denying the buck's request for him to sit out the rest of the season? That's his competitive nature speaking. I don't want to be out there with the guys.

I don't want to be looked at as other guys have been looked at prior to me. Don't want to seem like I'm giving up on the city, giving up on the team. But it's in everybody's best interest right now for him to set out. To Brandon's point, he has dealt with a lot of different injuries this season, nagging injuries that he's had this season. Giving his body time to heal, I think it's important because of how he plays.

I've stated time and time again, I think it's time for him to slow down. We know our heart. works, right? He's proven it. Now let's work on something, work that hard on something different for your game, right? Let's develop a post game, right? Let's be dominant

in that aspect. Force teams, the double team in that aspect instead of collapsing the defense all the time. Let's work on some mid-range stuff. Because you worked your ass off, up to this point to be who you are. League MVP, defensive players, all of those things.

Finals MVP, finals champion, right? You worked your ass off to do all those things. Let's switch that work ethic

to something different right now. That will help him. Not sustain some of those injuries. Hyper extended knee, bone,

like that's, you're running too fast. Stop, that thing. You're bumping, you're going knee to knee. You're falling on your elbow. It's a lot of that, a few of those things

that can be avoided if he changed certain aspects of his game. If there's a fast break opportunity, yeah, you take it. I'm not saying like you want to slow the ball down every possession because he is dominant in that aspect already. We know that.

Right? Let's throw it. Listen, let's push it. Everybody, so this is the coaching aspect of it. I'm going to let the coaching aspect, right? We all need to run with him, right? Not for threes. We need to get ahead of the ball so he can throw it up, let him go down, peel, and get a post up.

and we throw that bitch right down to him and let him. It's little situations like that, right? You're still playing fast. You're just eliminating all them bodies in the way when he's trying to run through the pain and somebody stepping in and taking the fucking charge and him falling on him. So it's those things, man.

So I don't know if it's coach. I don't know if it's him. I don't know if his trainers. I don't know what it is, right? But something, let's do something different to help him so he can not sustain these injuries that he has as of late. regular season and playoffs.

Just my opinion. Makes sense, I think what? Yonis, missed 32 games this season, calf growing. I just want one more little thing. He's averaging like 28 and 29 minutes. Yeah, correct. Been on a minute's restriction for a lot of this season.

Lord. Listen, man. It's crazy. Lord. Okay, yeah. Most be all right, for real. But him playing, they still getting their ass-whips so it doesn't make a difference.

A better record, though, with him in the lineup, then they're 11 and 21 without him. It'd be like Indiana, the Utah's, of course, with him, you know. Because he's obviously a different maker, but he could work on his game, for sure, especially for the next team he might play for. You know, he could work on his post-up, could work on his MIDI. The next team you go to, you might can't do fast breaks all the time and do that strong shit. And you're getting older. Everybody, as they get older, they add something new to their game.

The greats do it, Jordan, the fadeaway, the mid-range is crazy. Same with Kobe. All these guys that's been there at the top of their games at the end of their careers, you add something new LeBron. So I think, and if you want to go out and give Milwaukee their last hurrah, I think Brandon Wright, you go against Brooklyn, bring all the, brothers out. Might be the last time they all play together. Never know. But for young, it's you got nothing to prove. You already did what you had to do in Milwaukee.

And another, it's just like it's basketball, man, at the end of the day. And this league is such a copycat thing instead of coaching the players that you have. Everybody just plays the same way, man. Like, it's the same. thing. Let's try to manipulate a matchup in the picking roll. Let's do an ISO. Let's do like let's do these ghost screens. It's all of the same action just renamed and a little tweak here, right? It's the same thing, man. And a guy like Janis deserves a somewhat of a different kind of a system in place for him because he is a different kind of a player, right? Same thing, like, Wimby's coming into his own.

It's the same thing, right? Shouldn't always have to be forced to play in this type of game, right? Because my skill set is dominant. My skill set is over here. I'm different than everybody else, right? They ain't named these dudes the freaking alien for nothing, right? They don't fit this everybody's way of this new NBA of basketball. Their game don't fit that.

So let's help them dudes out with making the game easier for them to continue their dominance because they are dominant. Let's help them as coaching and trainers. Let's help them. Yonis Pree said he's a stubborn dude, obviously. He's a competitor. He wants to be out there.

But Mr. B., like you're saying, this seems to benefit both sides. He's 31 years old now. Not really playing for anything, right? Other than if he gets out there, they win some games. they now drop in the lottery. If he does want to stay in Milwaukee,

draft probably their best route to either trading that pick or getting one of these players in obviously a loaded draft class. They don't have a lot of wiggle room of flexibility. They're not going to move a needle this year, dog. No, I'm saying, but looking ahead for the future. And they're handicapped by the draft from last year,

the Derry Queen thing, man. No, but basically what happened was the Pelican traded that picked to the Hawks. Hawks. So that should be a higher pick. Should do. So then they won't do the swap and then the bucks will just get their pick. Get their actual pick.

But if bucks did happen to jump, they still get something in that lottery range. If I'm on the bucks, I'm not playing them. It's all business. It's all business at this point now. On both sides. I got to protect us because we don't know we need to go into the summer, making sure you're healthy and you're ready to go. And, you know, you need to make sure yourself is healthy.

If you do come back next to. Yeah, if you do come back next. Yeah, if you do come back next year, we want the best version of you. Yeah, on both sides of it. Yeah. And if we want to make the trade and now you're at 31 years old about to be 32 in December.

And you're getting older, so. And another team don't want damaged goods. Back to your point B, if they do move him, we want the best version of Yonis that week. We want that MVP Yonis.

We don't want the damage Yonis. We want the best trade package. Yeah, absolutely. Because his value is already high. So we know what it is when he's healthy. Yeah. Now it's just, you know. Yeah, to your point B, man,

like he plays better. I'm sad the Dane thing didn't work out. It never got time to manifest, I think, in this totality. Coaching change. I just... Too much going on. There's a lot going on. Dame's life, on and off the floor.

