Gil's Arena - Gil's Arena Reacts To Jordan Poole's REVENGE on Draymond

Episode Date: January 20, 2025

Gil's Arena Reacts To Jordan Poole's REVENGE on Draymond Green & The Golden State Warriors as Gilbert Arenas & The Gil's Arena Crew break down Jordan Poole throwing a pool party in the Bay as he cooked his former team and debate what the Warriors' dynasty would look like had Poole stayed in Golden State by reacting to Draymond's VIRAL tweet apologizing for punching his former teammate. Next, they react to Jimmy Butler's return to the court for the Miami Heat and discuss how much off-court issues impact on-court performance as the notorious NBA bad boy still awaits a trade from South Beach. Then, the Gil's Arena break down the battle of LA between the Los Angeles Lakers & Clippers where Kawhi Leonard gave the Lake Show buckets and spun LeBron James & JJ Redick into a downward spiral where both figures crashed out to the media on the Lakers' razor thin margin for errors as they push to make the NBA Playoffs. Finally, an old friend of the program sparks a HOSTILE moment in the arena as Pat Bev called Mr. B this weekend for his soft comments on Jayson Tatum and the Gil's Arena Crew gives their list of the top 5 PURE Hoopers to ever play in the NBA. Please leave us a like and subscribe!!!  Gil's Arena Crew - Josiah Johnson, Gilbert Arenas, Kenyon Martin, Nick Young & Brandon Jennings Gil's Arena Merch is Available NOW at https://gilsarenamerch.com/  Sign up for Underdog Fantasy HERE with promo code GIL and get up to $1000 in Bonus Cash and A FREE Pick: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-gil's-arena USE Code GIL for $20 off tickets on SeatGeek https://seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/GIL Try Huel with 15% OFF PLUS A Special Gift today using code GIL at https://huel.com/gil Unlock a healthier, easier way to eat with Huel—nutritionally complete meals in minutes, so you can focus on what really matters. If you need to hire for your business and want an easier way to find qualified candidates, head to https://ZipRecruiter.com/GIL to try for FREE.  SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAvjYgmwadC682OoC4Cc6TQ Join the Underdog discord for access to exclusive giveaways and promos! https://discord.gg/underdog Kenyon Doubles Down On Calling LA Hoopers Soft 0:00:00 Intro 0:18:29 Gil's Divisional Round Picks 0:20:22 Gil Gets Married 0:22:40 Jordan Poole Gets Revenge On Draymond 0:26:01 Jimmy Butler Returns To The Heat 0:48:52 Lakers Have No Room For Error 1:16:49 Gil's Dream For The Lakers 1:31:29 LeBron Praises James Harden 1:39:05 Jayson Tatum Plays Like An LA Hooper 1:47:51 Beef Stew Trolls Myles Turner 2:11:21 Highest Scoring Games In MLK Day History 2:25:17 MostlyFans 2:26:24 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Your summer ritual is ready at Starbucks. Welcome back to Gil's Arena presented by Underdog. Whoa, whoa! We are free and clear of any fire dangers. We are back in the building. How everybody feeling? Good. We already did the intro.

Celebrating this lovely MLK Day. They be thinking on the weekend, I like y'all. They said they want raises, Gil. They said they want raises. I like how they're like, we're going to introduce the black men on MLK Day. Right. We had a dream, Gil.

We had a dream. Shout out to everybody pulling up to the show on this MLK Day. We know they're semi-NBA on, but you'd much rather be here watching your favorite show. Gil's represented by Underdog Lil Smokey in here still. What a barbecue that is. You ain't got no barbecue? We're going to let it clear out a little bit. Huh?

Don't today people barbecue? What a barbecue that is. You know what I'm saying? The least you could do is shit. You got all these L.A. people after you, shit. They ain't after me. They start cooking for motherfuckers to make it right. This is not the peas.

Put the ribs in the mock real Don't put a little something on the grill y'all don't know it now. I'm probably don't succumb to threats Y'all know that about me. Yeah, I also come to threats. They say you got a check in can you never Never gonna do it. You can't get on that 10 freeway Guys stay on any place. I had no business last 25 years. They said 101 118 Oh, man, that's now you gotta take my GPS. Don't go that far anymore She stopped me city walking

Hey, but hey danger danger danger, I'm way hit dogs will We got a lot of 90s LA Hoopers all don't apply to you, but if you don't apply to you No applies, but if you don't like me so you so you so you saw I'm from LA you said LA is soft the whole elementary school Fuck those they are known for its LA you was in Ellen. So that's what y'all were known It don't matter 95 you yeah, okay Elementary I was still

La Hooper's are soft. It's just this is like we're just a stigma outside of here outside of LA other places Midwest down South East Coast New York. That's just they play the game how other places play the game Can it compares y'all built on skill? But grunt so they're mad at us. I feel basketball players good-looking man. No Like I'm like, but I just feel like like okay We feel like New York is tough because of like the streets like you know, like that's recent stuff I feel like our plan is no our streets is just as tough as any snow

But John but see that's the thing like that's we're not talking about the streets. I should just tougher But we know that's what I'm saying. So how can we be considered soft if the shit that we got to go through in L.A. just to get on the basketball? What do y'all have to go through? Everything. We have to carry a basketball with us. So this is the difference, right? This is the difference. I can speak from experience in other places, right?

Did you go up in the house? I can speak from experience in other places, right? And how was Texas? Did you grow up in a house? No. You grew up in an apartment? Yeah. Did you grow up in a house? Nope. You grew up in a house?

Mm-hmm. Or an apartment? Until my dad moved here, I was in a nice little six-bedroom. But when I got here, it was an apartment. So it's a select few. So there's not a lot of apartments in L.A. There's some, but not a lot, right? Most of the guys that we think of,

that we think, when we think of, right? Most of you got backyards, to some degree. They're not spacious, though, can you? To some, like I, so let me finish my statement before you start fucking talking like the rest of these assholes out here. A backyard to a certain degree. Sprinklers don't even be working on.

Okay, get your ass out there and water. That's what you got kids kids in the water Kids in the water holes right irrigationals. So you got a backyard to a certain degree Some of these dudes grew up with both parents in a household. They mom got a decent job. They dad got a decent job Listen to what nah, right? Don't put that on all I did Did I say all, fucker? I'm just saying you can't say the whole L.A. You said we grew up in a house.

Did I say most people? No, no, no. All my friends don't got no dads. You got yours. So you grew up with yours, right? I'm a chosen few, though. So you grew up with yours, dude. Your mom and your dad in the household with you, right?

Most, not all situations, but some of the situations that we speak of, that we know of, got your mom in the house, got a decent job. Your dad got a decent job. You motherfucking got a backyard with a palm tree in it or a fucking lemon tree or orange tree in it, and you motherfucking decide to go gangbang. What's wrong with citrus? Right? So this is the thing.

So it's a different street element than growing up in New York and growing up in Chicago or growing up where I... It's a different element than how we look at California, what you think of when you grew up outside of here. It's palm trees and fucking beaches. Wait, wait, wait. Ain't none of that in Chicago, ain't none of that in Texas, ain't none of that shit in New York. But y'all gang banged because of us. It's not gang...

Dude, it's the same thing. We're talking about sports. It's the same thing. You talking about mom and dad in the house. I don't game bank. It's the same thing. Talking about sports. It's the same thing. You talking about mom and dad in the house. I don't know a friend that got a mom and dad in the house. The style of play. Who is the style of play? What's the toughest person from L.A.?

His style of play. The style. Yes. Russell Westbrook. Russell Westbrook. Russell Westbrook. Okay. Paul Pierce. Paul Westbrook. We don't look at Paul. Yes Okay So it'd be it'd be a good way to be your thing it'd be your Westbrook right it'd be

No, no, you're on tell them grow grow grow grow up my era It was yeah, Baron Davis and you count people who was a counterpart of Baron Davis defensive player Kenny Bruner Kenny Bruner bass Santa right you got Kenny Bruner you got Tyson Chandler mm-hmm right Tom Prince Defensive might know he's often gangster remember like what is our press? What's it? But feel like nobody looking at a Sean and being like which is But like that for New York

I think like they turn missing them they're missing the heart name with the who the topic rather from Texas I miss it. Yeah from Dallas. What are you? Damier in your mirror your mitt there. He's missing the part from the other air other than my error We're skip. We're more skilled. So this is what people are missing what I'm saying here. What does skill got to do with being tough? Because how they play the game, you're... I don't know. You can't talk to people that don't listen.

Like when you think of Chicago, what do you think of how they play? I don't think I'm tough. I don't think the people I play against are tough. Compared to Chicago, how they play the game. It's a grunt style of basketball, right? It's a rugged style. New York. The game itself, New's a grunt style of basketball. Right? It's a rugged style. New York. The game itself.

New York. A rugged style of basketball. So they do all that and they still be losing. It's not about... Wait, wait, wait. It's not about losses and wins.

People were pretty boy players. So people try to disagree. We are good looking. I will say that. You very skilled at the game. You have the most players in the NBA. The state does yes and Known as being soft both things can fucking exist at the same goddamn time

Okay, so so very still very good. What we're talking about Gary basketball We're not talking about gang. We're talking about niggas died in the street I'm not talking about that way talking about none of that shit We talked about what's the war your skill have to do with your our style of? Junkers, okay, okay. I gotta be so okay so here to how they look at the game So if you ask the Chicago player, no, what do you think about we can score 40 all day? Yeah, that's how they play They play the style. That's fine rugged. We got in so indoor gym Go that's made it at the highest level versus the guys that's made it from L.A.? The guys from Texas that's made it compared to the guys that's...

And it starts in high school. What I'm speaking of, when guys... When I start coming out here in high... This is 94, 95. Then, what we thought of... I'm in high school at the time, a 16, 17-year-old brain. What you hearing is them L.A. niggas soft. We come out here, y'all got soft, loose light skin, curly hair, this, that, and the third, walking around being a a certain but being a certain way. I got nappy ass hair A lot of Not this guy. Hey, Sebastian, if you... Yes, right? He's from New York, man.

Goddamn. He's talking about the light-skinned, good-haired shit. Not me. Not me. I don't fit. But what we in 19... Listen, man. I'm saying, who's tough from New York?

Like, this name... The style of play, everybody. The style of play. When you think about New York... Like how Mulberry played. Right, right, right. You think about outdoor, rugged, Rucker Park, the other parks.

Bully basketball, don't call no fouls. You think about that, right? How I grew up playing. When I came out here, my style of play, I looked at dudes like, oh, they're fucking soft, bro. Skill, yes. This is 30 years ago. The notion was, who won it in 95?

Basketball? Who won the national championship in 95? You see the short? I don't worry about college. I'm UCLA Bruins, homie. So UCLA won a national championship in 1995. Don't say it, Kenyon. Right?

Don't say it. You know what I'm talking about. Don't say it. We ain't say it, you know what I'm you know, don't say the curl was fluffy, but Who are good? Who's the dudes on the team at O'Bannon and who else known Crip? It's brother. I'll go back on who else first Crip brothers the women So it was like that and we looked at very good But we let y'all let them soft-ass UCLA dudes win it, is what the notion was. I went to college the next year.

I was a freshman in college in 1996, the next year. So the notion was before that, and then when I got to college, like, that's what it was. So the Pac-10 at the time, soft. Conference of Crips. Okay, cool. Known as? The Conference of Crips. Okay, cool. Known as the Soft Conference.

So what did LA do to you? I played USC my freshman year. No, no, in 94, 95. No, I'm talking about... They were soft. I got to college my freshman year. We played USC my freshman year. We came out here and played USC and beat them. That's the first time you played against California

No, I guess my high school for the shake. I'm gonna be with Kenny Brooke in high school. Right, right I came I didn't deal what I did. I know I know just them dudes who supposed had a name I know so what did you think? Did you think they were soft at like because because the perception was they were soft so after you was like did you think they were? Soft or you was like, uh, yeah, I didn't feel no other way, but that's why I said I didn't think that the notion was okay okay all right okay you see how we live out here okay Kenyon said no no I got you I got you I got you I got you okay so when I played against the dudes when I came out in high school all them dudes good yeah but I didn't think they wouldn't solve it because I don't know them to be but the notion was still out there played against him in college and so forth and so on but

it ain't like i came up with mother california salt ain't like i came up with it this was before i even heard of it but ken you could have did something to dispel the stereo speak out no no players see something say something okay the definition of how many how many players do they call from the LA the new world dogs? Who's the dog man, though Was only we gonna keep it no matter who the dog in other states though Like you just name names the dog in other states. I want to know a dog who the dog They were gonna say Jimmy Butler. They're gonna say y'all like that style of y'all Listen dog you direct on Nigerian the style of play. Y'all not even friends? What the fuck? What is he talking about? He's Greco-Nigerian, Gil. If you listen, dog.

He's Greco-Nigerian. The style of play. Hey, I'm saying name somebody else. The style of play. Jimmy's from Texas. It's the style. Jason Maxill, myself, the real author. Darren Whitlake.

Okay, two New York players. Here's two New York players. Dave's a dog. I'm saying he's not. Here, there's two New York players. One would be considered soft on how he played. One would be considered rough. They both from New York.

Lamar Odom, the style of play, flashy, soft. Ron Artest, rough and rugged. That's fair. That is fair. That's fair. It's the style of play, what they call soft versus rough. Yeah, for sure. They want to bang and fuck all the talent.

Let's see who has heart. That's what it is. Dive on the floor, set screens, elbow to the face, take the charges, close lines. That 80s shit the Pistons was doing. So if I'm a skilled player, I'm soft. Say that again. Yes, in their mind. So like the Jason Tatum. So Jason Tatum's player I'm soft. Say it again. Yes, in their mind. So like the Jason Tatum.

So Jason Tatum's soft then. Detroit thought Jordan was soft. The environment that Jason Tatum grew up in might say different. That's what I'm saying. But it's the style of play. I said it might say different. Listen to the words. I'm trying to figure out.

It might say different, right? It's the same thing. It's the same thing might say different right? It's the same thing with what I'm saying Yeah, it's the same thing. Yes. So my Lakers the Lakers 80s soft showtime Gil Boston Thank you, but this skill they're winning chance, but the style is flashy. They think flashy soft So this is we asked it's just a style. We asked the chat. Do you think California Hoopers are soft? Of course 52% say yes, I had me Pull up to our gated community if you think we saw The crossover and you will not get it cuz we got security away. We're gonna be birdie

Detroit Pistons dive on floor Detroit Pistons thought this Jordan was saw here. All right I think about what we're saying and nobody's still the name nobody but think about floor. Detroit Pistons thought Jordan was soft. I hear you. I hear you. Now think about what we're saying. And nobody's still to name nobody. But think about it. Detroit Pistons. I'm still waiting for the tough people. This is the staff waiting to meet my individual people. I'm still waiting for the tough people from other states. Detroit Pistons thought.

Now we're going to go past what I'm talking about. Listen. I'm waiting for nothing. Detroit Pistons thought Michael Jordan was soft. Oh, my God. It's a group. How they played the game. Rough them up. Clothes line. They're not better start Michael Jordan with salt. Oh, my God. It's a group. How they play the game. Rough them up, close line.

They're not better than Michael Jordan. He's better than the whole motherfucking state. I don't know Michael Jordan. That's from L.A. But what I'm saying is think about the concept. Ladies and gentlemen, we could talk about this all day. Don't believe stereotypes on this MLK day, all right? Don't let us confuse you. We about that around here, all right?

Yeah, that part of it, yeah. AI play the game? Yeah, nigga. We ain't never going to come out here thinking y'all won't pull that, let that thing scream. We ain't never saying that. Well, can we have some? We know y'all going to let that thing holler when they...

Holler for what? You know what I'm saying? So we understand that, but we talking about sports here. We talking about basketball. We're talking about, like... We had a bunch of 90s California hoopers about to pull up to the show, but unfortunately they had an MLK Day sale at the Sloss and Slop Prom, so they could not pull up today.