Just a lot going on, right? I would love to see that, like, try to... See what it looked like for a few, like them actually being healthy and out there together because he does need that, that other guy. to alleviate that pressure off of him at time, right? Because right now, and over years, he's had to do everything. Does need some help.

To match him up with Steph, man, would be ideal. And there are some reports circulating there. That's very confident that we're going to get a marquee player. It benefits both parties. I mean, he'll still be, if Yonis did go to Golden State, he'll be able to get players to come there. Like, you know, it'll be easier. It's a winning situation.

Because, I mean, Steph will be what? Steph probably got two more years. Still. They both plan at the highest level they could possibly play, right? Do you keep Prozengis or you? Yeah, yeah. He does something different. He's not the floor.

I mean, to make that trade go through you that I'd imagine it's going to be. A healthy Porzenga is not a bad basketball player, man. He just ain't been available. Cani Annanis played a center position now? Yeah, that's what he should. He should. Like, imagine the center trying to guard him.

Should. That's why I would put him at the center. Joel, Embed, plays the five, and he doesn't get any more dominant than that in the half-court. Nicole Yolkich, and the thing is... But I was playing my... Yonis is a willing pass. And if he's playing like a joke or I would put him out.

I'm saying, but Janice is a better passer than Joel, and you put him in them situations where you have to double him in them half-court situations with a five? If he's strong enough tall? Because they don't know how to play post-defense. That's... Now you put these smaller guys under me crawl up on them.

Why haven't they done that? Pressing them. Yeah. Put them at the fire. What about the five? Slowing down. Stretch fives for no reason. Got Lopez out there.

Lopez. Yeah. Hunter Turner. It's in the way, man. I'm shooting a lot of jumpers this year, though, if I'm, if I'm, if I'm, yonness with this time off. I'm getting to that, like you said, I'm getting into that post game area. But, I'm about to start.

Because they don't know how to play post. But you know how much, I mean, dog, day and down, I watch games, man. And dudes play post-D like this. Yeah, that's good. Just getting back down and dude just backing them to their chest and backing them down and backing them down. They just get to where they want to. That's why that's all the playoffs with the Brown, right?

Fourth quarter. Here, go in the post. Back them down, back them down, make y'all collapse. If you don't, I got an easy layup. Pump, fake, pump, bump you, and one. I don't think it's certain teams that made this game entirely too hard at times. They didn't make the game triggerometry and fucking rocket science when basketball is simple math, man, at times. Right. You need to have a lot of football.

some tricks in there, cool, the tricks, but overall, basketball is simple math, man. If I'm taller, more athletic and better than you, I'm going to use it. The closer the basket, the taller the guy, the better. It's like, yo,

logic. You get the switch? Just imagine. That's how they've flipped this script. The taller guys are the furthest away from the basket. What sense does that make? Taking in theory the lowest percentage of Right?

I have more value. Just, which is just like the taller the guy, the closest the basket, the better. Think about it. On fast breaks, they run to the three point line. That used to be. It's easy shot in basketball. That would get you taken out of the game.

They get your hands taken out. Brian Scott, you're lucky you made it. I'm like, yeah. You're lucky you made it. Lucky you made it. Man, imagine that on the fast break. I ran to the corner. You ain't even got back on D yet before the dude

at the scores table. You're lucky? He's like, hey, dead ass with some dudes, you're lucky. You're lucky you made that. You get the wrong coach, he might call the time out. Hey, I don't take the, I don't care if you made it. I don't care if you made it. Yeah, that's a bad shot.

But go get this lay up. Hey, we feel the laying's layer. Fuck your confidence up. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, that's why Jerry Sloan used to coach, hey. Every time. Every time. Dude, cross on the baseline, though.

Hey, you don't shoot it. You get to the corner, once you cross and they throw it to it and you open, shoot it. Shoot it. But you better cross. Hey, that shoot used to get so tired in playing them, dog. You got one of them wings, you go on in Carolico or Matt Harbour one of them dudes. And they just constantly, dog. It gets to the point.

You get lazy, right? You just want to switch it. You just go out of the bed. Yeah, yeah. That's when that come, they were like, man, come on, man. Take that one. Take that one. Come on, take that one.

Take that. Well, yeah, it's that. Yeah, dude, he's just to run for layups, man. But now you got the tallest guys, the most more athletic guys shooting that. Shooting five threes a game. More, really. Like, Prozegas would be out to firing that bitch from 28, 29 regularly. He ain't nowhere near the three-point line when he's shooting.

7-2. Yeah. But if you show him any resistance, like I said, he is going to stop free-throw line. And, hey, throw it here. you ain't getting down on that block any resistant just made you show some dudes and I'm like okay now

I'm gonna catch the ball where I want to catch it and Janice has the strength and ability to do that I'm going to catch this ball every or you're going to get a foul trying to stop me from catching it in front of this rim

man that's how we have to he has as he could be as dominant as Shaquille O'Neal was in our era because these dudes don't understand how to play post-D, man. They don't.

I watch it. It's that, right? You put them in situations, closer to the basket, more athletic, stronger than you. I win. Quicker than most bigs, too. I figured that out early in my career.

Listen, if you ain't more athletic than me, you ain't going to play harder than me, you ain't stronger than me. Just quick on your feet lighter. What are you going to do with me out here? And I'm going to play harder than you And he plays harder than fucking 99% of the guys in NBA all the time. Get ahead of the ball, throw it up, go peel and post.

Throw this bitch down here. I'm a hook dunking. And he dunked that bitch with both hands. So he's not limited, like, certain guys bigs win our air. It only go one way. We're going left shoulder. You throw that bitch down here, we might work on going right shoulder throwing that bitch. That's an emergency.

That's an emergency situation, nigga. I'm getting to this left shoulder. What you do. You're not blocking it. For him, I'm getting to this left shoulder. My counter is turned right shoulder, jump shot. Because you're going to start playing my left shoulder. I jump hook you enough going middle.

You're going to start cheating. Drop step hook dunk. Turn around, jump, right shoulder. You can't get that little touch. Hey, man, you want to go work on dream shakes? No. You know what I'm saying? It was good for Akeen.