Lucky for you. But here's what's cracking in the arena today. After throwing a pool party in his return to the Bay this weekend, Jordan Poole appeared to take a shot at Draymond. How different would the Warriors' outlook be if not for the punch seen around the basketball world? Jimmy Butler returned to the Heat after his seven-game suspension with some mixed results and an obvious lack of enthusiasm. What's the best strategy for both sides moving forward this season?

And LeBron says the Lakers have a small margin of error due to their roster construction. Will the Purple and Gold make a move before the deadline to increase that margin. Y'all messing me up, man It's tough out here right now We got a small margin of error Can't make no mistakes But before we get all that as always the show is brought to you by underdog Go ahead download the app use promo code give up the000 in bonus cash, plus a special pick-em. As for tonight, GIL has some picks up in his partner pack on the Underdog app.

Let us take a look. You got Cade Cunningham higher, 19.5 points against the Rockets. Anthony Edwards higher, 19.5 points against the Grizzlies. Game going on right now. Trey Young higher, 8.5 assists against the Knicks. And Jason Tatum higher, 19.5 points against the Warriors. and Jason Tatum higher 19.5 points against the Warriors. Everybody rolling with Gil's partner pack? How much you get off that? How much you get back?

Damn Gil 1.81? You bet a dollar you get 80 cents. Just keep chipping away. Keep chipping away. Keep chipping away. Steve you gonna win the other day? Me? Who won the other day? You didn't win. So, you want to hit the other day? Oh, yeah. The hit, right?

Yeah, that's big time. Yeah, that was big. I hit a big football. 43, right? Times 43? 21. Times 21. Yeah, that was good picks, too.

How much you put on it, though? The first TD scores, they really hit. Absolutely. How much you put on it, though? Hey, why y'all say I made $9? We'll talk about that off camera. I don't put no more than $5 down. Right now, I'm like 15 and 16 in my last, really? Yeah.

Last 30? Yeah. No, no, no, no. Last 16. Only missed one. Oh, 15 and 16. So you're 15 and one. I got KD to make a mess now.

You're 15 and one in your last 16. Oh, you said you was 15 and 16. I was a 15 out of 16. Okay, you said oh So if you like these pics and want to ride with them head to the underdog guy That's always on it. You promo code you'll get up to $1,000 a bunch cast long time plus a special pickup So the division around games with this past weekend shout out to you Gil for being the only person in the underdog network To pick the Washington commanders. Yeah We see you Gil give but unfortunately your ramp.

Read commanders. Well, that's that is right commanders. That is not a name that they currently go both above their previous name and only the back part of it is disrespectful not the beginning only the skin over here. Red is fine. Read is fine. Unfortunately, your Rams weren't able to advance to the NFC championship game Yeah, but on Saturday you were perfect 2-0 on your picks. How hurt how disappointed are you that the Rams weren't able to get it done? in Philly

They're not your team The Rams Better get that negativity out your mouth boy Who the hell picked Houston? I guess Kansas City. Probably. I don't see any. Koli Mick.

Woo! The man who broke the color barrier on Gil's arena. You're the only person that picked. Only one that got common sense. That's a good pick, Gil. No, listen, them Rams should have won that game, too. Yeah, they should have. They should have come with it.

I only pick Rams due to the fact where I'm at. They lost by... Two for two. They could have won. They lost by five. So, you're not a Rams fan anymore now that this is over? I had the most wins, right? Nah, yo, Ravens and Rams lost.

Two and two. That wasn't Lamar Jackson lost to into it wasn't Lamar Jackson's fault It was not Lamar Jackson's fault despite the the playoff Lamar Jackson means that were circulating and why doctor? No, I didn't I just grabbed them all and put them all in one place Everybody could see what the rest of the internet was doing to Lamar Jackson and why die gotta be but see that's what I didn't Know brain. I'm a little I had to put it like you say you take responsibility and fumble. It's fumbling interception mark And you can't be doing that so close I didn't know, Brandon. What's your fault? I had to put it on there. Like he said, he take responsibility at fumbling interceptions. Mark Andrews, you can't be doing that so close to MLK Day, homie. No. All righty, dawg.

He said turn it. Oh, DC, y'all see only one hundred. Turn it over to Mark Andrews. But let's keep this moving. As always, we do Mostly Fans. At the end of every show, if you drop a good question, then chat with your underdog username. $50 bonus to your underdog account.

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You can watch the show live with us on YouTube. We got audio versions available on Apple, Spotify, wherever you get your podcasts. So, Gil, you celebrated MLK Day by officially announcing your marriage to the incomparable Melly Monaco with the following post on your IG. You did it. Now, I finally did it, y'all.

Melly Monaco is officially Mrs. Arena. Black glove. Congratulations. Congratulations. So, we got a beautiful ceremony. I don't think I was in the fight, I don't know, but y'all got to go. So,

whipped like a spread gel. She was trying to get the black book. Not yet. That has your exercise in it now. The ink ain't dried yet, goddammit. I can change my decision. So Gil, we got to know, why did you finally

decide to get married? Huh? Why did you finally decide to get married? I know. If you can hide, you can try to set a nigga up. Huh? Finally found a good one, man. See, I said you can try to set a nigga. Huh? I done found a good one, man. I said, didn't set a momma nigga.

I done found a good one, man. I knew, I knew you. I didn't know he was out there. I didn't know he was out there, boy. You got to reverse it. Got to whip that. He pays for dinner sometimes, too. Wow. Okay, yeah, that is marriage maturity.

And I even fake the wallet. So here's a million dollar question that I have. Yeah, that is marriage maturity. And I even faked a wallet. So here's a million dollar question that I have. Yeah, and she wanted it. No, no, no, no, no. Oh, yeah. Did you rent that? That suit? No, no, I bought that.

You bought that? OK, cool. You all right with me? Man, I bought that one. You all right with me? Motherfucker. Because if you would have rented it, I was going to be on your helmet right now. all right with me? Man, bought that one. You all right with me? Motherfucker. Because if you would have rented it, I was going to be on your helmet right now.

Nah, nah, nah. You bought that one. And Gil, not to get too much into your business, but you've told the story before on this couch about fake engagement rings in your past. That was the old Gilbert Arenas. But we need to know, was the ring real? Yeah. Good job, Gil.

Ain't no replacement. It's a new Gil. No, no, no, no, no. See, that's what happened. New Gil, new Gil. She picked her ring. Uh-oh. Picked it. Good job. It's a new deal. No, no, no, no, no. See, that's what's happening. New deal, new deal. She picked her ring. Uh-oh.

Picked it. Reasonable. I'm like, oh, you sure? You can tithe me by five. It's OK. She's like, no, this is what I want. I'm saving niggas some money. Shout out Melly Monaco, Pineapple Show.

I think my rings cost more than her. Hey. Can we get a basketball? That's hustling forward. I'm just saying. You can be cheap, goddammit. I'm a good. I'm a ball out.

I'm a ball out. Fuck what you talking about? You and your morals. I got the shine. I got the shine, baby. Well, congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Arena. Do you believe me? I'll make it official.

She got to bring you pictures. To the bride and the groom. We're in a bachelor party. Ain't no bachelor party. Ain't nothing.? I'll make it official. She got to bring you pictures. To the bride and the groom. We in the bachelor party. Ain't no bachelor party, ain't nothing? Can I throw you one? I mean... Oh, the bachelor party's before. We could do it after.

We still could do something after. How am I going to get my Ds? No, no, no. Come on, man. All right, let's move on. I'm not throwing a bachelor party for y'all to have fun. Yes. That's the last time I get to do my thing, man.

Let's keep it moving. I got to break up to get the bachelor party. Break up. To get ready to go to the wedding. I'm going to get my Ds. I'm going to get my Ds. I'm going to get my Ds. I'm going to get my Ds. I'm going to get my Ds. I'm going to have fun. Yes. That's the last time I get to do my thing, man. Let's keep it moving. I got to break up to get the bachelor party.

Break up. To get remarried. Isn't that what the bachelor party's for? No. The bachelor party ain't the half set, man. It's for reading the Bible

and growing. So let's talk to basketball hero Gills Arena presented by Hunter Dog. Go out there and soak your oaks for the last time. Woo Woo.

Woo Woo. Soak your oaks. You got to soak your oaks sometimes. So the Wizards pulled up to the Bay to take on the Warriors Saturday. And after Draymond Green left the game early in the first quarter with left calf tightness, Jordan Poole hosted a pool party against his former squad. So Poole did his thing early and often. Boom. 23 points in the first half. Looking like the third Splash Brother out there. Back in the bank. And one. So 23 points in the first

half, finished the game with 38 points, five reb five dimes he was a fast 12 for 25 in the field 8 for 15 from deep doing his thing I know something cooking and that is the middle took fans on a trip back down memory lane former teammates but like scorned s look at him look at him. Oh, yeah You're just looking at the white dudes, but see see what okay? They weekend see see if you looked at me if I was on the bench like that all the told me You want me to go get Draymond? Yeah, you wouldn't that tougher Draymond motherfucker don't be Exactly Yeah, you wouldn't that tough a Draymond motherfucker don't be Exactly

My point exactly a great game by Jordan pool, but unfortunately pool still plays for the Wizards which are currently a winning adjacent franchise They suffered their ninth straight loss, which is now ten straight after the loss of the King Sunday But let's get back to this one So after the game, Poole had this to say about returning to his old stomping grounds and how much love he felt from the fans and his former teammates. Yeah, I love those guys over there. I love most of those guys over there. Really good group, really good staff. Shout out to the fans.

Saw a lot of three jerseys out there, a lot of JP3 jerseys, which is always really cool. Always get a lot of love. Spent some good quality time here. It's dope to see it. Appreciate it. Hey, bro, taking it old school, he's still writing on the notepad, the little scribble jargon. So I love those guys over there.

I love most of those guys over there. Probably not hard to figure out which player in particular, Poole, was excluded from that love. So after Mark Spears tweeted Poole's comments, Draymond Green responded with the following. He said, I really am sorry. I thought I was getting sent to it at first when I saw it. I had to click on Draymond's profile about seven times.

Check the numbers. You really are sorry. He said, I really am sorry in response to the quotes. But I got to ask everybody on this couch. Nick, we'll start with you. You played with Draymond with the Warriors. Do you think Draymond really regrets his decision to one-piece Jordan Poole? To one-piece him?

Oh, I don't know. I don't know. Draymond, he's really a cool dude, but I don't know, man. I don't think he really meant to sock him like that. You know, I think Jordan Poole must have had did. It must have been building up. Because I've seen Draymond give people warnings and all that, so it must have been building up.

Did you ever get a warning from Draymond? I would Draymond ass all the time. Draymond. Draymond was cool, but the quiet captain would be going to operas and shit. Big gangster, smart man. You go to operas? Yeah, he go to operas and shit. Took me to a play.

I'm like, man, this ain't the Draymond I thought. No, that's usually the crazy ones They've got this this whole other side And I know one that's crazy barbecues I do too We got their barbecue and make a nice little food like a little chef You remember A little touch on it and shit. It should be crazy. High taste. And then you remember. Tastes good, boss.

It tastes good, boss. Tastes good, boss. Eat it all. Very well seasoned. Got you, sir. Don't waste my goddamn food. Clean the plate. It's something about some crazy people.

Crazy people be having that. Just this whole different side that just don't match the crazy. It's just so crazy. Motherfucker, that's Chef Crazy Chef. Chef Crazy Chef. Yeah, some of the plays I done been. Seen Riverdance. See, there we go.

Look at him. Look at him. Can you wait to see Riverdance? Yeah. That's exquisite dancing. Man. See? I'm talking about this. It's a good-ass play. You need to take the girl, your wife out there.

All kinds of shit. Y'all the boy out stupid. Coaching girls basketball. Fifth grade. Fifth grade. Definitely, yeah. Shout out to Riverdance. I'm moving to this side of the college.

Mr. B. Shit, man. I think Draymond really regrets his decision. Something's just wrong, bro. I mean, yeah, I mean, you guys had a chance to go back to back. I mean, that kind of like, you know, that kind of stopped everything from happening for them.

I mean, you just got to move on from it. But I do think he's sorry, though. Hm? I do think he's sorry. I. I do think he's sorry. I think so, too. He's seen the tape. Let's move over to your side. Mr. Martin, you actually barbecue, too, can't you?

I don't know who that we're talking about before, but you're delicious. Clean to play. You think Draymond regrets his decision? You think him saying, I really am sorry on On Elon Musk's Twitter. Think about the people you punched. I am. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. And ask them how you did. How, yeah.

After you think about it, yeah, I think he, yeah, he wished he hadn't punched him. Because in the moment, don't nothing else matter. Yeah. Right? Except me proving my point. Yeah. Fair.

Right? In that moment, I don't give a fuck what else is going on. Me proving my point to your... Nick, what you said, right? The same shit I said. It was a build-up. What I thought. It's just... you could tell the energy that came with the punch. Yeah. It was a build-up. Pula got his bread that summer. Yeah, so whether he warned him or not, I think he had or whatever the case it was a build-up to it And in that moment it didn't like I said all bets was off

Anything Jordan Poole would have said or did in that moment that day for whatever it would it would end in the same result That day or another day it was going to happen. That was going to happen. It was going to happen at some point. So now that you think about it, like, yeah. So I do think he... So it's two sides of it, right? He proved his point. But then it's like you got to, like, really sit in it. Yeah.

And be like, yeah, I probably took it too far. Because it was everywhere. Yeah, because like you said, I think about the men that traced me great in the situation, right? It was in-game, but I fouled him, so he had every right to react the way he did. So now that I had to think about it, right? I had to be like, yeah, I probably should have walked away, right? But in that moment,

you're not going to get up that, my thing, so you're not going to hop up and I'm no, because I don't know what you're going to do in that moment. Can't we see the clip? Right? I want to see the clip.

I don't know if they got, but you know what I'm saying? So my thing is, I don't know how you're going to react in that moment. Yeah. Right? So Jordan Poole pushing him said you wanted to fight. When Tracy hopped up the way he did to me, told me he wanted to fight. Probably didn't want to, but. Wait. But so Jordan yeah so

in the same listen the same thing so I said only touch you in here he's took a step if he would have took a step back like dog I want to fight you nothing would have happened I if you ask you I guarantee if that man would have stepped back when Draymond walked up on him Instead of him doing this. Oh, yeah, if you just take a step back like doll. I ain't trying to fight you doll It would have been over. Yeah, cuz you're not gonna punch nobody this Because now you feel not he would have felt worse You thought do throw his hands up and you punch him, you're going to feel worse than you did after.

You know what I'm saying? He's going to be real. That apology, people can question it. That dude threw his hands up, he punched him. Now you're really a piece of shit. Right? Guarantee, if you ask Draymond, him pushing you told you what?

Squabble up. You want to fight, dog. For sure. And I'm telling somebody who didn't. For sure. Listen, the way Trace McGrady hopped up at me told me he wanted to fight. He probably didn't want to fight.

But you hopped up in a manner that told me that you wanted to get it in. So guess what? My natural reaction from where I'm going to swing first. And therefore, I could be dead wrong. You know what I'm saying? You could be dead wrong. You see? You could be, but you weren't. No, I'm saying,

but in the moment, I'm saying, it's a real situation and a hypothetical, right? I was and could be dead wrong in the moment. I could deal with being wrong. I can't deal with you punching me.

Nah. You see? But can you, is it more that he's a, he was like he was like younger, you were like a vet? Yes. I mean, Draymond was like a vet. Yeah, so that's what I feel bad for. Draymond, I really am sorry.