It's not your skill set. My skill set is dominant. My skill set is force. Go that right in there. Boom. Bump your ear. Right up in there. Let's go.

Put my shoulder in your sternum and let's see if you want this for 35 minutes and night. Work on that. Now you can. Now I face you up. Now I got you at my mercy. And you collapse.

Guess what I'm going to throw it. Right by your ear to the top of the key. You start cheating in because I'm dominant. Right to the top of the key. Now we got a swing, swing because you're in rotation. It's the same thing, man. It's just line. It's just different.

You put him in a different situation. No, it's real. Like I said, it's simple math. They didn't make it to be very difficult to watch. Right. Well, let's talk about something that's good to watch. Boston Celtics right now. Celtics 5 and 1 in the six games that Tatum has played

since returning from his Achilles injury, 5 and 2 overall. Loss of the Thunder-type game. Tatum is not playing that game, but Celtsin lost by 2 points in that one. But to Tatum, his shooting has improved in each of the last five games he's played, including arguably his best game of the season so far

and the Celtics blowout win over the Warriors in Boston Wednesday. So Tatum put up 24 points, 10 boards, going 7 to 15 from the field, 5, 4, 11 from 3. After the game, Draymond Green had this to say about how Tatum looked on the court. You know, still moving well, still. Get downhill, you know, handle still there. It looks great.

Obviously, you know, coming back from an injury like that, it's going to take you a little while to get your full birthday. back, and yet he can still get downhill. So it looks incredible, and it's amazing to see him back out there on the floor. You're talking about a guy who loves basketball. And they get taken away, you know, so I'm happy as hell to see them back out there. So in six games, so far this season, Tatum averaging 21 points, nine rebounds, four assists, 42, 3, 189 splits.

He scored 20 or more in each of the last five games. and has played 30 plus minutes in his last three games. So can you start with you? Do you like what you've seen from Jason Tatum so far? Yeah, no, it is, man, shout out Jason Taylor, man, just putting the time in and working, believing in his ability and his work ethic to make his way back. And to be mentally still in it, as we know,

that's probably the biggest hurdle is the mental aspect of it, not questioning your movements, not questioning your game at this point. Yeah, man, and to be many restrictions still, still being limited in your daily approach and still be as effective as he has been, it's great. It's great for him, great for his confidence, great for his team morale, and it's resulting in winning. It gives other guys around them. belief in more confidence, right?

You see somebody like that, come back from that injury to want to be out here with us and compete with us, can do something to the locker room, right? It could bring us together in a way that we have in all season, and we've been playing well all season. So this is a positive step for Jason Tatum, positive step for the Boston Celtics.

Swaggy, you know, you're a big Tatum guy. There's a lot of uncertainty when he decided. to come back from that Achilles injury just given the magnitude and how others were performed in that situation came back in 10 months after suffering the postseason. But to see how Jason Tatum is performed so far in his first same six games back with the Celtics. Oh, man. I love it. I've been room for him since he said he might return. If he returns, should he return? He still, like last night I seen he had a wide open lane, didn't take the dunk,

looked like he couldn't take off very, like he normally do, but he still looked good, though. You know, he still looked like he's trying to get that confidence out there in his leg. But with Jason Tainham out there, the Boston Celtics look like they could take the east. He looked like that same team from last year, year before, that won and stuff. championship. Him being number two or number one, it don't matter. It's Jason Taylor. And when you got him on the floor, I don't think the other guy want to guard him.

What he does, he could pretty much do everything. Not just him, the other guy is on the court. Payton pitcher was out there balling. I think he might be six-man of the year again. Derek White looked like he's back in his normal role. You ain't got to depend on him to try to be a superstar. He could be a superstar in his role. I think they look more comfortable now.

Mr. B, obviously, suffered a similar injury to Tatum. You felt like you maybe came back a little too soon, kind of struggled a little bit. But to see how Tatum is playing in these first six or seven games since coming back, like I said, he's averaging 21.9 rebounds, four assists. Shooting started to improve and increase as the games go on. And started with that 25, 27-minute range, now played three straight games over 30 minutes. You like what you've seen so far from Jason Tatum?

Yeah, of course. I mean, yeah, I was a little skeptical at first. You know, just because I've had the same similar injury, but, you know, times are different. you know, I'm happy that he was able to come back and the team didn't lose a beat. I think that's the most important thing when you come back and the team is already rolling. You know, you want to be able to stay on beat with them. So, you know, adding him back and Jalen Brown's playing well and the team is still, I mean, they're still champions. So, you know, at the end of the day, they've been through ups and downs and everything for a long time.

So, no, man, when somebody comes back from injury, man, you just hope, the first thing you just hope the ball going in. So now that the ball's going in and he's averaging over 20, you know, he's getting right back into his rhythm. So you can't even can't even be mad at it. Like it was actually the right decision for him. Five three last night. Yeah. I've seen this like five times. Right, this is.

You can't do that in certain parts of that. Like this is coaching. We're in the area. We're so okay. This is coaching organizational things, right? Come back from the injury. You don't bring him off the bench, right? you don't let him warm up

and go sit down. Then go out and want to go like, no, that's, so this is Joe Missoula and all those people, everybody being on the same page, right? Knowing like, yeah, we got to get him going. Letting him warm up for a game, sitting him out, not starting him probably won't be the best option for it. But yeah, no, shout out to the Boston Celtics, man,

for treating it as they are. Yeah, because with them in the lineup, man, deadly. We know that. We know what they're capable of doing. And I think the belief is there right now, right? They've been playing without him all season and still being top two. Kay just went down. Kay just went down.

The belief is like, hey, we can get the one get home court. Yeah. It's a down east when you look, I mean, the pitchers were kind of only... Still got a hoop. Understandable, but... Be, let me ask you about the Achilles thing. Of course, I didn't go through it. Known a few people

that have. When you did, when you did it, right? Did they explain to you like the difference in a tear and a rupture? Oh, did they, it wasn't? I had a rupture mine. So yours rolled up. Uh-huh. So that's why, yeah, that's, so that's, no, because it's a difference. Like, that's what I'm sold.

So this is, no, so this is a difference, right? Hell no. Okay. Like, this is, like, this is the, so it's a different injury. It's the same tendon, but it's a different injury. Right? Am I, am I? Yeah, mine, right?

Mine, right. And then it rolled up. Yeah. Some of it, so you hear a tear, right? It could be a slight tear, it could be a full tear, or it could be a full, or just complete rupture. You rupture, it rolls up your calf, and they got to stretch it back down and do all right.

So, yeah, it's different levels of it, right? I don't know the severity of Jason Tatum's. Yeah. It was on the... Opposite. Lesser than yours, right? Yeah, jumping. Yeah, and it's opposite leg, so it was able to...

But to your point, Nick, you said you saw something last night where he had a dead on age. I think he was a rupture. Rupure. That's what I'm saying. Like I'm saying. I think it was completely detached from the mistake. I'm mistaken from.

So. Yeah. And then. And then they go back in. Yeah. So that's what I'm saying. For him to be, so that's what I was getting.

And I didn't know if it had. So it's a complete rupture. I mean, it's a rupture. And it takes. That's it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

That's what I said. The whatever doctor he went to, the technology of the day is. Yeah. Whatever he did in order to get back in 10 months from a rupture. Yeah. And like you guys always talk about too, so it's the initial injury, the surgery, but then the rehab and being consistent with the rehab and doing it every day. Diligent.

And we talked about Tatum being with the team and traveling with the team, keeping his morale high and not kind of getting into that dark place as much as possible that some athletes tend to get to when you suffer those injuries. Isolation is the worst thing you can do, right? Isolating yourself from the team and people. Yeah, we used to being out there, we look at, we're looking at ourselves and we look in the mirror every day. We, as this Superman figure, right? And when that injury is fucking kryptonite to us. And we did, like, for me, I knew I did when I, that second, when I went through the first microfracture,

then I had to go through it again the next year, like, come back and only play the first two games. Like, I was in a dark spot, dog. Like, put on the most weight I had ever gained. Like, people looking at me, I was like, what's the heaviest you ever been? But, like, you look good at that, what's the ever you ever been? I like, man, I was like 260.

Like who was 260? I'm like, I was 260. What was your playing with? 2.30. So, you know, so sitting in the basement, man, on the couch, right? Literally in a dark place. Mentally and physically, right? For sure.

So you go through those things, man. But for him not to detach from the team, it's huge for him. But 10 months is a, it's technology and work ethic and, I'm saying, no setbacks. So that's good. So just look, I mean, obviously, we didn't know what to expect to say when we'd come back. We knew 10 months was in terms of athletes, other NBA players that had this injury, kind of somewhere in the middle range of coming back. But to be putting up 21 a game, kind of integrating nicely with this Celtic squad,

Jaylon Brown playing the way he was playing. It says a lot to his mental, especially at a time right now. When they're fighting to, like, keep their spots in the East, like, it doesn't matter that the East is down. It's just the fact that you can stop everything and just get back out there and get going, it's like, that's pretty fucking impressive. There's a lot to them, too, as a team, like, they like each other to seem like, for you to go on the road with them and still be around.

Yeah, no, because he is the guy, right? It ain't like he's got 10, right? Because he don't have to go. Like, it ain't like he's got a team. Yeah. Right. He's still, Jason Tate, him, first team five, first team all NBA, he's still him. So you have to defer to that when he shows up, right?

So to your point, like you were saying, Nick, like Derek White gets to go back to being superstar in his own role, like he has been. He's thrived in that role. He's been probably forced to be number two at times since Jason Taylor's been out. But it's worked out. They're in second. But to now to be able to exhale to be like, who's zero back? Hey, hey, we can use that 20-something night. Right.

Whether it's from 20 to 28, wherever he's high as he's been, we can use that. We can continue to defend and do all the things that we have been to be second now. And it doesn't hurt to get 20 plus points a night from a guy in this situation. It does not hurt at all, man. And does this say the thing. I don't want to take it away from what Jason Tatum is doing, right? But we all have watched NBA and been watching and this. And we have our different feelings about at times the guys don't compete all the time

and the defense is down and this and right. Do you, I'm not saying guys are. but do you think they're not like as with Jason Tatum as they could be like forcing him to be like do other things like let me see if he can put this ball on the floor multiple times change directions have y'all

is it like guys going out there way to let's see if Jason Tatum hey we see him out there no let's see if Jason Tatum really back right have you seen anybody like just really like challenge him in that moment like let's see if you can change direction a few times Spurs

Spurs and them young boys I'm about to say That's because he was forced to because Jalen Brown got kicked out. So, I mean, you know what I'm saying? The Warriors that had nobody last night. The Warriors had nobody that could do that last night. I don't want people that I'm taking, like, no, I'm not diminishing what you. But it seems like he's kind of eased his way into it too and he's not really.

He's taking freeze. Still a defensive team. Yeah, pushing the gas as much. Yeah. You know, us, when we was out there, we was going to see. Oh, no, that's a fact. I mean, that's on the scound report, though. We was going to see if he was back,

offensive and defense. Attack that leg. Attack that leg. He can't move. First and foremost, we're going to attack, he can't move. We're going to see if he's in basketball shape first and foremost, because we're going to call if you play three, four, five, six, seven,

eight time down the row. Detroit did that to me when I came back for my ankle injury. They had the guard, me and Gordon off the, off the screen. Yes, I'm like, bro, I'm like, come on. I'm like, all right, I'm like, all right, get my two fat. I see what they're doing. Like Ben just coming, you know, and being... Go grab the church as he's going through.

No, no, no. And you know Ben Gordon back then. Come on, man. He's catching ripping and going. Come on, man. Right? Yes. Oh, yeah, he's ripping and going.

That's right at that angle. That's the worst feeling when they touched you. Yeah. That's the worst feeling on that island, boy. Disrespect. To the point where you feel like, you know, like me. You don't like me. That's why I got cut.