He looks up to me, everybody look up, I'm supposed to be here. Right? But I'm telling you, the push told Draymond something totally different, dog. You ain't go... I don't know. It's the talking, too. Yes, all of that led up to it, but my thing is, if I walk up on you,

I'm looking for smoke if I walk up on you. You throw your hands up, like, dog, you take a step back, like, I ain't trying to fight you, dog. I would be a real piece of shit to punch you. Right right but if I'm coming up to you and I'm talking I'm gonna keep Talking shit because I'm already built up here Draymond's built up here, right? So Put myself in that situation right? So if I walk up and he back off I'm like, yeah bitch That's that's all let it be that I'm not he gonna say something

Fight you. That's what I thought you bitch ass. Cool, I'll beat you. If you're not trying to fight him, you got to be that bitch ass nigga in that moment. Yeah. But if you are trying to fight. Bitch ass niggas. Listen, I'm just telling you, dog.

No time for your hooping. I'm just telling you. I'm putting myself in Draymond's situation. Right, right. You throw your hands up and step back. I'm not you, I'm putting myself in Draymond's situation. Right, right. You throw your hands up and step back. I'm not trying to fight. I could say, yeah, you beat us, what I thought. Right?

Mm-hmm. You punk, you beat all, if you're not trying to fight him, that, I'm telling you, man, you push me, I'm not going to push you back. Yeah. No, that's the point. You push him off me? Yes, but I'm not gonna push you back yeah push them off me yes so he thought he was gonna so don't with somebody being aggressive you know the nature of this man you know this man aggressive so get off me so yeah back up instead of doing that you can do the same thing as a man get them for that Punched no

Push me up think you trying to get space you Want to get space to let one off. I'm not gonna let you get that off if I Push it get space to let one off. I'm not going to let you get that off. If I... I mean, what? Oh, no. Push and punch. I'm me, Kenya. That's the East Coast. See, this is my thing. West Coast is push, push.

No, no. It's not. There ain't no pushing. You be like, what's up? It's going to be. It's going to be. In a more non-violent way, right? OK. We playing a dozen, right? We playing a dozen.

You say something about my dog. I'll say something about your mama. Whoa. Don't do that, yeah. How does the dog go to the mama? That's how it goes. That's how it goes. Step stone.

Now you say something about my dad, and I'll say something about your dead grandfather. Yeah, that's how it goes. This is the way Doug playing the dozens go. You step stone. Now you say something about my dad, and I say something about your dad, grandfather. Yeah, that's how you go. This is the way Doug playing the dozens goes. You thought of my cat? No. I think he get punched. I'm just trying to get one up on you.

It ain't even. See, that's probably get punched regardless. No, you jumping too far up. It's not a high for an eye. That's what people give you. I'm looking for it. I push you out of level three. I'm looking for it. You push me'm right you had a level three or you

Know With some people don't want to fight you don't say something Yeah, and I just got a so Gil said well So with some people that don't want to fight a push is for a push and I'm gonna push you back Yeah for guys that don't want to find the depend on how you got a guy that you think or you know go throw a punch Yeah, push it leads to fight. Oh No, whatever happened to this one you want to fight you want to fight yes what once he is you it's on He puts

What happened to the shoulder to shoulder talking in the ear in the circle. There's always. You bagged him. You want to fight, knock the stick off his shoulder. Yeah. There's always this boom. People are breakdance gangs.

So my thing, so. Oh, so and then I got to ask you. So you still want to fight, huh? Yeah. You still want to? You still want to? See, I'm letting you know. Those two people that don't want to fight.

Yes. I'm not talking about those guys. Even if you want to fight, I'm letting you know I don't want to fight. But Even if you want to fight I'm letting you know, I don't want to fight So therefore in that gym and where he was Jordan who were he was if he take a step back Nobody's gonna look at Jordan who different he did take a step back. He pushed it. No, no, no No, he pushed me He pushed for the most part, you don't think your're going to fight like that. No, he pushed him. For the most part, you don't think your teammate

is going to take off for you like that. As a... Listen, man. Dude, that... The energy. I wasn't there. The way he walked up. The energy, the way he walked up on that man. I want action.

He hit him like he was... I'm reviewing the footage. That's like a dude off the street. I'm reviewing the footage That's like a dude off the street I'm reviewing the footage Pulled, pushed, backed up Near the joint But hands down I didn't say he threw his hands up What do you do if somebody walks up on you like that?

What do you do if somebody walks up on you like that? I gotta get my grip You talking about me or somebody else? I'm just saying, in general, somebody won't get pushed It ain't in general. It ain't in general, Nick. I can't put my hand on him?

I feel threatened. Listen, man, I'm speaking on me. If I feel threatened, I'm going to punch you, dog. How the hell you threaten? You walking forward, dude. Who might think

he's just talking trash? He don't think it's going to go that far. Draymond from Saginaw, Michigan, dog. Listen, hear me out. Where he grew up, he from Saginaw, Michigan man. Thank you. That's the water But home of Darby or the water shit. Oh, that's Detroit. Oh, okay Where he's from the neighbor is

I guarantee you, Draymond grew up fighting. Just like LA. It's fucking, last name Green, first name Dray. What the motherfucker, it don't get no blacker. Right? Dude, love him to death, because I understand him. People, do I think at times he, yeah, because I went over. No, no, I think we're fine. So I'm able to speak on this situation

He built on something like grew up fighting grew up a certain way feel threatened throw them hands you you When all this fails throw hands, I know it had to be more than just that day I know it was more than that. I know that I know that Knowing dreamer. I wasn't there. I can only imagine Jordan Poole walking around with his chest out, feeling himself. He's playing great. He just got paid. Got his money. Knew he was about to get his money. He actually got his money.

He was about to get his money. He was about to get his money. It was coming, right? It was coming. So you got a certain aura to you, right? Yeah. So it's a humbling thing. He didn't have to hit him humbling.

Stop. Right? He didn't have to hit him humbling. right? He didn't have to hit him humbling, but part of it was that. Like, people, like, you have a real in-depth conversation with Draymond

about this situation offline, and I get you get the real honest, right? Pull my shirt, like, grab my shirt real hard.

That's what I'm saying, though. Humbling, I just said he didn't have to hit him to humble him. I'm saying it, right? But, you could have pulled up to McCrib. He was getting hit regardless. You could have been sitting at some point. It didn't have to hit him to humble him. You're saying it right? But you could have pulled up to my crib. He was getting hit

It had to come out you could have been sitting my goddamn chest at some point Yes before that year was up. It didn't have to come out. There was gonna be that year if he was signed that contract He was at some point he was gonna do or say something to Draymond and it was gonna happen Let's just for back down memory lane purposes of research education Don't play don't play don't but I'm not saying he pushed me through his hands up. Yeah, he pushed him and Hands are still down. You can't push nobody dog. That's known to have an attitude problem You can't push them to have your hands down, but as a man you can't run up on me either

I'll get that so if you want to fight if you get fired You can't push him and have your hands down. But as a man, you can't run up on me either. I get that. If you want to fight, that's fine. But you want to fight. You have no problem fighting. No, for sure I don't. But what I'm saying is... He's from L.A. But what I'm saying is... Let me fight. What I'm saying is you already making contact.

You doing this, that's already contact. So you're already putting your hands on me. And I didn't punch you. So now get the fuck off me. So just take me and Richard Jefferson's situation. You heard about me and him having to... If Richard didn't want to fight. He could have went he could have backed up But what RJ actions told me he wanted smoke. Okay. Wait, hold on. Wait, wait, wait, can you yeah? Think anybody will you mad look a wrong way that means action

No, no his words and his action said he want to fight. No You said Tracy McGrady got up too fast The clippers and he didn't with my ass like I could see somebody get close not get up too fast I want to fight? I was just getting up fast. It had to be a lot. He had to see something to trigger him for sure. Right, I'm just saying. He see anything that moves too fast.

Yes. So let's move this conversation forward. So both situations they'll be thinking of, right? The Corey McGinnis situation, right? Damn, who you talking about? Show these highlights, man. I'm just saying, look at both situations, right? Can, who you... Man, show these highlights, man. Let me see these highlights. Look at both situations, right?

Can y'all please pull up Corey's situation? Whatever they did, I'm on your side. Trace McGeady's situation. Pull up them two. And watch. Just look at it, right? You're a sick motherfucker. And my reaction is a react.

Like, my reaction is a reaction. It is. Yes, the initial Corey thing. Yes, I Yes, the initial core thing, yes. I mean, Tracy, yeah, absolutely. But I'm just like, I said it then, I said it now. Him pushing, whether he pushed him through his hands or pushed him, if he would have just taken a step back, we would never get to the I really am sorry, right?

But Poole did take a step back. That's the thing, though. He pushed him first, but the force of the push forced him back Don't matter though. Keep you though. If you don't want to fight keep your hands yourself But let's bring this conversation forward how different is the Warriors outlook if there was no Draymond pool incident Or do you feel like it would have happened no matter what? Is better that happened before before you during the season Either way It's gonna happen. It's better than it happened before the season. Before the season. It was gonna happen, y'all. You gotta hear J-Will say it plenty. Either way, they would've still lost to the Lakers in the playoffs.

You don't wanna mess with nobody when they build up, when they got build up anger. You just gotta be prepared to fight. Just in general. Yeah. Like I said, if you can... You don't wanna fight. If you can... Draymond realized, like, I'm dead wrong.

Anybody can get it. Draymond realized I was dead wrong. I've been in that situation where, look, I was dead fucking wrong, right? Anybody can get it. Tremont realized I was dead wrong. Because I've been in a situation where, look, I was dead fucking wrong, dog. So him, none of this shit would happen. He wouldn't have to get to this apology. But we're here, right? And it's okay to say I don't want to fight

if I was Jordan Poole and shit. There's nothing wrong with that. There is nothing wrong with that. I ain't trying to fight you. Trying to give you buckets. Let's talk more shit. That's why you're here. He ain't going to talk you. Right. I'm trying to give you buckets. Let's talk more shit. That's why you're here.

He ain't going to talk. Because your skill. You are highly skilled. I'm just saying, if somebody... Dude, I ain't trying to fight you. Yeah, I ain't trying to fight you, dog. That's why you mad. Take a step back.

Yeah, take a step back. Right. So we agree that Draymond really is sorry for you. I mean, we both had those moments. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's really sorry for that. Because I'm sure right after that moment, it's like, oh shit. Man.

Nah, right after that moment, I knocked that motherfucker out. Got what he deserved. When it came out. When the footage got real. When he got in the back and he got this thing, it took him on his ride home probably to realize, like. Not even that. It took it too far.

No, it didn't. But in the aftermath, pulled this on that four-year, $140 million deal. I'm still lit. Because I didn't bid on that, bro. If I got to take a punch from Grandma for 140 mil, I'll probably do it. You got to stew in that shit. No, that's what got him out of it.

He was only getting like 110, 112. Yeah, he ended up getting an extra 15, 20. No, I'm talking about... I want him to quit it for 20 mil. I'm with it. But let's keep this thing moving. This podcast is sponsored by Huel. H-U-E-L, the world's number one complete nutrition brand.

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So Jimmy Butler made his return to the Heat on Friday after serving a seven-game suspension, where what the Heat determined was conduct detrimental to the team. And Jimmy Buckets looked less than enthusiastic during his starting lineup introduction. We got the video. Number 22.

He started? Yeah, that's my thing, right? You know somebody don't want to be there. You know I ain't trying to be here. Nah. His teammates are trying to get him. So he proceeded to get smacked by the Nuggets, with Butler playing 33 minutes, finishing with 18 points, three rebounds. He was 7 for 15 from the field.

After the game, Jimmy Buckets was asked about coming back to the team after demanding a trade and letting Pat Riley know he will not sign an extension with the Heat. And here's what he had to say. It felt good to get out there and compete. And actually, running around with these guys, as much as everybody may think, I got a problem with these guys. These guys are cooler than my friends.

Some of them tapped in, some of y'all didn't. I don't think I don't know that. My beef's not with them and never will be, never has been. But it did feel good to be out there in place of us. So, he said it felt good to be back out there. His beef was not with the players. He mentioned that some of them tapped in and some of them didn't don't think he didn't notice Butler was also in the starting lineup on Sunday for the heats win against the Spurs

But he had eight point seven assists in 28 minutes of action only took seven shots in that game So question for y'all how much does beef with a coach or front office affect on-court performance? Are you able to separate the two or does this spill over to your own court play? Does beef with a coach or front office affect on-court performance? Are you able to separate the two, or does it spill over to your on-court play? We're seeing it right now in real time. I mean, that's what they wanted. Some people will, some people won't. Some people just want to go out and hoop, it ain't got nothing to do with him.

Some people just like to go out and hoop and it ain't got nothing to do with him. Right? Some people just like to go out and hoop and do their thing and it ain't got nothing to do with who on the sidelines. Yep. And scoring gonna come naturally for some people. You know, when you out there, if you playing 30-some minutes, you obviously gonna make a couple shots. If you... The only bad thing is, like, you don't even know

if he's really playing or not. Yeah, that's the thing. Like, that's the only question mark of it. It seems like bad for both of them. I mean, like, yeah, he playing, but it's like,

you know, is he playing to win or is he just playing just to play? Yeah. Like, that's the... Like, that's the thing that's left with now to me. Out there doing just enough.

Yeah, just enough. That's what I'm saying. So they can't find him again. Yeah. They can't say he... So he can't say he's dead until the end. I have him on the floor

a couple times, jump, shoot. I ain't trying to, they go in and go in. If it don't, it don't. That's what I'm saying. You'll know when the game is closed three, four minutes

and he's sitting there. And you know what I mean? He's not doing what he does. Right? Like, you have to be on the court to really notice it. Right? When someone is literally just checked out. Right?

And they're trying to prove a point where. But that messes up the other players on the team, you know? Like, people feed off energy. Teams feed off energy, I feel like, sometimes. Some of y'all checked in, some of y'all didn't. That's what he said, right? Yeah, don't think I didn't notice. Mm-hmm.

I think it was being funny right there. No, it's just a bad... It's a bad situation. Of course they're going to put him back in there because they want him to fuck up. Like, as long as he's playing to get his money, I want to suspend him so I can keep the money you know I mean so they're gonna keep putting him in a situation just so you

can if I'm him I'd rather take the fine from the league not talking so like yeah you know let me go ahead and pass You know before you say something didn't like see detrimental when to find them again. Those are game chance So you really think they keep him? No I mean, I mean all-star week. I mean trade deadline February Force to keep him cuz nobody's gonna give you anything good for him Because we know every time he opens his mouth. we know he don't want to be there. I'm not going to pay you nothing great

for someone who don't want to be there. But here's the problem. That player change, that main player that they try to get back change. Every time Jimmy

open his mouth. Yeah, we was Bradley Beal. Now we're going Grayson Allen. Right. He be like, now we're going to get you a bowl right now.

Every time he opens his mouth. You be bowl bowl right now. A fine deal open the door. Give you a bowl right now. A fine deal in my opinion. I'm just saying, like, that's the way it is. Okay, we was here with you. Yeah. Anytime Jimmy speak. As long as he keeps saying, I don't want to be here, we cannot fix this.

The urgency is not on the other team. But the problem is, is that even if you don't get a deal done by the deadline, reports are that he would opt in to that $52 million. You don't know what he's going to do. But I'm saying it's still forced to trade. So it's not like the trade market is going to get any better. And now you're stuck in the same position. He's not opting out of that $52.

Hell no. So now it's a standoff, but he's just got to take a bad deal now. He might as well take the deal now. I mean, you don't want him to opt into the 50-a-day. You got to trade him then. Worst value. Figure that out. You might as well try to get rid of him now.

So who's winning right now in this situation? Jim Butler. Because he don't want to be there. So that means you have to get rid of him. And you're not, as of right now, you're not going to get equal anything back for them. Yeah. Because they messed up.

This is like a carton of milk with a hole at the bottom. No matter what you do, that motherfucking milk is leaving. You better start pouring your ass in some cereal. I was going to say, put it over a bowl of cereal. You better pour some cereal shit to get there because the was gonna say, put it over a bowl of cereal. Yeah, you better pour some cereal shit to get there, because the longer you wait, at some point, that motherfucker's empty.