You're going to talk more Celtic. I got cut because I couldn't go to that island. You're playing, uh, okay. You can't go to the island. What? They ran the same play three times, then a stroller, then Paul George talking shit, Nick, you're old now. Yeah, it's okay. That's okay.

It's right. I wasn't in my right mind. You can't hide, Jay. It ain't hide, though. Same play. Three times in a row down there. We'll talk more Celtics in just a moment, but for everybody, brackets out there March Madness, High Point upset Wisconsin.

So, brackets are cooked. And Duke down, Duke down 10 at a half time. To Sienna. I'm not quite as worried about that. I think they'll figure that one out. High point, a low point for most of our brackets right now. But congrats to High Point for advancing.

I see it around the 32. Everybody bracket cooked. You got to fill out multiple and pick all like underdogs in one. Woo-woo. Go abacabba all the way down. Because we was five and we played that's all we heard that jink shit

512 jinx the 512 jink I was nervous because that's not a real 12 seat they do that on purpose I've been my biggest gripe with the NCAA Man SEC yeah that's not a 12 seat yeah they finish ninth in the country no that's not a 12 seat man

they do that shit on purpose they do that shit on purpose like no they like the 8-9 matcher that's not a 9 matcher that's not a love team could have been 8, 11, that 5 and 12 is not a, hey. You both playing at a neutral site and just what jersey you wear.

Their matchups, that's 16 and 7, 11, and 5, 12. The matchups, that's not real, them ain't real, like, double-digit seeds, man. Oh, okay. That shit folks are in, they're in hard conferencing. Right, right. It's a lie that they try to. Oh, so those are the best where you got to go under. Yeah, yeah, for sure.

Okay. You got to, yeah. One. You got to pick up your area, absolutely. It happens every year. lied to us. Oh, it's going to be a 12 win every year. Every year.

Like, oh, it's an upset. We have betting eyes now, and the betterers usually be like, nah, don't believe it that bullshit. This is what it really is. Let's get back to the Celtics real quick. So during Jalen Brown, Jason Tatum's tenure together with the Celtics, been endless discussions about whose team the Celtics actually are. We've had several of them on this couch right here.

But when it comes to being the vocal leader of the team, that responsibility has belonged to Jalen Brown. And that was even more evident coming into this. season with Jason Tatum's sidelines. So following the win over the Warriors Wednesday, Brown was asked about the improvements he's made to his leadership style this season, especially in the area of communicating with his teammates and had this response. I mean, I learned a lot about each and every one of our guys, like even down to like, you know, astrology, even down to like, you know, everything. Like I learned like, kind

of like communication styles that work best for each individual. started utilizing that when I speak to each and every guy. It definitely, you know, I didn't know if it would work before the season started, but, you know, that stuff definitely works. Did you like make flashcards? No, I memorized like Nimi's, he's a year to rabbit. I mean, so like his communication is different from D. White. D. White's ear of the dog.

So his communication style is different. Hugo is also a dog. Peyton's a, is a tiger. J.T.'s a tiger. Ron is a dragon, Joe's a dragon. Niccolo, he's new to our team. He's here to horse. It's here to horse right now.

Each of those have different communication styles. And you can go into like numerology as well. Like Sam is a five. I'm a five. So, you know, different breakdowns. And then you can also go into like star signs like, you know, between like, you know, JTs or Pisces, et cetera. I learned all that different type of stuff.

And I was able to like communicate. communicate the guys in different ways that kind of helped with my leadership this year. This is your guy. Swaggy? I'm, uh... Go ahead, I'm like Brandon. This is your man, uh-huh. You're a rabbit, you're a dog.

Rabbits, dogs? Tigers? Yeah, tigers? What's a horse? Did he say horse? Yeah. You were just enough. Stars, moons, quasars, all those good things.

But Mr. B., what's your reaction to Jaylen Brown, memorizing? his teammates' astrology and numerology to become a better communicator with him. You are queer? Something different. Something different. It's something different. It's his way of...

Jimini? Who me? I'm a Libra. What are you? Libra. I got to talk to you different. It's just his way of communicating, I guess. Hey, long as it's working.

You know, they are in second. If that's how he does his thing in his locker room and they're communicating about it, hey, I'm for it. Understanding wavelengths, frequencies, I'm just saying, there's been mixed reactions on the internet to this clip going out. But to even have the wherewithal to have that attention to detail to come into the season and say, look, Tatum's going to be down. I'm really going to be the guy. I'm trying to figure out waves.

So I need to learn your signs. Learn how to talk to you. I mean, it's a universal, I mean, you know, the universe. You know, so, I mean, you could tell you's tapped in. Yeah. So I respect it. They're probably saging, everything. You do.

Yeah. I'm scared of that voodoo shit Ouija board No not that no not that The crystals in the Yeah crystal The crystals in the stage You gotta get that

Get that out your house Alright let's shift our kid hang When you hear Jalen Brown The attention to detail And learning how to communicate With his teammates I want to know what I have Communication is key in life

But learn how to communicate with his teammates What's your reaction to him saying? Hey To be's point man It's something is different He's a very intelligent. I think out of all our years, that's the first time I've ever heard. Yeah, he's very intelligent young man.

There's no, there's, has never been into doubt, right? His approach to it, I guess, is different. If being second without Jason Tatum is the result of that leadership and doing that type of homework on your teammates and different, things like that, then, hey, maybe more teams to try to implement it, right? I don't know. It is a copycat league.

It is. But it's just a sign, nigga. And I don't even think it's the sign, right? He don't even think it's signs, right? He don't even think it's signed. He went deeper than that. He's what you're not. It's a year to five.

I'm a five, he'll five, we're two, one or three. That is beyond my realm of, like. Yeah, I want him tell them. Hey, and I'm going to see, my, the way I put man fucking play hard bro like do your job

like I don't mind the way of leadership it's different right play hard dog what the fuck you're doing like why you're in diving on the floor after the ball I shouldn't have to think

in those moments how I should say that to you but did you communicate with your teammates the same way were there guys in conversing I didn't care but what I'm asking you

did you talk to them all the same yes because we listen if we have the same common goal out here, right? Is to what? Win.

Right? Win each game we play in. It ain't going to always happen, but if we all have this common goal, who cares how I said to you? Like, in that moment, if this is the goal to win, like, and I'm telling you to do your job, hey, dude, you need the fucking box out. Right?

I shouldn't have to think in that moment how I should have to tell you to box out. Yeah. Right? Like, I get it. That's his way of doing this way he thought he should go about it. This is more power to Jaylon Brown. That's his thing and I'm, hey, moon stars, water. I'm a third.

I'm a three, uh-huh, water, fire. Hey, who? I'm with a three. Hey, I'm with it, you know what I'm saying? I'm a third. So, you know, so more power to- Gemini, it's, but for me, it's, if we all about trying to win, in certain moments, certain situations, certain moments,

I don't care how. it comes out. Yeah. Like, don't listen to motherfucker why you didn't. Why didn't you do it after that, right? Hey, miss a loose ball.

Hey, man, we need that possession. Get your ass on the ground, man. I shouldn't have to. Brandon, when there's a loose ball, would you mind if you didn't, if you gave the extra effort, Brandon, could you please? Like, I shouldn't have to

think about that. Hey, man, get your ass on the ground, we need that possession, dog. And B shouldn't hear my tone in that moment, it should be like, damn, there's a loose ball we could have used as possession. That's like. But you guys have had a lot of team and played with a lot of different dudes.

Every dude don't respond the same way. You're right. And that's the point to why he had to learn. I get that. These dudes in this NBA are, they ways different. They come up different. They read a lot more. The more access to different things,

they are more touched than they feelings. and they, unicorns and rainbows and glitter and all, like, I'm with it. I'm saying? Astrology and they, hey, they're doing a lot of different things that we didn't do. Wembe going to see monks and shirt, like, we didn't do that. So I get it. That's the way they move now. But if we're all trying to win, is my point, right?

After the fact, I might have to come up to you like, hey, it wasn't a to it, dog, my bad, if I made you feel away, but, hey, I'm trying to win. win and we need that possession. That's just a different way of going about it. I'm sure you had a team that's too where that didn't matter, right? Because you guys had that type of relationship where you could... Because they knew where it was coming. Where you could go at each other and as soon as the game over,

what we're doing after this. Because you knew where it was coming from. I do know where he's coming from, though. Everybody is different, though. You do talk to certain people different than... Like with kids, even with your kids, you know, you know what gets this one going, what gets that one going.

So I do understand that one. But to add all that to it is kind of... Yeah. But, hey. They depend on you are five, so I'm going to talk to you like this. But I'm telling you to turn a light off in the house, I shouldn't, it don't matter. Hey, how I took it. Hey, why the lights on in the damn house?

There's a universal way to communicate. That's a universal message, right? Damn, with your sign. But you know, that one's going to turn it off and be sad, though. That's what I said. Like, nice, like, it's always like. It's always nice to be like, fuck them like, all right. And the other one, they don't know, why you talk to me like that?

You could go in and turn out, unplug, bitch. He's like that. So I get it, I get it. But the say it's because he are five and two and you're a horse and a horse, he's a dog. I'm just saying. Rabbit. It's too much, man. Joe, that's, we get it.

Somebody. So I'm talking to him. Oh, yeah. That could be offensive. You're a rabbit and everybody else lying tigers and dogs and you're a rabbit. Like, what you mean? Like, you're the horse. You're going to talk to me.

But you said the horse right here. And the horse, though, but the rabbit. You're talking to rabbit soft in front of everybody. You got to hop. You got to hop around and talk to them. You got to hop around and talk to him. You got to hop around. Don't give it all to them.

Give it one. Yeah, I just. Okay. But I agree, y'all appreciate you. That's hard. The attention to detail to even this offseason knowing I got to come in this season, I got to be even more of a leader without telling him. But it's this new parenting and shit, man,

how these kids are being raised in certain situations, right? So I go down this rabbit hole TikTok like daily, just scrolling. And it's this gym teacher from somewhere that parents email him. He reads off email that he received from parents. And some of this shit, man, is a lot of, some of these dudes going to make it to the NBA, right? And the way that they're being parenting, parented and the message that

they'll be like yeah my son he didn't get as much sleep as he should have last night because so could you excuse him if he seems a little lethargic the day in class if he doesn't do all his school like no he should be held accountable just like

every other student in here right so it's that that's on you that's on certain things man and but it's that right it's Jalen Brown's the way he has to handle of these guys, right? It's that gentle parenting thing, right? It's that I have to be, and it's with

most of the guys, it's a gentle, a more gentle approach. For sure. Which, because I know one person that they ain't getting it from is fucking Joe Mazzul. He don't get haircuts. I can, one thing

to show, two things for certain. They ain't getting your sign, you're a rabbit, a dog, a five, or 27, or a fucking lion from Joe Missoula. He don't come across as that. No, he's the... Yeah, man.

One thing I know, he played college basketball for Bob Huggins. And one thing for sure, two things for certain. Bob Huggins didn't give a fuck if you were a cow, a dog, a whale. Get your ass on line. 51. Hey, you're going to get your ass on this line.

You were 17. A hippo? That I did. That I did. A hippo and a whale. A killer well. You're number seven. Not a whale.

Polo bear. Number seven. Your sign is seven. Is that a good number? So communicate? I'm a three, so we don't... Me in the middle. Both be fine.

So what are you looking up to find this at? The number of the sign, I guess. So what's the Capricorn? Let me see. Number seven. All right. And I just got plugged into this Zodiac GM Twitter account. I'm looking at now.

Oh, see, it's that. Explain the synergy of what's going on with different dynamics, but they said Tatum and Brown are very, very compatible. See, it's too much going on, man. I'm the person I'm thinking about being compatible with in that manner and on them type of levels, damn the woman I sleep next to. Like, like, there and end.