You got to know when to cut your top. Know when to hold them, know when to fold them. And that cereal likely not cocoa. So what does that mean for Miami as an organization, like, if you're a star player? What you mean? You see how they treat them. Yeah, so I hope you don't get traded in systems. They took the one boy cookies

They did take the brown chocolate chip cookies off the plane. Can you that was crazy? So there's no Miami on that list now not to go there. There's no star for star right on the list. Oh I'm been on that list That's why they got a that's why they got a trade been on that list not for you You know this pet Raleigh's been in that The front office they've been on that list. So until Pat go things up. No, I know people talk about oh, it's great Like okay, you have a prime city For athletes like when athletes go they want a party there

I said in the summer where everybody at Miami, right? when it's time to pay people and There's 50 million over here in 60 million Miami and they're like, yeah, I'm good That says a lot. Yeah, we did see a little more people listen Clippers no state got better free no. No state tax, so you're saving money. You would rather play for the Clippers as a free agent. The Clippers got better free agents than Miami Heat did. I mean, Caleb Martin left the Heat to go to the Sixers.

Because of the Sixers' winning culture. I would rather sign for the Clippers organization with their track record than go to South Beach. And I'm there all summer. So Miami basically just got to go through the draft. And that's what they had. Draft and trade. Or the undraft.

Yeah, undrafted. Or they draft Dwayne Wade. Right, yeah. And that's the last star that they drafted,wyane Wade. Right, yeah. And that's the last star that they drafted, right? Yes. And they drafted him. They traded for Shaq. Traded for Shaq.

Traded for LeBron, but he had to be fixed. But then all of the older guys probably signed there just because them guys were there. Gary Payton. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That was because them other guys were already there. Right, right. Because they got a championship dangling in front of them. Right, yeah.

Right? Right. Yeah, it's easy. Because they got a championship dangling in front of them. Right. Right? Right. Yeah, it's easy for us to go there then, but I guarantee if Gary Payton was in year 10, and you're in eight or nine, you ask him to go to Miami with all his shit, he ain't not going. But even that group, when people talk about that group, ask them group about the

heat culture. The heat culture. There was no heat culture there. Yeah, Antoine Walker, Shaq, Gary Payton. Posey. Yeah, so. Yeah, yes. Jason Wood.

Bam had a bio probably the last start of 2017. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Before Bam, they drafted Bam before Bam. It was Dway Before Bam, Dwyane Wade. That group was the strip club group. They was in the strip club so much, they built a barbershop in it. That's the one group he could not control.

Shaq was on there. You ain't telling Shaq what to do. There was no heat culture with him. But he also wasn't the GM at that time, right? No, he was the GM, and then he came down to coach. Had the big whistle still. And then went back, but you know what I'm saying? Like, it's...

So when you established... Like, some people, Miami is a detriment, yes. But the people that you need to attract, no. The stars, they gonna, if they wanna go out, they gonna use it, but they not gonna, the people that you need to attract, no. The stars, if they want to go out, they're going to use it, but the people that you need to attract, they're not going to be out five days a week. That's the weird part. The people that you need to go after, that you need to attract in order to get back to the promised land, they don't. They can give a fuck about Eleven and Tootsies. They don't give a fuck about none of that shit.

Most of them people got families and kids and shit that you need to go after. So you got to tame that other, you got to tone that other shit down. The conditioning, the this, the this. You can't go out. I got my ear to, if I want to go out, that means it's not getting in the way of anything that I've done over here, right? It might help. If I choose to go out, I don't need somebody going back to report to Pat Riley that I was out to 1.30. Oh. Right?

They do that? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Right? It's shit like that. I don't, but, so I'm established already in my craft. I don't miss. I'm here. I'm the first one here.

I'm the last one to leave. I'm this. I'm that miss I'm here to my first one here the last one to leave on this I'm that I'm all these things But I got a I got to get on the Versa climb of four days a week. I got a body that oh Yeah, body fat body doing that. Oh, what's the difference between them and the Spurs though? They have they have a system, but it ain't all of them A culture too, but it ain't that the. It's a system. It's a culture. I mean, they have a culture too. But it ain't that. It's a win-con. The difference is San Antonio versus Miami.

They winning. They got five championships. One is prison. They got five championships. It's built on structure and family. Yes. Cool. Mm-hmm.

This is... Right? It's built on that. And if you don't fit that, then, okay, you get there and they don't see that you about certain things and you're not helping them win, then they make decisions. But even then- Superstar is out of the question. Yeah, because he's punishing you-

So you speak on San Antonio versus Miami, right? Mm-hmm. You should be able to get wherever you want to in Miami. When you go out and shit. You know, when you go out and shit and shit. That's what I'm saying. He has a system that punishes you before you even fuck up. Right?

So the system of training here, here, here, here, here, so you don't even have the energy to go out. So you're getting penalized, and that might not even be you. You might have a Clay Thompson and a Curry, right, that don't do that. They work out, but you're overworking them so they don't go out, and that's not their style.

Like, I thought that's what your process is for, knowing who's who, what their background is, what they're attracted to. That's what you're drafting these guys for. So if you're drafting these guys that are clean cut, then what are you punishing them for? I remember I had a coach talk with Eddie Jordan and I said, hey man listen, we was all in shape last year and you making us do all these line drills to get us in shape. If we're

coming in shape, you take our body fat right now, and where do you want us? If we're there, can we not do conditioning during? Because if you're going to do conditioning during training camp, what the fuck we doing conditioning for now? Right? When I tested, we lost our first couple games. He said, we lost in training camp doing all them

damn Indian runs and shit. So we came in. With Byron Scott, you know how Byron Scott go crazy. Easy, man. You see I weighed 220, and now I'm coming to training camp 205, you know, 10%, 5% body fat. You know I'm in shape.

The fuck you think I'm in shape? So we can move on past this part, start working on these motherfucking plays. And we came in, he checked everybody. He's like, shit, y'all did y'all job. Yeah, like you should be able to get whatever as the Miami Heat. You should be able to get any fucking free agent that's available. You should be in the fight.

Every time there's a big name out there, man. You got the city. No, you got Miami Beach to your advantage. L.A. has Hollywood. You have to go out. L.A. has Hollywood. They have the beach. They have the women.

Come on now. South, South Beach. They got... Damn. That a long... Like what... As visiting players, what do we... We sat there four seasons.

That and... But during the... Before the game, What are we doing? Before the game before the game I ain't watching you. No, no, no at the arena. Oh watching this watch it Oh, what's the business locker room? Yeah poster of the visit of Chile? Oh, they They they play a mind Who don't even go out and shoot normally? You don't want to shoot in Miami. You might get three shots up, but you are thought a whole time Might be sitting up dribbling the ball

You taking the taxi. I said forget the first bus There are three thirds in a judge dribbling you a Talk to the ball boy. Hey, which one of them is that? Yeah As a free agent like you afraid you don't Which one of them is active? Yeah, what? Which one of them is active? Yes, man, like so... Oh, I remember that. As a free agent, like you a free agent, you don't... Fuck visiting her, you get to live there. Yep. This is like, these are facts, man.

Like, you got this as... This is a... This is a character. This is, yes. Which one of them is active? Right? You can dangle this city in front of people, dog, and people go jump at it. It's just, it got to pass it?

This, this... Is that everything that's... Everything that's... And you got to think about it. We know Wade is in the support, but you got to think about all the players who's played there And we asked hey, how's Miami? Yes, it's the horror stories. That's coming from the players who's played there. Yeah, but did they get drafted there? No just people some of them No

It's different with the Wayne cuz he got drafted there But still I mean, but it's just still like but when he says free agents want to come there But he has a really nice No, I asked him as he got older. No, no fuck that when you got that you got to deal with you Does that ask him as he got older? Like what was that? Did you wonder that's when you got older? Hell? No, I want to do it So they had LeBron and I'm doing that too. Hmm Try

That becomes the head bump like I'm a professional already. I understand how to take care of my body. The game itself. I know what to do. You don't pre-do that shit to me. Yeah, like, the game itself. I don't need to come get this motherfucker at 2 o'clock. I don't need to come here at 2.

Yeah, 4 o'clock. I need to come on here and do this rookie workout shit. Yeah, rookie shit. Like, he makes, like, I don't need to check in and do this rookie. I got my, I have my own game day routine. You're not gonna give me one like I'm a little kid I have my own like I'm an all-star all NBA motherfucking Let me do me. So who's the free agents last year? That was Harley side out like like sort out last summer What's the debt that clay? Mm-hmm. Yeah. Not even big name.

They had Derrick Jones Jr. He played there though, didn't he? Riley Bill? Yeah. No, he wasn't free. I'm saying like free agents. Who was free agents last summer that signed? The people.

What's that? That's a good question. DeMar? DeMar? DeMar. Huh? He not doing that right now. Exactly. Nah, hell no. doing that right now. Exactly.

Clay, right now. Derrick Jones Jr. did spend two years in Miami. So Clay right now. Go for that. When they had all that money, Kyrie was a free agent. Fred VanVleet, Jeremy Graham, Chris Middleton, Cameron Johnson,

Draymond Green, Mikael Bridges, D'Angelo Russell. Listen at this list. Kyle Kuzma, P.J. Washington, Austin Reeves. Some niggas. Right? Look at that free agent list, man. Brooke Lopez, Max Leff.

Look at that. Yo. Rui, right? Dylan Brooks. Listen at that list. And them not big names. Them ain't guys who we think are superstars. They're stars, right?

Some of them stars, some of them really good role players. Some of them didn't make a name for themselves, right? You didn't get none of them. Westbrook, Eric Gordon, Dennis Schroeder. Gabe Vincent left. Mike Beasley. And went to the Lakers. That was a work.

Part of Jimmy Butler's frustration. I know, that's crazy. Three straight summers, I said, go get me another star. left Mike Beasley and went to the Lakers as a whiny walking like so far part of Jimmy Butler's frustration I know that's crazy three straight summers I said go give me another star and three straight summers and we got these undrafted free edges for you. Pat do this because how many challenges he got though? It's Miami. You don't think some of them you don't think Kyle you don't think Kyle Kuzma want to be in Miami? With his brand and the way he is flashing it. We didn't get none of them motherfuckers in L.A. neither.

Huh? That's what I'm saying. We didn't get none of them motherfuckers in L.A. neither, though. But L.A. don't have a reputation for what? I know, but I'm just saying

can't Pat do that because he won so many championships. You can do whatever you want, but the result is still the result. No one's buying your new your product No one's but no one's buying his ways because

Like that cuz no all them old coach like Byron Scott Byron Scott ran us to the ground So I know he was a part of that Pat Rogers shit, right? Yeah That's what I'm saying, but I know what time they didn't do that with magic in them. He didn't do that to them They were already changing He was trying and that's where he got this. That's where he got it from. That's right. That's it in New York Like think about Showtime Pat wrong Pat Rowley Pat Riley's teams never played like Showtime. He's like, they never played like, Pat Riley, when he left LA, because Showtime was Showtime.

Reem and Pat Ewan didn't do that either. No one ever played, there's not one team, Pat Riley has coached or has been under, that looked like Showtime. Showtime was not his identity.

That identity was already created. When he got to New York, that was his identity. Grimey beat you up basketball. When he left there, went to Miami,. Grimy, beat you up basketball. When he left there, went to Miami with Zonem, beat you up

grimy basketball. Yeah. We gonna, we gonna hard show on anyone. I don't give a fuck if he can shoot from the half court

and he can't make a layup. Hard show to the motherfucking three point. That was his style. All his championships came from top five top players

Every championship he's won has been from a generational talent Magic Johnson and what's-her-name? Shaquille O'Neal LeBron James the way Shaquille O'Neal LeBron James But I'm and Magic Johnson. When you're talking about generational, I mean generational talent is an amateur status. It's before pro.

When they say from your physique, you are way above everybody else. So Magic Johnson, LeBron James was called a generational talent before he even got to the pros Okay, Shaquille O'Neal was a generational talent before he got to the pros Right. Once you become who you are your generational player. That's the upgrade. So that's what he won championships off of Those three guys will be in everyone's top five. So it's not like he's grabbing regular talent or regular

Hall of Fame players and building championship off of us. That's like him getting wimpy right now. That's like him getting wimpy right now and he gets a championship. Another generational player. But he got there with Lonzo Mourning and Pat

Ewing. Got where? To the finals. No, Eastern Conference finals with Pat and him. Finals? They lost to um... Oh shit, yeah, you're right. When did Pat get there? OJ.

You talking about when Mike left? When did Pat get there? OJ. 91. OJ Chase. You talking about when Mike left? When did Pat get there? When a certain gentleman decided to go play baseball. That's when he got there, 91? 91-92. 91-92. Who did the Knicks already have on the team in 91-92?

Patrick Hewitt. And who else? That went to the finals. Starks and um... Oh, he had the core? Mason... He had the core. Mason, Oakley, Starks...

I know, but they got there. The fuck he has as a team. It's not like he built anything. Yeah, yeah, number one, yeah, yeah. He has his team. He has the greatest nickname of all time. Where was they at before he got there, though? I mean, Mike was gone. What was they record before he got there, though? He could do that, too. He has a team. He has the greatest. He has the greatest Nick What was that record before he got there you could do that like was no 93 night, right 91 92

But I'm just saying his idea is not like like when you when you think about what he did like no more sure. What he did as a, like, his team, there was no bottom start for him. Like, he got his start on champions, right? And then you won a championship, got the number one pick while you was a champion, right? Like, your trajectory is fucking fine. That's like Boston not winning this year, then get Cooper flag right I like like come on like what you do is you can't stand on these wins and say this is what you built when you got this group right then you go you go to New York you your core is already there so how do you feel about and then you go to Miami you come down to Miami you think about this Jackson, too? Think about this. When Shaq got there,

he wasn't the coach. He was general manager. It was Stan Van, right? The next year, when he got Gary Payton and what's his name, and he's looking at that group like, oh, this is

a championship group. A fight. Coming down. But that's every coach. Win a championship, right? That's every coach. I come down to win a championship. That's Phil Jackson, Steve Curry. That's who they is. They built the coach. Winning championship, right? That's every coach. I come down to win a championship.

That's Phil Jackson, Steve Kerr. That's who they is. They built the team. What are you talking about? You think Steve Kerr built that? Steve Kerr. Steve Kerr. The Warriors.

No, I mean, they got drafted by, what's his name? By Don Nelson. By Mark Jackson. By Mars and Don. Mark Jackson? Yeah. Okay. Okay.

But we're talking about, so the team, like he has Dwyane Wade. This team looks good. You got Shaq, right? You got Gary Payton the following year. You got Antoine Walker, Posey, right? Oh, shit, this is a championship team. Instead of letting the fucking coach do it, he fires him so he can inherit that championship. Did y'all notice, if you go back when LeBron

and Bosh got there, what was the rumor? What did everybody thought was gonna happen? That Pat was coming back down. They thought he was gonna fire Spro and come back down and put those two championships under his belt. Because if you look at what happened, what happened after the championship? They didn't make it to the playoffs,

and then what'd he do? Went back up and? Oh, no, I don't want none of this It's just reality. I That's the reality of it. Take the guy from the field. Huh? Say a film. Come on now, man. I got time initiative People gonna know this game No, my trick I'm just saying that's every coach. No, no, no, no, no every coach don't know my trick. I'm just saying that's every coach, though. No, no, no, no. Yes, it is. Every coach don't have a general manager and coach responsibility. They can't come and go as they please. That's not every coach.

That's kind of like you. I'm talking about every team. That's like him. You're the motherfucking Pat Riley of the big three. You're the Pat Riley of the big three. Why is Nick the Pat Riley of the big three, Gil? I drafted my team, and this is the...