And guess what? I don't want to know if I'm compatible with that. And I ain't got too far to reach because you know why? Our birthdays, two days apart. Man, no, what are he crazy? Shit is 10. He's always on 10. They're crazy.

No wonder. His shit is 10, bro. That's crazy. Okay. That's crazy. Always on 10. Oh, my God. That is it.

I said, what if it's shit 10? It got to be 10. Oh, 100. I'm about to say. 10. 10, yeah. 10 means complete. Yeah.

Yeah, but I'm saying? Like, our birthday is two days apart, bro. So it's... Damn. Join birthday parties, or do you guys separate and keep your own? Because her birthday in the next year. Oh, so I see, okay. We do new years and birthdays.

We try to, I'm saying? I respect it. But her is January 1st, which is crazy. Wow. Okay, so that, ooh, that's... Man. Two birds and one stuff, I like it. Yeah, it's...

Like my son... There's a whole lot of Capricorns in my lesson, dog. I don't like the... My son's the 11, so. We got to do Christmas gifts and births. That's too close. We can't put it together. My daughter 22nd.

Yeah. December 22nd. The double up. And listen, my wife's dad. My wife, dad and my daughter, his first granddaughter, first grandchild, got the same birthday, December 22nd. Yeah. I'm the 30th.

My wife, the first. A lot of money. KJ. a six. No, it's just cap of coins. A lot of money in one week. A week and a half. But you get to knock it out, too, which is the bright side of.

No, you think... But I'm so all in a two-week window and I'm gonna worry about it after that. She had that, my daughter at that age, a nigga, her birthday is the 22nd, and Christmas is the 25th. But you can do the birthday Christmas shopping together, is what I'm saying?

Yeah, absolutely. And then just split it up. I'm gonna get you all for Christmas. It's a fold here and 3-0, yeah, I did. Half a front. And then there was a suck as a kid, mine the 30th, right? And we didn't have that means growing up,

so mine was... This is your birthday on Christmas. You're going to get you three gifts. Hey. Which one you want to get now? Which one you want to get that? Pick a date. Pick a date.

You get birthday and Christmas. You're getting Jesus' day and your day. Yeah. One day. Just give it to him. So much. All right. You know what?

Just give it to him for Christmas, man. Right. Open on Christmas, man. All right. Let's keep this thing moving. You found a way. One last thing we got to talk about before we wrap up for the week. So six weeks ago, it appeared.

Joelle and B. It was finally getting healthy. But things have taken a turn for the worst as of late. Process has missed 15 of the 16 of the six. Sixers last 17 games, including 10 straight while dealing with a right oblique strain. He was out of action again Tuesday night as the Sixers got smacked by the Nuggets. So it's making it seven straight seasons he hasn't played against the Nuggets in Denver after the game in Beating Yokin shared a moment on the court.

And Beatt had played in the game as you can see, I mean Yokkes are playing the game in Beat in street clothes. It's a little tragic even looking at this, but two high level competitors. Like I said, Embed has not played the last seven times that the Sixers are played against the Nuggets in Denver. He ducked him a couple, though. Used to be ducking, but now he just... Now it's just the reality of life.

The man is known. The man known as a process played a total of 485 regular season games in his career, missed a total of 486, including the 164 games. He missed to start his career when he was sideline for his first two seasons with the right foot injury. Never played more than 68 games in a season in his career, and after winning his only MVP in 2023 has played a total of 81 games over his last three seasons, including 33 this season. Sixers have dropped to ninth in the east.

Embed, recently celebrated his 32nd birthday, he's averaging 27.8 rebounds for assisted season. So when he's on the floor, he's still productive. Sixers are 21 and 12 when he plays 16 and 20 without him. So Swaghy, we'll start with you. If you had to use one word to describe Joel in B's career to this point, what would it be? What's his zodiac sign? Oh. Y'all just thought it.

This is going to be here to go to from here. What's your sign? Before he even talked to anyone. What's your sign? So I know who you are. He only played 81 games in the last few years. Jesus Christ. And but played all games in the USA.

This is for the country, Swag. We can't question the man. Civic pride. Damn. But. Yeah, you can. Yeah. You can question their mentality.

Well, I don't know. Excuse me, 91 games I might have got the math. Same difference. Same shit. I know, but I just want to be correct. Same shit, Joe. My math was off. I think it's, I don't.

Is it clear to say it's over? I don't know. Is it over? You're taking the word. You're taking what I'm using. Yeah, I'm saying it's clear. You're saying what I'm thinking over. Like, it's over.

Like, it's over. Like, it's time for Andrew Bynum? It's time for him to be with, yeah. I think somebody saw Bynum riding a bike recently? I don't know where he was going. I think it's over. It's too big for bike. Like what?

Andrew Bynum used to. I mean, if I had to describe one word, I would just say it's unfortunate because, you know, this is a guy who, you know, is probably one of the most skilled bigs we ever seen. He's a guy that was going to be 30 and 11. you know, for his whole career if he didn't get hurt. Just injury just stopped that. So to me, I would just say unfortunate. He would have been in the finals. He would have been competing in the

finals for sure. He's definitely still, to me, a top 15 big ever. But just the lack of being able to be available on the court is why he wasn't able to really, you know, prosper and do the things that, you know, we know that he could do. So I'm

just call it unfortunate. But Kenyon, you've had to use one word to describe Joel and B's career to this point. What would it be? Incomplete. Yeah, because we, you, it's like you, you turn in an essay, right? And where you should have certain punctuations and capitalizations and there's run-on sentences. There's a lot of grammatical errors in it, right? And that's been his career.

Um, yeah, got off to a good, I'm saying, Rock. hockey start, right? The body of it got better, right? But it's just hasn't been a completed season, hasn't been a completed playoff run, hasn't been a completed regular, I'm saying? So, yeah, I would look at it as that. The skill is there. You have heard things over time about his work ethic or lack thereof or does he take this serious or not enough to to avoid certain small if that's a thing right you heard about the way he eat at times and different things like that so there has been room for people to poke holes at right at him at his career and it's unfortunate for him that he's had to go through those things um state of time and

time again we know injuries are a part of sports we know that and what you do to come back from those things are it just as important to be available for your guys and that hasn't happened for the most part throughout his career so I would say it's incomplete yeah because you'll hear about him going on the trips with the teams and he hurt rehabbing and stuff and man showing up minutes before that man Yeah, that's... He ain't played, what, more than, what, 68 games in one? That's the most he played in one season?