You know what? Fuck this. Uh-oh You know what fuck fuck this Every player and it's a fee like this. He didn't even want them you crazy Why I still got this motherfucker he'll be packed. Oh my god, we don't get him D take away shots for me Every player we have Same they did not work it. This my assistant coach. He ain't playing. You go out there.

How you want to play today? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, cool. Just run. I said, you want to go out there? No, no, no. They looking like they move a little too fast. Cool.

I'm going to just. We winning. I didn't make a couple tournaments because my kids had some games. No, no, no. This motherfucker had me fired. No, no, no. I had to call him. Hey, Nick, don't your ass get in this game.

Make sure you start this person, this person, this person. Man, you crazy as hell. This motherfucker had me fired. They asked him, hey, you know, Gil's coming back. He was like, yeah, we winning, man. We don't need him. One and three. We don't need him coming back. None of you need him coming. What the fuck you mean, one and three? We was undefeated. No, we wasn't. We was undefeated. Gil. The fuck are you talking about? When you

was leaving. We was undefeated. Once you left, I became undefeated. No, The fuck are you talking about? When you were leaving. We was undefeated. Once you left, I became undefeated. Like I said, I ain't going to let you disrespect Pat Riley like that. I ain't going to let you disrespect Pat Riley like that. I'm trying to come back. Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. They had to call me. Doug Collins had the Chicago Bulls first.

Then Phil Jackson came. Phil Jackson came and saved Kobe and Shaq. Motherfucking Steve Kerr came to the Warriors. Pat Riley doing the same shit everybody else doing. No. That nigga's just mad because y'all got to run. Get your fat ass up and run. Goddamn.

I'm so mad. I'm going to go there. He's going to make me run. Fuck that. Pat Riley keeps doing your goddamn thing. Motherfuckers can't run. Stick their ass on. Can't get none of my hoses if you don't run in Miami.

You can't do none of that shit. Talk to him, Nick. Shit. Talk to him, Swag. Motherfuckers is soft off this bitch. One more thing you want to add before we move on? Ready to move? All right, well, shout out to Zip Recruiter

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to take on the Clippers for the first time in the Intuit Dome. And LeBron and the Purple and Gold experienced the Clippers' home court advantage in their new arena. Can y'all see over here laughing and shit, smiling, kiki-ing, as they say? Clippers dominated the game.

Quad was still in a minute of restriction, but did not restrict him from giving the Lakers buckets. Claude finished with 19 points, 9 for 13 shooting, and is 24 minutes of action, sitting the entire fourth quarter. Norm Powell led the team in scoring with 22 points, also had three steals. De'Veza Zubats had 21 points, 19 rebounds, and three blocks. He was 9 for 16 from the field.

James Harden did what James Harden does, 21 points and 12 dimes. Y'all enjoying these highlights a little too much, man. Y'all enjoying these highlights a little too much. Old school. Kawhi took them to the post. So LeBron led the Lakers with 25 points, 11 assists, five boards, and three steals. He was 9 for 20 from the field Rui Hachimura had night of the hell was that had 19 and seven boards

Windmill gotta get freaky with that We're good to that a second ad struggled in the game 80 only had 16 points also had 10 boards on five or 14 Unfortunate situation also had 10 boards on 5 of 14 shooting. That's what games are. So in an unfortunate situation, Clippers improved to 13-3 against the Lakers in their last 16 games. Damn. Damn. Purple Gold continues to struggle.

They are 2-4 in their last six games. All right, Clippers. And Clippers might make it to the finals this year. So we were watching on our playback watch party. You don't think so? Man, they scary to play in the playoffs. the finals this year. So we were watching on our playback watch party, unfortunately. You don't think so? I'm sorry. Man, they scary to play in the playoffs.

With Kawhi? We're going to talk Clippers in a second. Let's talk the varsity team first. Who? The varsity team's struggling right now, Kane. To build the varsity team, nonetheless. 13 and, hold on, last 16 games, what is it? Three wins by the lake.

Yes. Wait, what? 13 and three in the last 16 games, and you still call that team a JV team Well, you better stop it. Okay. We're having the last time we all attended a Lakers Clippers game together. I don't remember Hmm. I'm talking about the last 30 years. Eekie Yes, they only remember yesterday. Okay Bringing up. Oh shit here, but yeah after the loss JJick said, we don't have a huge margin for error, nor can we create that margin

organically. So we don't have a huge margin for error, nor can we create that margin organically. LeBron also has some interesting thoughts on the subject when asked by LA Times reporter Dan Wokey. You've been telling us that the margin of error is small for a few years

now. Are there ways it can get bigger internally? Bigger or better? Can you give yourself more margin? Are there things that you can do to make it easier? No, that's how our team is constructed. We don't have room for much error. How can you guys navigate the sort of mental demands of having to play close to

perfect basketball? We don't have a choice. I mean, that's the way our team is constructed and we have to. We have to play close to perfect basketball. We know the game is never perfect. It's never gonna be a 48 minute perfect basketball game, but we can't combat it on multiple possessions in a row. Or if we turn the ball over, we have to do a better job with that. If we're making like aggressive turnover plays

where like you know we're trying to make the right play to our teammates but it's the some of the careless ones again defensively we can't have breakdowns we can't you know if our coaching staff has a game plan for us we can't break down on the game plan. That's not the way our team is constructed. Gil you're fluent in Bronies. What is LeBron really saying here if we read between the lines? Do you see the other players on our team? I did watch the game with you on playback during our watch party.

I did see the other players on the team. Like their names, like who they are. I'm familiar with their names. You said what? I'm familiar with their names. No, no one's familiar with their names, like, who they are. I'm familiar with their names. Yes. What? You said what? I'm familiar with their names. No, no one's familiar with their names. No one knows them. When they sub out, no one knows who the fuck is coming in the game.

Not one person that I noticed. Like, I don't know if we got the NBA team or it's the G. Bronny James is confusing the fuck out of me right now because he plays for both So when I see him in the yellow and gold I'm thinking this the G League squad The way they was playing last night to have them dudes You can just play on the G League team cuz y'all ain't y'all ain't real NBA players

We picked them and paid them. That's right. Huh? We picked them. We don't have to pay them Like I'm pretty sure some of them would just just be just we here for the jersey All right. Huh? Me paying them. We picked them. We don't have to pay them. Like, I'm pretty sure some of them would just be, just, we here for the jersey. Just here for the right. We got LeBron James on it. People seeing us because I'm- Did you give us allowance? When LeBron James get out, I don't know what that lineup looks like.

Got to go through the draft. What can you do? You paid Rui. So I'm confused. Gotta go through the draft. Mm. What can you do? You paid Rui. So I'm confused. So when y'all was fifth seed, whenever it was, you was cool. He had Little D-Lo.

But y'all, but he was still with other guys. Little D-Lo. The same guys that had y'all, the same record that y'all had gotten. Y'all been losing lately. The same team that you said you don't know same record that y'all had gotten. Yeah. Y'all been losing lately. The same team that you said you don't know that. That y'all watched yesterday on Playback. Oh yeah. Mm-hmm.

Same dudes. Still the sixth seed in the West. LeBron snuffed D'Lo. No, because we got rid of D'Lo and got two more pieces that dude. Yeah, that. Like we got two more pieces. They was just trying to get rid of D'Lo though. I get it.

But two more? We already had a bench full of people we couldn't put in the game. Now you got two more. Just to face it, we better than the ass. We like the better than the ass teams, but we like last of the good teams. You get it?

We like the best out of the Nets and the damn Detroit. Are we? Yeah. Better than the ass teams, but at the bottom of the Nets and the Dems, the Troits. Are we? Yeah. Are we? Better than the ass teams, but at the bottom of the good teams. Yeah, like that's what we... So they will call y'all mid. In this day and age, the kids will call y'all mid. Exceptionally, man.

For sure. The Lakers are mid. For sure. Nah, nah, nah, nah. We bottom shelf. Nah, nah, nah. Nah, they'll call y'all mid. No, no, no, no.

We bottom shelf. We just got a good name on our product Okay, right notice that Louis V But it's outdoor right see we got we got we got LeBron James, but he's 40 But we got LeBron James the name LeBron James is confusing. They're confusing us. Our 40-year-old is the best player. That kind of lets you know how fucked we are. When the 40-year-old is the best player on the team,

that lets you know how bad our team is. That's the reality. But when it came up for free agent via, like, ooh, sign Rui back. Ooh, sign Gabe Vincent. Ooh. That and then add. Boom! We thought we was going to add Jamal or Levine and then we get to keep those pieces.

You can't add no more pieces after that. Listen, y'all having that same year Mike had with the Wizards. F40. The Wizards was better than this. What? They had Rip Hamilton. No, no, they had Jerry Stackhouse. They had a Jerry Stackhouse. You guys have a top five center. Anthony Marshawn Davis, Gil.

You guys have Anthony that- We have Austin Reeves, the best third option in the NBA right now. He playing like it. He playing like a third option. Playing like the best third option. The best third option. In the NBA right now. I don't know, the 40 year old should be a third option. Playing like the best third option. The best third option. It didn't be that right. I don't know.

The 40-year-old should be the third option. Yes. The 40-year-old should be the third option. Well, AD should be the best player. Throughout the history, right? Because throughout the history of the game, right? The 40-year-old guy, the guys that we know that played until he was 40, were pretty good while they were doing it. Right? Yeah. They 40 were pretty good while they were doing it. Right?

Yeah. They were pretty damn good while they were doing it. They shouldn't be the first option. They ain't got no choice. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar coming out there, yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, AD should be. Magic and Worthy out there, that motherfucker carrying it. They going to throw him on here here make him feel good about himself

This up in the real player. You're leaving the team. No, he wasn't When he was 40 Was it Mike leading the team is going at 40? No, it was just like house, but he was he average 22 I mean he average yeah, but dub also, but that was the fight Jerry's like I was like, yo, man, come on Come on, man. Come on man. God damn Who who the people y'all don't want to do we got Bugatti's he got Austin Reed This yeah, there's been the crash test. No, we got Austin Rays man

He's gonna play he gonna be all-star in the couple you guys been in the crash test. No, we got Austin Ruse man. He's gonna play he gonna be all-star in a couple years God has been in the crash test Rui's gonna be the best power forward in the game Moving yes up. Yes Gabe Vincent. Oh my god. That's a steal like the way he practice in place. I'm told right dead dead shooter He comes to practice every day professional He he's gonna be a valuable asset for you. Oh

My team if I was trying to trade with um, uh Cam Reddish, oh my god what he did in high school Right all he needs to be in the right circumstances and you can pull that right out of him We just ain't doing here. But you you you can get him. Um, uh Black and mild I think they call him Smith. Woo! Dead shooter. His name is Dorian Finney Smith. He's an amazing, spot-up shooter. Everybody is calling me for him right now. Everybody! I mean, I'm punching, I'm fighting them off. So you might want him.

Black and Mild. Black and Mild, calling him Black and Mild. I'm fighting them off. So you might want them. Black or mild? Black or mild. Call a nigga black or mild. Yeah, yeah, yeah. What's this? Milton? Shaq Milton? Oh my God. He's there every day early. I think- Great value to your organization. Right? Thank you, Gil. All those players I name, please, please want them. We got to- So you want to trade like a everybody read and rule

huh for that i trade them for a pack of new ports right now all right damn they just did that you mad a pack a pack of new person i didn't know we were trading a little dealer for a pack of new packs yes but i'm not even mad at the game yesterday I'm I'm really disappointed in in the coaches staff Hmm. Why is that good because you know, I said tell him tell him why you mad son y'all was getting your ass whoop Oh, are you mad? Majority of the game There we go. This is what I want to do here. Come on, come on.

Tell them. You're getting your ass whooped all up and down the game. And that happens. Up and down. Third quarter, ass whooping. Third quarter. Fourth quarter, ass whooping. And that happens.

You got the starters in for two minutes in the game for what? Them motherfuckers. Listen, y'all, I don't give a fuck about a comeback at this point. Y'all have lost this game already. Let me try some new blood. What would you have preferred to see in that window? Who did you want to see?

Tell me. Bronny time. Thank you, man. We should have seen this. It was Bronny time. Your ass beat like that. What are you keeping in for them to keep their stat?

Like, I'm sorry, but as a player who started on the bench I watched the lack of urgency for three motherfucking quarters what you telling us what we need to do you are they're not doing it huh where's the coach that that says hey you know what everybody out mm-hmm go in so we can come out there pick up full like did you can come out there, pick up full court. Like, did you see the kids?

They picking up full court. Reward them. They've been waiting on the bench. I know they put on heat packs. They going to play hard. No, I'm right. They put on heat packs. There's like eight minutes left.

You know they put on heat packs. And you put them in with a minute 30 left down with 15, 60. The fuck out of here. Yeah, the game is over. I'm offended because I know. Like like I hate the motherfuckers now now I want to roof it he's motherfucker he but even with just like the Barney situation Ronnie James situation but when you see like a team that's showing like effort don't like old coach used to take the whole five out like you don't see that no more. Do you think JJ could do that?

Would do that? He should. If he wants respect. That's what I'm saying. Like, even with LeBron out there, just take his ass, everybody. He's a part of the five. Yeah. He's a part of the five.

Go sit down. He don't run back more than anybody. That's what I'm saying. What the fuck are you going to do this last eight minutes that you didn't do the fucking? Like, I'm not looking for miracle basketball where y'all going to come down, hit my, hit seven, eight shots and we'll be back in the game. Let's go. No, no, we're not doing, I'm not looking for that type of basketball. We ain't got them type of players.

If we make a comeback, it's going to be with them. Yes. And I played on a team like that where my rookie year, we down 20. Coach, get the fuck out. Put the, put the, put the young boys in. It was four rookies and Adonafoil. We're playing the Hawks. We came back, tied the game up. They called a timeout. You know the starting five. Hell yeah.

And coach, we all there looking like, and coach said, nah. Watch out. Young fellas finished it. Y'all earned this. y'all won this game already right so now when you looking at us we coming to practice all ready to practice and like it gave us a reason to go hard because he's rewarding us yeah he rewarded like and jason terry they put their starters back in jason terry came in hit the game winner Coach gave us the same ovation the crowd gave us the same ovation. I gets the energy like

Was the starting five salty? Yeah, they were salty, but they do shit you lost already. They would have got beat by worse You lost already you can't come in and try to be hero All right, I got it. It was a lost ball fit But I say yeah more than that we picking up full court like the look at one minute. We picking up full court. Like, the little one minute left, they picking up full court, man. Like, come on, you need to reward that. That's fair. Well, Gil, today is MLK Day.

MLK famously delivered his I Have a Dream speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963. Gil, what is your dream for the Lakers this season? 2025 champs still still still with their reason I'll be realistic sexy, okay What was Martin Luther King dream? That shit wasn't realistic Oh, well, it's been in the back of the bus. It was was me. It was realistic read it

You already read the whole speech. I had a dream at all. What was it? Die right there. Okay this mother ain't being realistic cuz he got a dream That's what the dream is for All this pressure. All right, let me fantasize like it is. All men and women are equal to same. I got this. Right there. All right.

Got that? They believe in that motherfucker. Yeah, that motherfucker. They were walking for the love of God. I had a dream that the Bucks was going to win this year. The Milwaukee Bucks were going to win the championship. Alabama to D.C. We going to get a good trade

These even deliver this piece Alabama Yeah, I go tell you and I'm hard bottom when you think about that right there. We soft I walk in Norway put a great how that in Norway. Where that Greyhound at? That's it. And we got nice areas to walk to and we still don't walk. He really did? Like that's the real thing? He walked? Not that far.

But they walked a lot. They walked More than any of these motherfuckers will walk today? Yeah, the Montgomery bus took everything. I won't walk to it. Oh, and that shit is right there. Oh, okay. But in all sincerity, Lakers 2025 champs, I mean, do we get some moves done at the trade deadline?

What can be done to fix this situation? LeBron obviously frustrated, been frustrated for the past few years. Said this is the roster that was constructed. Seems like a shot at the man who constructed this roster, General Manager Rob Palenka. Man. You know, I guess sometimes, I guess as a fan,

you either want to be really bad or be good. No in-between. Like no hope. I don't like hope we know where hope works. I told you Like it's like that your local gentleman established like I rather I rather like the Blazers, right? They're going to the season. They know they're not with you for tips, right? Like the Blazers y'all the last place y'all gonna be last right Wizards last right? So there's no we just watching to enjoy the game Come out and say hey, we're not trying to really build, you know, these two

motherfuckers right here make too much money. Enjoy LeBron's last couple years and then when he leaves, we can rebuild this team. We're not trying to win the championship. We are okay with that. Right? Just lower the tickets a couple dollars. But we're okay with that. But when you

out here talking this big boy shit, you know what I mean? I'm like, no. Don't fool me because, you know, L.A. fans, we crash dummies. Dallas fans, crash dummies. Redskins, crash dummies. New York Yankees, crash dummies. Don't get out here. We crashing.

Let us know. You're like Jerry Jones every year. Jerry Jones every year we're all in yeah every year Jerry say we all in 16 oh hey soon as the season in next year all the season tickets going on sale today Press conference at least season tickets don't see you now. It's easy consistent To your point the Lakers do not know their draft pick. It was a part of that ad trade has since been traded to the Hawks thinking that the Johnounte Murray deal.

We got something down the road that we can... Borrow some money. But it's a lot of... I mean, you got Balmer over there. Don't you like borrow like... What do white people do? Borrow some shit. Hey, let me borrow like $10 billion real quick. I need to pay some of these people under the table.

Like, are y'all not trying to be real owners? There's no... Listen, I'm going to tell you right now. If I'm Balmer, I don't give a fuck what that calorie... Calorie... I don't give a fuck what it says. I'm cheating. That's what it's called, though.

The calorie says. You feel me? I don't care what it says. To get one. I am cheating. I got too much money to be on the same playing field with you broke-ass niggas. I'm sure he said it just like that as well. I'm saying it just like you broke.

I'm not, we're not in the same Congress, sir. Right? You want 50 million? Okay, look, I'm going to give you 40. I'm going to give you, look, I'm going to give you 45 on the, I'm going to give you five on the books because I got to force somebody else. Five on the books, 45 under the table. What about the other way?

The other way, behind the scenes. Don't even worry about it. I got you. You got a foundation? I got that.? The other way? Behind the scenes. Don't even worry about it. I got you. You got a foundation? I got that. You got business deals? I got that.

Huh? You want a percentage in Wilson? I got that. Just go ahead and sign that. YouTube? What? My style of account? How the fuck all these people keep getting here?

He's still 50 million under the table. Yeah, this motherfucker got the USA basketball team in his bitch. Two of these motherfuckers own buildings downtown. How? Shit, I don't even know. There's going to be investigations after investigations. It's not like the NBA want to catch me anyway. I mean, at the end of the day.

They work for me. At the end of the day, you got to fuck them. Adam Silver, what you want? I think this investigation says you ain't found shit. You want to build it too? You open up an event. Here's a check investigation says you ain't found shit. You want to build it, too? You open up in Vegas. Here's a check that says you ain't found shit.

That's what we're talking about. You want a team in Vegas? You can't get me money and I run some shit. Boy, I'm crooked as a bitch. But didn't the Warriors do that, though? They went over the salary cap every time they won. I don't need to. Well, I'm just saying they spent the money like they cool. Yeah, fuck you money But the one I'm saying is spending the money on salary cap cost double

But I can pay it under it. It cost me dollar for dollar. No Under the table, I'm just saying they ain't gonna find that money. Yeah Let's keep this moving talk about the Clippers a little, so. Go buy this 600 acres for you in Montana. What? What? Right. So. Here's one of my business partners.

Hey, listen. What? Here's one of my business partners. He's looking for an investor. Investor. I can invest it for you. That was a rumor about the Warriors back in those times. Yeah.

Hey, we got this Uber for you. Go ahead, put these investments down. We turned that five into 150. Hey. Heard about it in other teams as well. Genie bus, get to work. This is the Lakers. People want to come here.

You can sell a motherfucker the L. You want the L in the Lakers? It won't be the Lakers. I'll sell you a piece of the fucking hollywood signing but do we need like a superstar we don't need a superstar we build those superstars man before we like who the lakers like a cj mccall no we no that's after we get our superstar brother yeah we got a superstar we got a trick what we got a superstar still we need some players now to just help win the championship But when he leave oh, yeah

Oh, we buying somebody superstar. Yeah, that's that's what we do So Brian also has some high praise James Harden when asked about the beers impact on the game of basketball over the past decade It's a great player who loves to play the game his own pace. That's one, every stop that he's been at, obviously, obviously to Brooklyn. I don't think it was a quick stop, but, you know, you look at O.K.C., I played against him, you know, he was super young and I was younger, you know, in the finals.

Went off to Houston, you know what he did down there, you know, and, you know, went over to Philly, plays some great ball, and here playing great ball. He's a guy who's just a selfless guy. Go out there and just plays the game. He's been able to reinvent himself. I mean, you know, it was at one point where he was giving guys 50-point triple doubles, 60-point triple doubles, you know, and now he just plays the game the right way. So, James Harden,

his teams have made the playoffs every single season. He's been in the league, looked like that streak will continue this year. Clippers currently holding down the fifth spot in the West. But does Harden deserve more credit for playing winning basketball throughout his career, despite never winning a ring? It gives you reality. It gives you reality.

It gives you a reality of you never have to ask a player to adapt. You know, like the USA basketball, right? When you guys, they pick players that they think is going to fit. Like, oh, we got too many scores. We might need some role players and blah, blah, blah. Not realizing if top-tier players see talent around them, they defer. They understand how to play with each other.

Right? And I think sometimes people overthink. This man has went everywhere and has looked different everywhere. Right? Average and triple-double, doing all as MVP go down to Philly. We think he's washed. The star player leaves.

Oh, shit, he looked great again. Star player comes back, look washed. Then he comes over here. He looked average last year. Now all the stars is gone. Now James Harden's back. Making everybody look good. Making everybody everybody you know what I mean so he is deciding to to change his game to fit in with the rest of the folks that's what a lot of

people do right we don't know what Russ Brooke has in a tank if you take Joker and everybody off the team and say Russ you got to carry us right, he's playing the down version of himself to fit with this team. He is doing that. That's how success works. When the player buys into the team and he decides to sacrifice versus you forcing him to sacrifice. So he's playing winning basketball.

He just ain't won the ultimate team goal. So he's playing winning basketball. He just ain't won the ultimate team goal. Would I mess him up though if he don't win? With what? Championship. Mess him up with what? The way the narrative is always negative on him. Still first ballot Hall of Famer, correct?

For sure. Yeah, no, it's not gonna stop that. You know, it's... It's a gift and a curse to be that good. Mm-hmm. Because everything you do gets critiqued and criticized. So it leaves for what Nick is saying, like it leaves room for criticism. With a lot of guys can say that they made the playoffs and

every year that they was in the league and it wasn't a short stint of time. So we're not talking about a three, four year thing here, right? We're talking about a long strenuous career that you've been a number one option in most of those situations um this what you were saying gil this speaks to james's iq along with skill set but but more of IQ. Knowing the situation, knowing what you need to do in order to be successful. Adapting to the talent that's around you. No matter how it look, no matter what people have had to say over time about not getting it done in the playoffs and all that shit,

people are going to have their opinions. But if you look at just total of, because people separate playoff and regular season all the time. They do it in all sports. They do it in baseball, football. They do it in all sports. But if you look at his success, yeah, no, it's, yeah, you got to praise it, right, For what it's been, which is top tier talent that's made the best of every situation and made players around him better. From the Clint Capellas to P.J. Tucker to guys who probably would have had a long career. I'm saying wouldn't have been around for long if it wasn't for James. In fact, yeah.

Because he made those guys relevant, right? He made P.J. Tucker known for what he was doing, right? Defending, shooting threes, being a tough-nosed guy because he needed that. James needed that, right? So he needed the lob threat and the rim protect, like Clint Capella. So, it's just, over time, man, you gotta, if you really get away from the naysayers and the negative talk and think about James' career, no, yeah, it's just to be marveled.

Yeah. Sometimes you gotta let a naysayer know. He just ran into Katie and Steph, right? That's all. So, Harden career record in the regular season. And they missed 27 straight threes in the playoff game. Game seven on their floor. So, we're not going to dismiss that shit either. So, Harden career record in the regular season.

That got heavy. 721 and 390. Multiple. Won nearly 65% of his game regular season. 721 and 390. Multiple. Won nearly 65% of his games regular season. Postseason, 87 and 79. So winning postseason record. I'm just, you know, obviously never won a ring. But the narrative is he's losing.

The narrative is he's not getting it. Well, we know people are hating. He's off to, like, the Warriors. I understand that. He's 65% of his games he's won. In the regular season. That's a lot of playoffs. That's what I'm saying.

87 wins in the playoffs, 79 losses, but the 87 wins. That's a lot of damn playoff games, man. Yeah, that's why I got my James Hardys on. Okay. You and Zubac. Yeah. No, no, these ain't the ones Zubac has. Zubac said you can't get those.

No, no, Zubac can't get those. He can't get these? Yeah, he got to wear the ones he got on. They come out first get though. No, no Zuba. I can't get those. Yeah, you gotta wear that The ones he got on a come out first. Okay, it's come out after you start playing them now. These are good, too That's what he said. Okay. Okay, just hit it. Yeah Huh ones he was playing him before said these ones Shout-out Adidas size 14 if you're watching i got the i got the one

zubat got if you want those you look like a zubat why you don't keep them by the door no more like all the shoes and that's you like all your adidas and sizes too many people size 14 being here now yeah you know why you don't keep them by the door no more? I used to check for 14s over there. All the extra shoes we got, you know, we're going to put that for the homeless right up in the bus and then when he wakes up. Well, I got somebody. I got something we can do with him. We got a dad back at the school, wear a size 14, man.

They lost all their stuff in the fire, man. So, if you need extra, let me know. I got you a bunch of size 14. What size clothes you wearing? Yeah, me too, man. Double X. Double X size 14 shoe, so. For sure. Oh, I sure let me know 14 shoes To man he got kicked out the house again. They need a couple of dollars on his back They said they need to get back on their feet Hey, can we get a if y'all think I'm bullshitting can they go fun? Can we get a camera go to Nick Carr? And and open the backseat in the trunk boy whole closet back there for All right. Uber, Uber. All right, well, let's... Keep driving downtown, man.

Keep me driving downtown. Boy, it gets a lot better. So let's keep this thing moving. So, Mr. B, you've had the basketball community buzzing since asking if Jason Tatum is the softest Celtics superstar ever. Softest superstar in Celtics history. Let me word it correctly. So Tatum responded via Instagram back on January 8th, and after the Celtics defeated the Magic on Friday night, Tatum was asked about the criticism he gets specifically from yourself.

He had this to say. How does that affect your disposition when you know your name is being thrown about like that, especially like after a tough loss? I mean, the Brandon James, the scene was kind of over the top there. But just kind of when you know it's focused towards you, how does that make you feel? I don't know. I guess I'm a big deal. That's that light-skinned, soft shit, man. Not an L.A. Hooper.

Not an L.A. Hooper. Fucking soft. Say fuck Brandon Jennings shit. That's what I want him to say to you. He not going to say that. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Hold on, hold on. He just, he done pooped him out.

He said, I guess I'm a big deal. And walked out. We just had a whole conversation to start this show off. And he says the same exact shit. He said, Tatum plays like he's from Los Angeles said that and then he cut everybody in the chat Not verified Dyson Tatum plays Now hold on the style he plays and will be considered soft, right? It would be considered la style

Venice man just called him soft. I haven't seen him. He contradicted... Huh? You want to be soft so bad. I'm just... You called... God damn.

With a capital T. When they threw out the names... Put a poll up. L.A. is soft. If you want us to be soft, you want to be soft. You just... But the fact that they say

how he plays again, he plays like he's from LA Did I know that the chat the chat said just Tatum play like he's from LA the chat The chat is not a very But the fact that they said he plays like he's from LA that style of play just the style I mean, he's rough the he calls he calls himself is like But But you defending

You're defending and to where I'm at cuz I know what if you want to be soft you can be soft what I'm saying Okay, just listen to you say Listen to what I'm saying. I'm not I don't care about Jason. Listen to what I'm saying They when we were naming players who play like it. Jason Tatum's style of play is an L.A. style. Then, then. No, no, no, you didn't. They, everybody said his style of play. Like Lamar Odom, Jason Tatum.

His style of play is an L.A. style. An hour and a half later. I don't see his style. You called him him what I don't see him being you lay style So I could say whatever I want. I'm not a threat. The chat said that did I say that? No, you can't just say that I'm gonna play though because you didn't get that point of what I don't give up for my point He don't play like LA Hooper. So I so I say that does he play like Ellie Hooper? Shit damn place like a dog. You want the only one I want to be soft. You want to hold somebody back pocket.

Because you don't, like you're not understanding the concept. Hold somebody back pocket. It's like you don't know the difference between there and there. That's what's going on. We're talking the style of play. You're talking the personality. We're saying the style. They said Jason Tatum's style, how he plays, jump shot, everything is finesse

basketball. And then you end up playing like St. Louis. Like, like, like, like. He played like Bradley Bill. Bradley Bill, yes! He from St. Louis. He played like Bradley Bill. Bradley Bill! That's the L.A. style. No, it ain't.

Finesse basketball, pretty charisma, got the bop into your game. So St. Louis and L.A., we connected? Those two, no. Just those two players. It's only two players. It's only two players. No, you got Darius Miles.

Huh? Larry Hughes. Larry Hughes. Yeah. Larry Hughes. Darius Miles played like he was from L.A. No, he didn't. L.A., he rugged.

Rugged style. Couldn't shoot. Couldn't shoot, just rugged. You think all L.A. dudes? There's not play like he was from LA. No, he did LA he rugged shoe And she just rugged you think all LA do basically LA can shoot the ball and dribble ends That's what I'm saying you get it you have the all-around California guys are skilled y'all dreamy shrivel shoe drop And one mix tape Yes, off could you can wow that's good You soft could you could dribble and shoot yes, that's what that's how they think that's how they Everybody like just a brick it and build a goddamn house. Make me talk. That's all Yeah, but yes

Now you guys are getting it. Yeah From LA clothes line. What the fuck? What's happening? Only the score is 22 to 25 That's it. Yeah down here down here. That's it Don't you? Oh, you're so so Gil per your request Yeah, that's it. Yeah downhill downhill. That's it So Gil per your request we asked the chat does Tatum play like he's from LA I don't know how this conversation shifted you just because he does Tatum play like he's from LA 55% of the chat said yes Okay, there we go. So now we can move another player We can keep picking players easy That same do we put name, that same question.

He's not talking about mentality. Everybody going to be like, yeah. I know what you're thinking. No, he was talking about mentality on the thing. He wanted him to be like, yo, fuck BJ. That's what he was saying on that part. But he didn't. And that's what...

But back to the Tatum. That's a big deal. Can we play the Tatum video? Just one more time. How does that affect your disposition when you know your name is being thrown about like that? Especially, like, after a tough loss. I mean, the Brandon James, the scene was kind of over the top there. But just kind of when you know it's focused towards you. How does that make you feel?

I don't know. I guess I'm a big deal. That's going to be in a commercial. That will be in a Tatum commercial down the road. I guess I'm a big deal. Saturday we did see Tatum. I get into it with the Echo Con group.

The Hawks did defeat the Celtics. You got a game at 2 o'clock. You just have a game against them? You've been saying we're going to see it. He's been showing. They've been losing. No, he's a game against? You've been saying we're going to see and he's been showing. That's the problem. They've been losing. No, he's not been losing. They've been losing.