It's unfortunate, and it sucks because we had a nice dynamic duel going on with Embed and Yolkich. A nice battle, right? For the big man... And you put Janice right in open. Yeah, because the game was going towards guards, so this was like, you know, the big man were coming back and able to really, you know, look at the game differently. So it's just unfortunate, man.

yeah no it is man it's it's and to Nick's what Nick was asking is it like is it time right is it time to put a bow on this thing and

two strings together throw him up on the on the power line right is it that time right is it that is it that he's not like putting in the work like

no I mean I don't think it's a put in the work and you were talking about this right oblibe string you can't though right that's you know I mean he's been with the knee issues. Now this latest one. There's always something else, right?

So you did, so you're still trying to do this, right? This is your main thing. It's the same, right? And then you get, yeah, it's the same knee. Yeah, the knee done. Technology and. Yeah, but it's just, it's just weight. That's what I'm saying.

It's just weight, carrying around that weight, man. Yeah, man, it's just, it's. He played 31, gang, 63, 64, 51, 51, 601. 68, 66, 39, 19. Yeah, it's a very unfortunate thing, man, to be going through right now. But it is there. And maybe if he didn't play in Olympics, the need would have had time to be in a better place

and some of these other little nagging things that he's had come about. Because trying to rehab and work his way in the game shape, when you're not, when you haven't been in the best cardiovascular shape in the past, right? That takes a toll on you and you start over training and straining yourself in different things

and trying to do things that you haven't done and that leads to other injuries. We've seen it before, so it's just unfortunate, man, that we are here talking about not just another incomplete season with Joe L&B. Because it was looking promising this year, right?

At this stretch, we went out and was playing day in, day out, maybe one playing the back-to-backs, but it played well, right? He had a nice job. He was open. He was open. And nobody wouldn't even saying nothing. Do you hope for like a Kauai season from him?

Like what Kauai is doing this year? Do you think Philly feels like that? Like one of these years that's going to happen. Yeah, he's got to. If he takes care of his money this summer. $393 million extension, I believe that kicks in next season. That's what I'm saying. Yeah, they're going to have to eat.

They're going to do something with that. Yeah. So that's the hope, right? But that's, that's been the problem. Three years in a row. But that's been the problem. But that's been the. a thing from year one, right?

You're one, year two. That's when that whole trust the process thing start, right? Because he wasn't available. Trust the process, right? You're one, the second year. The process, it didn't the process. It's still processing. Yeah.

Right? Yeah, we know, yeah, there's been some pages printed that we didn't process and we'd be like, artwork on this is great. Man. It's kind of like Zion. Yeah. It's kind of like, because if he come back healthy next year, I mean.

Yeah, you keep hoping. But I would just rehab. Like you said, I'll just rehab all summer. Like really, like rehab. Gotta get his weight, got your diet down. Yeah. Diet. Just lock in.

Lock it. That's all I want. Just want. If you lock in for two months, you can play a whole season. Yeah, you got to do it from when he's, there's no need to play from right now, right? He's been out. There's a month left in the season. There's no need for him to come back.

coming to come back right now. Him and Janice both. There's a need for them to come back right now. Work on yourself, man, work on your body, get your weight down. Because the skill set is not the problem, right? You don't need to spend this summer working on anything different

than you have offensively, Joelle. You don't have to spend the summer what we're talking about with Yonis, right? You don't have to work on what we're saying Yonis need to. This is not that. This is the other side of it. This is being able, like, your body

working on that. Asked why? He did. Take them up. Yeah, no. Ask somebody. Just talk. It's a work ethic, man.

It's a commitment to get your weight down and keep your weight. Because you're not a small human being, man. At all. Go visit the monks. So. For real, do something. You want to do something out the ordinary, you know? I get uncomfortable.

Career marred by injury, but when he's been on the floor. Undeniable. Undeniable. Oh, man. Seems promising this season. Yeah. That's what makes people mad. because you see it, you see it.

You see it. Who's being cheated are the fans of the Philadelphia 76ers and the people of Philadelphia, right? They believe in them, they've been alone for this ride for a long time now. Right, and then for them, they thought, they said, okay, there's a light at the end of the tunnel. That's real.

Unfortunately, it was slow moving train. We wish the best. for Joel Lambie moving forward obviously remains to be seeing how his story ends like I said he's got a three year

$193 million extension that kicks in next season Lod I'm just gonna make that but I know we got to get out of here but did that make business sense to them

when they did that because up to that point he has I mean he plays but it's been processed since listen yeah and then when he's out there

you see what he did I get it Man, I do. I understand you don't want to look like he has been that, so we just can't. You can't do what the contract they did with Zion? Like three, but it wasn't, it wasn't weight related, though. You know what I'm saying?

Like, he's had a weight clause in there. He signed that September, 2024. So, how many games did he play that season? So the season, 23, 24 season he played 39 games. That's when they played 39 games and you gave him 100 nights. That's September, the following season, played 19 games. And you gave him 190. This season he's played 33 games.

So you hear the logic in this? Right. And you couldn't put that nothing in your clothes? But he ain't putting nothing. Fuck the claws. Make them tracking. How about giving him the money? Like, no, you haven't been here.

Listen, I'm about paying. Joel, I care for you. Joel, I care for you. I hope this, listen, hope you get right, man. But extension right now is not the best thing for the Philadelphia 76 is right now. That should have been. the goddamn message. Right?

You are an NV League, MVP. We know that. But right now, you are going to handicap us if we do this and I can't afford to do that right now because the fans that are Philadelphia 76th

deserve better. On that note, appreciate you gentlemen. Again, if you or you or anybody you know knows where Gilbert Arena is at, tell him that we were at the studio

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