He's been playing okay. He's been playing okay. Trey Young and then walked in there and got MVP'd. Let me see. Are you a boss? You keep scoring

a bar in LA. I'm trying to figure. He's not scoring 30 every night. He hasn't been scoring. He's been off and on. They've been losing. So since January 7th, they played the Nuggets the 7th. He posted been off and on. They've been losing. They've been cooking. They've been fake fighting. So since January 7th, they played the Nuggets the 7th.

He posted that comment on IG on the 8th. Since January 7th, he's been averaging 25 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists in those six games. What happens here? He's having downtime. I'm just saying. I ain't gonna lie to you. In the last week and a half. Jason Taylor, the other day.

In the last two weeks, he's only averaging 25. For the season, he's averaging 28 and 9. In the last two weeks, he over the season. He's ever 28 and now in the last two weeks. He's on his average of 25 Not anymore The last every 28 9 Only sees every 28 9 if I the last two weeks is only down four points. I'm a fan Two points get tough I'm gonna motherfucker like he used to I don't think he done

Delete that text So every don't he gonna take some kind get it like sure get getting some no no Sure. Yes. That's a memento. I'm sure he's done You can't even think about it. It is MLK Day, ladies and gentlemen. Yes, it is. Red positive. Get in somebody's face.

Say it again. I need to get in somebody's face. Why? He did. He got in somebody's face. He did. He did against Atlanta. He was throwing elbows and everything.

That's what I'm talking about. Unfortunately, they did not win that game, though. My young came in there and walked him down. Has the Hawks have been knocked out? The Hawks are serious, too, by the way, y'all. Why you got to give it to somebody's face? Hawks beat the Cavs twice, beat the Celtics twice. The Hawks are serious. I just want him to...

Had a lucky game against the Lakers. You don't have to do all that. For what? It's just I want him to win MVP, and to be MVP, you got to put yourself out there. I feel like that more. Keep busting people's ass. Nah, because y'all don't give him credit for what the shit he do. Who's y'all? Everybody. Win MVP and a big MVP you got to put yourself out there. I feel like they're more bussy people

Cuz y'all don't give him credit for what the shit he do Everybody he don't want to get mentioned any goddamn MVP cut But I'm just You know what the fuck I'm talking about when you think of MVP, you don't wanna put them in there you talk Joker Yes, all right. I'll talk shade my phone will be number one the last two years Other guys just play better you under a can somebody give can somebody give Nick the voters Name so he can talk to me about a hundred of them Nick other guys just happen to play better. That's all Team success. Yes, but other other guys had better individual season. That's all well phone But other guys had better individual season. That's all. But if I'm beating everybody by 14, 15 games,

I'm winning 15 games more than anybody. It's team success. It don't matter. But some of them games, I sit the fuck out. It does matter. If I'm blowing you out, I sit out. I seen they kept paying the whole game, and they hit by 30.

I'm with you. Yeah, but once you get your stats, that shit don't, that shit don't weak for me. No, but why is, I mean, because they pushing him to be the face of the NBA, Jason Tatum. No, they're not. Bro, he's on every big commercial in the NBA. What was that movie, what was that documentary?

Starry Paws? On Netflix. Y'all might have heard my voice on it. The people who was, the people who voted, the people who was voting. No check. Was anybody who was commentating and gave their opinion during the doc, were they voters? Yeah, I don't know.

There might be. Can you look this up? The people who was commenting, like reporters and stuff that was commentating, and they gave their little gist. They started five? Yeah. Did any of the- So like David Redham is a voter voter ramona is white spears is

ramona who does she vote for uh for mvp i'll check right now because what i mean is if you listen to how they talked about tatum in the movie right you don't like him right like oh he can't win a championship being a number one option, this and that. That was the narrative. The fact that when they were getting there, they had to back up what they were saying, so they had to vote against him. Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

Like, because I just... For Yoko, she had to take a fifth. She had to take a fifth? Did she have... No, no, no. I'm sorry. Finals MVP. Fin, no, no. I'm sorry. Finals MVP. Finals MVP. Oh, I'm sorry.

I don't know if you actually made it to 11. Yeah, because I'm like... That's a smaller pool. That's like seven people. Yeah, because I was... It's like 11 total, right? Because it's like... We hear your narrative in this.

The number one option, this and this. And then when it's time to get the awards, you give it to someone else for your narrative to be correct. You don't want to be wrong. You can't say anything about him and then vote for him. Yeah. That's what I'm talking about.

Why not? Huh? Why not? Now you're a hypocrite. No, if he proven you wrong, you're wrong. But you still- No, you said he would never win one as a number one option. So you're wrong.

So- No, so- It don't mean to be wrong, though. No, you got to end up- I don't want to be wrong. No, you got to end up- I don't want to be wrong. So now you- I don't want to be wrong. So now you want it. I wrong though No, you got it. I'm gonna be wrong. No, you got one. So now you got a man So now you want it. I just talked so much shit about you and now I'm wrong

No, no, no, no vote again. I'm gonna vote the ghost you'll notice also they also so they suckers dance I mean, you're not a real person like you're not real That's not because if he does it this year I have to own up to what I said We're digging just and you previously said that if he if he gets if he gets what you said the Triple Crown they need The finals MVP a need trip. I mean we can start at the all-star MVP if he can get that I mean, is that a oh Yes. Yeah, of course. Oh Is that a prestigious award though?

Well two things he got MVP and regular and finally But I don't think we'll never get it. But Brandon, man of principle. Yeah. If Donovan Mitchell gets to the finals and they as the number one option, I got to eat that. Okay, now I'm going to wear my shirt. Now we know who the number one option is.

You have a cap shirt courtesy of Uncle Shug that I've not seen him wear yet. Okay, so he's number one option. Yes. What if in the playoff they start pushing Garland as the number one option? And then give him the Eastern Conference MVP and then if they

win a champion finals MVP are you gonna think that no I mean that's on you that's no play that that's just who you as a man like if if I'm the number one option and we go into the playoffs and all this I'm the number one option I'm not okay we gonna win the way we but what I'm with me as a guy that's here right mm-hmm I led the team in scoring rebounding and assists I Get all the double teams and they give somebody else finals MVP So that's I'm saying if they give it to God we know who it is now, but if they give it a garland Right, they give it a number two option. Then the finals they give it to do number two option

Are you gonna be like see you wasn't I know you he wasn't in the moon option you know what? You know what? You know really that you see that well Jalen I like Derek Garland more anyway Place it plays right to what you really was saying so yeah, you're gonna run with the narrative because it proves you right Yeah, but that's we I mean for the voters. That's what week. I mean, I'm Alright, listen if I'm looking at those numbers from Jason Tatum, I would have gave it to him But you didn't get it, but that's just that's that's some sucker

I don't like that You feel like Jalen Brown remain I just gotta do that right you gotta score bigger is better than everybody You gotta do that motherfucker, right? You gotta score it. He was better than everybody. You gotta go rebound it. He was better than everybody on his team. And you gotta pass it to your teammates to help them score. And he was better than everybody on his fucking team. I feel like Jalen Brown had a bigger impact.

Just guarding Luka. Oh, how do you have a better impact? What he did to Luka was crazy. What did he do to Luka? Man. That's like saying Andre Iguodala locked down LeBron James. They gave him finals MVP? He locked down LeBron James, Nick Young.

No, no, no. Moments. Moments. Moments. Totally. Please read LeBron James' fucking line. His numbers. I know the numbers.

The numbers are crazy. I want you to hear them again. But the moments. Yeah, he know the numbers are crazy. I want you to hear them again. But the moments in that. Yeah, he stole the ball from Lucas. The Browns should have got finals MVP. See, that's the thing, y'all. Y'all talking about moments when there's a game. The Browns should have got finals MVP.

Game one, he had 44, 8, and 6. Game two, 39, 16, and 11. Game three, 40, 12, and 8. Game four, 20, 12, and 8. Game 4, 20, 12, and 8. Game 5, 40, 11, and 14. Game 6, 32, 9, and 18. So what's he talking about, the 20-point game? I would say he locked him up.

LeBron only averaged 36-13 and 9 assists in that NBA Finals. The best numbers he's ever had in any playoff series. Not enough for a LeBron fan. But the TV told you. The motherfuckers said that Andre Iguodala did a great job on that main. And y'all, the TV. Them motherfuckers ran with it. We did.

The TV told you that. And that's what you ran with. He only averaged 36, 13, and 9. 36? No, 36. That's the best numbers he's ever had. That's the best numbers he's ever had. 36 many did he shoot? That's the best numbers he's ever had. 36, 13, and 13.

What is the average? If you're the only person shooting, it don't matter. You're going to get 36 regardless. What is the percent? God damn. Y'all acting like, oh, 36? He's the only one shooting. Of course he is.

Was he? 40% from the field, 31% from three. 31% from three? 69%. And what from the field? 40% from the field, 31% from three. I% from three? 69%. And what from the field? 40% from the field, 31% from three. I mean, he's not terrible. Yeah, so Andre Goddard from the stats did good.

It was only 36 and 30. So every waking moment that they were on the floor. He had the ball in his hand. Every single game minute, they were on the floor. He had the ball in his hand. No, fuck Andre Goddard. Exactly. So that's what the fuck I'm talking about here. No, fuck Andre Goddard guarded it. Goddard was? Exactly. So that's what the fuck I'm talking about here.

Probably. Right? This is what I'm saying. I don't remember how many minutes I've got. If you told me every single minute of every game that they played, Andre Goddard was the main defender on him. Like, stop this shit, man. I think so.

It's a team fucking sport. It was only 13-13. This name busts everybody's ass they put in front of him. Give a fuck what he shot from the field. He was Finals MVP. I mean, 40%. I mean, that shot, bro. Finals MVP.

What he did? Them numbers are Finals MVP worthy. Win or lose. I said Jalen Brown did that to Luka, though. What he do to? Jalen, what he do to? Can you read him Luka's stats? This is crazy.

No, I said, no, not for equal dollar. Equal dollar number. It's a. Jalen West won Finals MVP. This number. Luka. Jalen Brown locked Luka. 30 and 10. Nigga, real to my hat. Oh Luca Jalen Brown like Luca 30 and 10 nigga with the man who could 32 Look I have the ball in his hand 90% of the fuck you're locking me up damn. Yes, 32 29 29 5 and 5. 28, 5 and 12. 27, 6 and 6.

You held me. My worst game was 27. Yup. Yup. Yup. Yup. Yup. Yup.

Yup. Yup. Yup. Yup. Yup. Yup. Yup. Yup. Yup. Yup. Yup. Yup. Your dream how much okay? How much Luca average last year so Luca for 36 for the regular season

Yeah, there's 34 saying in that dance. Oh, you got average 29 locking your ass 34 is 36 I wouldn't he talking about? So somebody locking you up. What did he say for the percentage? What the fuck is he talking about? He fouled out the game. What the fuck does that got you locked up? I'm ripping you a half-quarter on your ass.

I'm ripping you a half-quarter on your ass. So Luka in the finals. Shut up. 47% from the field. 47. 24%. 47% from the field. 24% from the field. How about this? Luka. 47% from the field. 24% from the field.

Luka's defense was amazing against Jalen Brown. Now give me Jalen Brown's numbers. Now let me go. No, no, no, no, no. Okay. Because you want to run a narrative. What was Jalen Brown's number? Because Luka's defense is amazing, right?

All right. What was Jalen Brown's number? Because Luka was guarding him. Jalen Brown in the 2024 NBA Finals averaged 21 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists. What was the percentage? He shot 44% from the field, 24% from three assists. Oh, my God. Look at defense.

What did he shoot? I mean, from three? I'll tell you if you let me talk, shoot. No, he was guarding him. 44% from the field. Luka was guarding him. Not right. 44% from the field.

Not right. 24% from three. He shot, damn. 44% from the field, 24% from three three he shot damn 44% of the field 24% It's okay to be wrong Brown finals MVP on that ass. What he do? Jalen Brown, 44% from the field, 24% from three. Lock this shit up.

On the set. 21? 21, 5, and 5. What he average for the season? On the set. Come on, what is it? What he average for the season? On the set.

What Jalen Brown average for the season? Hold on a second. Let me pull it up. On the set. He didn't average 34. He didn't average 27. 23, 64. Oh, shit. Oh, my God. Just because you, you, you ain't right. Hey, lock up. Hey, lock up. 23

Yeah, look at these the fuck he did look at me like your MVP got you down You got the worst offender on you and you yeah It's okay Put them over there Hope is wrong Brother We go You know you just said he found him out right it's okay to be he found him out right that means he's playing defense. It's okay

Season or the the finals the finals don't yell at me What did he do on a 25th 23.5 will run up to 24 as we do on this job 44 okay, what is shopping 3? See you told me off you know, it's a regular season. He was 50% from the field 35% from 50 percent from the field in the playoff and the party five from the three Was a defensive player one can't play defense. So what did he add? So 50 and 35. So what did he average in the playoffs? How much did he

average in the playoffs? For the whole playoffs or just the finals? No, no, no. In the finals. While Luka Doncic was guarding him. Oh my God. Luka didn't guard him. The worst defensive player. He didn't guard him. Stop, bro. God damn. He was guarding Drew Holiday. Stop, bro. Fuck. Jones and damn, he was guarding Drew Holiday. Stop, bro. Fuck.

Jones and fucking BJ Washington was guarding him, too. Stop. Stop the cap, brother. You lost, bro. Fuck. My nigga, your conversation is mid. Use it. I'm giving you polling on you. I'm giving you polling on you right now, bro.

You're skipping the toilet. I'm Sigma, Sigma, Sigma, Kai. Let me know what you're doing. You are using young kid language. I respect it. Yes's give it a toilet Lottie I don't know that Let me know when you're done See my boys singing my boys singing my sick of us my boy. He says he dropped a sigma you good now you go

He originally said Jalen Brown fouled him out, right? That was his original Jalen Brown fouled him out. How was Jalen Brown fouling out him if he's not If Jalen if he's not guarding Jalen Brown, how are you making a statement that he's out again? So are you don't because it's look I let you talk dog Because Jalen now you hear Jalen Brown numbers now you want to put drew holiday on Okay. Now you want to put through holiday on him now You hear the motherfucker got shut down by the worst defensive player on the team. You want to throw the best defender on him now.

Jalen Brown got him now, y'all. But you originally said he fouled him out. He was attacking him and he fouled him out. That was your original claim. It's okay, baby. You're right. That's how stupid you are. I know. When you get the bump in the It's okay, baby. You're right. That's how stupid you are.

When you get the bump in the gums, you forget what you're saying. You get the bump in the gums. You get the bump in your gums. I just want to know. Hold on, let me pause. See, these are the moments I've been telling y'all to write down. These are the moments. He originally said Jalen Brown fouled his ass out. So that means Jalen Brown

is guarding him. He's guarding Jalen Brown and Jalen Brown isled his ass out. So that means Jalen Brown is guarding him. I don't know how much he averaged. He's guarding Jalen Brown, and Jalen Brown is taking advantage of him. He averaged 27. So Luka averaged 29, 9, and 6 in the finals. I mean, if you want him to average 27, you can average 27, but he averaged 29. 47% to feel 24. 47? 47, 24%.

Oh, my God. He averaged 34 in the ring? Shit. You can only win when you get to average. You can't get to average. We don't know who locked up who, but if you want to lock up a chance to get some bread, download the Underdog app. Use promo code GIL. Get up to $1,000 of bonus cash plus a special pick-em.

One more thing to talk about before we get to mostly fans. So, things got testy during the Pacers' win over the Pistons in Detroit last Thursday after Pascal Siakam started jarring with Jalen Duren and players from both teams met at half court. So we got the clip. Courtesy of Legends Z. You play with Legos. We won't read the whole quote. It's MLK Day. But during the frock,

Isaiah Stewart could be seen telling Miles Turner, you play with Legos. I won't read the second part of it. Shout out to Legend Z, expert translator. Great on Twitter, great YouTube. Because, Kenny, I'm trying to keep my job, stay employed by underdog. A great employer, I might add,

that respects MLK and his beliefs and principles, especially when it comes to direct department. It's not your words. So you play with Legos. So he was referencing Turner's documented history of building elaborate Lego sets as a hobby. He does. Nothing wrong with Legos.

So after the game, Miles Turner posted a carousel featuring a clip of him hitting one of his A3s in the game in B-Stew's grill put in his location as the Lego store with the caption. I am therefore I am Rephrasing philosopher Rene Descartes classic. I think before I am lying. I googled all that shit. I Hate Stewart Stewart is out there to just try to fight Nick Young's words not mine Bistu Amy is just they put them in and just fight I ain't never seen a highlighter Stewart doing a duck or something every time is either fighting

or just talking shit like they paying a motherfucker just to fight a go get this nigga who was bad out there here a couple honey huh so in there a couple hundred he go out there and run through a wall. Just elbow him up. I know he gonna want to fight me, but I ain't tripping. Look. He gotta find you first. He gotta find me first. He found you. I heard he found you.

I'm just saying, like, you saying this. What I said didn't even have nothing to do with nothing. I don't think he was reading very well that day. You know, like, sometimes you just read too fast. Because I said, you know, in the NBA, we supposed to hold each other back and pretend we're fighting. He just thought, I don't know what he thought, but it wasn't what I said.

We were in Tacoma. I remember the moment. But the shit is hilarious, though. No, no. You play with Legos. It is. Whatever Miles say, you over there bumping your gum, trying to act tough. He's like, dude, you play with Legos, dude. You need to stop it.

Like, stop it? Yeah, that's... Nothing wrong with Legos. Nothing wrong with Legos. Not at all. There's nothing wrong with Legos. Multi-thousand piece Legos. But... Precision.

That let him know that he thinks Miles Turner is soft. Because he play with Legos. You play with Legos, you soft. And he from Texas too, huh? Miles? Yeah. That's how y'all get down? That's interesting, Brandon.

Hey, me! I'm up with you, me! I'm up with you, me! Yes! We're the best Legos in Atlanta. You see him keep walking over there, though. And so is Chris Bosh. I fucked with you, B! Yes! We didn't play with Legos in that last game. You see him keep walking over there, though. And so is Chris Bosh.

He's very good at basketball. Yeah, you see him keep walking over there, though. You call me Legos, he's still walking his way. What's that? Yeah. Walking up on him while you're walking this way. I didn't go this way. He walked right over there with him, like,

let's talk about this over here. I can play with Legos and still whoop your head. L.A. Hoopers didn't play this way. He walked right over there with him, like, let's talk about this over here. I can play with Legos and still whip your head. LA Hooper didn't play with Legos. That's a nice little, I mean, that's a patient ass, that's a patient ass hobby. Yes. Are you scared of Ken as well? I ain't never seen you go against that man.

He's still walking the way. He's going to side with Ken. He's still walking his way.os is a patient as high be like You want to hold his pocket so you didn't watch No Pull the trace of agree have one pull the trace of a great Branded through one good one out. It was all supposed to join in Lego patient as the hobby now the trades were great highlighter you see Remember how to start to be together remember how to start me had them

Real simple. Yeah, right. I tried to help my son put a Lego set together yesterday Did not have the patience or time to do it said let me was They got the little small the real simple ones now you got to put them together They got a certain amount of pieces in it. Yeah, like since he put together he was cussing me out Yeah, I try to help the kids do homework But they were all these boxes and squares and shit for math now and dots in the shit I hire somebody you get money now Not yet not quite. Okay, wait till they get the third and fourth grade and fifth grade Oh confusing as I see

Okay, so So Kenyan foul right so King is wrong and then any King you punch So let's see who started this right No less, but you got to see who started is this try to do is okay, right? I thought you know you think all right. Okay. How do you get? Right. Soegan started it. Now, Keegan's swinging it. He did charge Matthew, though. He did charge Matthew with his head, though.

And I love that the Magic are using this as an opportunity to sell tickets. What are you saying? What are you saying about going to Keegan? Home and home. That's a great promotion right there. Home and home. He's great promotion. I'm going.

I'm calling. He's option one and home. That's great. That's a promotion right there home and home. He's great. I'm going I'm calling Oh, I definitely won't be in the next game that's for damn sure I 1000% didn't play in the next three That was a hard But T Mac charged at you that's understandable head, but yeah that that foul was crazy Are you close like Yeah, that that foul was crazy The least I can do is give you a little chest pump I don't expect you to hit me again No, so you live with the crime of the head That's targeted capable of

Look at You gotta get up now why I got to get my channel look at our file that bitch look Bitch going for the ball. Okay clothesline. Okay, we got elbow to the eye now as the all day ball now the person who got any matter The least I can do is give you a chest bump, right? See the thing is if horse wouldn't fail horse would have got it to The goggles would have been in the piece him right up. No, they got slapped Open hand slap Why I'm on his side brother

You see how many people grabbing him shit you can't get a fucking two little niggas go to you don't move that He don't move that fast. No, I don't move that fast. Oh, no buzzes So we asked the chat ain't no three of us is to y'all we asked the chat whose side are you on Canyon or team? I somebody got a call Somebody or the person we're still on your side. Can you chat? Respect you from afar. No. I'm a married man, and I can't be out there

with the physical. No, that's not... Man. You was in all wrong. That's what you said, right? I was 23, 24. Have you ever gotten to a fight on location

on the court? Yeah, that was 20-something years ago, bro. I don't remember you pushing nobody. Have you ever gotten like a shove push? No, I got elbowed

by Dallenberg. Like, someone we could see. Like push? No, I got elbowed by Dallenberg. Like someone we could see, like can they look it up? Yeah, that was Dallenberg. He tripped him. I did one of those little fi-shits. He did one of these, one of them back full court screens. And then when he turned, I did the clip. And then we tried to run that play, chin through. Turned into gym check.

They had to come to mind that you said.. What? Rico's run. Shut the fuck up. I brush you. Now you brush the big. Yeah. Let me find out.

Boom. I'm all out of bounds. We won't use it. I just need to know. I do research. And you didn't come back? Yeah, I was going to beat his ass in the back. I was talking about right there, motherfucker.

You said lay run. It was a lay run. No, no, no. No. It just all happened too fast I'm still different in the back I'm whooping your ass in the back right and then I'm running in the back to chase him and then Mark Jackson grabbed him grabbed me in the middle of the air he's like you know he a black belt I was like I know I'm just doing this shit for three

hours wait wait wait so he elbows you then we finished the game and then I'm like I'm running I'm chasing your ass in the back but I already heard he was a black belt when I was running over there, but I still got a pretend It was more the big mother is black belt. I don't know what kind of black buddy was but it was any fellow Any belt I would have did the same thing White belt orange belt blue You know some shit I took But you know, I just jumped it did one of them swings like, yeah! Unless you get off first.

You got to get off first. I got to kill somebody bigger than me, know all that shit. They told me you know all that shit. You got to get off first. Hit him in his shit. No, I wasn't. Hey, you hit a motherfucker the right way, you get their attention. Motherfucker doing this shit and you can't see and you bleed.

Get your attention. No, no, that means there's another get back. There's another get back after the get back. Attention motherfucker this shit you can't see and you bleed Pretend that I was telling I gotta fake the swing like Hey, thank you mark Heard I heard he put an ass Yeah, that's it in the game, dog. I be talking again? Yeah, that's what I'm saying. You got to do it in the game. Yeah. As soon as he did, you got to do it in the game. When he leaves, I do talk again.

Kingin. You ain't got no, like, pushing and shit in the game? Oh, you didn't want him to do the way Nick did, airing a follow-up? He never got in a fight in, like, open run? No, I didn't want to do it. No, continue. Hey, you know what airing a follow-up? That was a confident swing right there.

Yeah. He's trying to take off and miss it. Remember Kingin, I told you, I clipped him in the game. He tried to kick his fucking ass. I clipped him. He tried to kick. He tried to kick. He tried to kick. He tried to kick. He tried to kick. He tried to kick. He's trying to take off and missed it.

Remember, King, I told you, I clipped him in the game. He was trying to take his fucking head off. I clipped him. He was trying to take his head off. And that was the reward, like, get back. So if I hit him after that, what is the get back going to be? I was not trying to feel that. I don't know what it would have been.

I want none of those problems. I heard black belt. Holy shit. You crazy. I know what you did, man. The fuck is wrong with you, man? The fuck is wrong with you? You don't fight.

I didn't have my gun on me. I know what I'm saying. I'm acting like you crazy. You know what you did, man. My fucking heel whispered to my ear, Mark, hold me back. Hold me back. Hold me back.

Hey, baby. Hold me back. I ain't got my strap on me. Got my strap on me, boy. So... Hold on, man. I'll be back. Quickly, before we get to most defense,

let's go back to the beef stew, Miles Stewart, you play with Legos situation. What's the most disrespectful but accurate thing an opposing player said to you during the game? Disrespectful but accurate. Miles Turner does play with Legos. Man. I don't know.

Got the brains turning. Shit. Here on Underdog. Gil's a ringer. Said something, bud. Shut up, play a lot of basketball. I don't know why you got, I mean, I got pushed. I never got into stuff like this.

You know, it was like. Me neither. I didn't, it was like... Meaning? That was not... The worst thing is like, being in the crowd, I got pushed from like behind and all that shit. Got bent over from behind.

What you... Pushed? Come on, bro. What happened? What is wrong with you, man? I didn't say no shit like that. What happened? Grow up.

And... He said he got pushed from behind? I said somebody pushed me from... Well, I wasn't looking. Like, I was fighting somebody. Oh, you were fighting somebody? I was this way, but his teammate... It was like a big crowd, like a big fight, everybody.

And he pushed me in the back, and... And you got... Oh, who was you fighting? It was against the Bucks. Who was you fighting? I don't the Bucks. Mm. But who was you fighting? I don't know. Brockman, I think. Oh, Brockman from, uh, you done?

I was on that team. The light's getting there. So y'all got into it and somebody snuffed you? Yeah. Fucking Monroe pushed me. Or Graham Monroe. Yeah, because I'm like him. Boots pushed you?

Oh, no, I wasn't on that team. Who was Monroe pushing me from? But, all right. You didn't swing on him? Nah, what we call it, B.I. took out him. So we was like a Royal Rumble, man. So basically B.I. got a punch in. So B.I. took off for you is what we're saying. No, no, because I'm taking off on him.

Did you actually throw a punch? Yeah, I took off, boom. Took off on Brockman, hit him, knocked him out. My bro hit me, boom. Oh, B.I. came, hit him. Boom. As you know, it was a big-ass commotion. I'm telling you, he was going down that day. He was going down.

Knocked him out four, bitch. All right. Before we hear most of it, that's a little funny. Don't that sound like Mike Gap? Who's is, I was like, don't that sound like Mike Gibson? Yeah. I was like, he just knocked him out. You can't even fight. What do you mean?

So, before we go, obviously MLK Day, tons of games underway. But shout out to everybody who shunned the NBA basketball schedule on MLK Day to show up to Gil's Arena presented by Underdog. Nearly 18,000 of you. We basically sold out an arena to come watch Gil's Arena. But we got to take a look at highest scoring games

in MLK Day history. So you got Dame had 61 points back in 2020. Kemba Walker had 52 back in 2016. But tied for third, Jason Jason Tatum 51 in 2023 and our very own Gilbert arenas 51 piece against the jazz we talked about a little last week so but at the end of day mine was the best one Because it yeah it ended with a game winner. Okay, so who was the softest amongst that who was the tough? Yeah, I'm just kidding It was at home. Okay, I'm about to I'm just kidding. Were y'all at home on that? It was at home. Okay, I was about to say that would've been fucked up y'all playing in Utah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. On MLK, Dad? Oh, yeah, that was horrible. That would've been nasty work. Diabolical. Where are those? Did you got the Gil MLK Bocce shoes? You had MLK in those shoes?

Hell yeah, he did. You don't remember? That was Black President. That was the black president. No, they always made like a special MLK shoot for y'all and everybody that day. Not that I remember. That's Laker stuff.

You think about Scobie. He did. Yeah, I was going to say that. Scobie, man. He did. Well, let's move on to Mostly Fans, presented by Underdog. Download the app. Use promo code GIL.

Get a $1,000 bonus cash plus a special pick. He not delivering for you? He got five assists going into the fourth quarter. What you need? I need four more assists. You'll be fine. Everybody else done did they thing. They done did they thing.

You need five more. And Kade already hit. Kade hit in the first quarter, I think, the first half. I just need eight and a half. Oh, you need eight and a half? Be Madison Square Garden, okay in the first quarter. I didn't face him. I doesn't eat a knife Be Madison Square Garden. Don't worry. How much you got? I'm doing shit to the points He I know Five question today from underdog user look at me 59 They come in full speed at you to the rim. Who you scared of the most? Ja, Westbrook, or D Rose? All in their prime.

God damn. Full speed at the rim. Who you scared of the most? Ja, Westbrook, or D Rose? I'm gonna go Ja. Demetrius, Jermel, or Marin? Full speed? Full speed. Westbrook. Westbrook, the other two guys are two foot jump Four speed. Westbrook. Oh, four down. Westbrook, the other two guys are two foot jumpers, so Westbrook.

You have no chance of blocking it. Yeah, you- He's pushing at you. Yeah, them two foot jumpers, they gotta get to it. But that's gonna be crazy. But they're two foot, running four, he ain't doing that running four speed. Hell yeah. He said running four speed?

His hands ain't big enough. That's how they all do. His hands ain't big enough. That's how they all do. To do this, to palm the ball? No, he got to run at full speed. He got to be able to palm that bitch. That's wonderful.

But running full speed, Russ doing this shit. Yeah. Taking off, putting that motherfucker right here in their prime. Right, I mean. The mother of two dudes, you got to go to here. That's what I'm saying. Go ask Shotblock who's the one you prefer. Nigga.

I want you to go here and try to. You take all your momentum. Right? Then you go in here. He said the only thing running full speed. But one is pushing. He's pushing at you. But that's just me and you in your nuts. If I'm going one leg

with my knee out, you want somebody to do that to you? Yeah, you don't. That's what I'm saying. That's the point. That's the point. That's the point. That's the point. He's a one foot jumper.

So who are you most afraid of? Yes. So Ja, like the two foot jumper, they're jumping away from, it's like it's more moving, kind of like... They're going to dunk on you and you got the potential to get kneed in your shit. I'm going to go Dave Rose. Two foot jumper. I can't block none of them, so I...

I don't want any of them. I don't want any of them, so I... That's a two-foot jumper. I don't want any of them. It's two-foot jumpers, bro. I don't think you can go wrong with any one of them. I mean, yeah, either one to me. But he threw the caveat in there, running full speed. Running full speed, yeah.

Running full speed? Yeah. I'm going with the one-foot jumper. Zach Levine, LeBron. That's that type of jumping. Yeah. Get more momentum. More like momentum, one full speed. If I run and I stop, one down, power up. Up, power up.

You're going this way. You're going up. Thank you. That's one coming this way. So you ain't never ran full speed, then jump? It took your momentum away. You take your momentum. So when they dump, they're not going, they're going up?

They take your momentum. No, they're, they're not going, they're going up? They're going up. They're taking your momentum. No, they're going up. One's going still straight. So even if you jumping, let's say you got to jump straight up. One is pushing out of bounds. So was you a two foot jump or a one foot jump? Two foot jump.

Both. I could do both. But you jumped higher off two. I could do both. I know you can do both. Me too. I'm just saying I jumped higher off two. I jumped higher off one.

And I jumped from the free throw, I could jump off one. But I'm just saying, as I was done, I'm running and I'm playing. I feel like I could get higher off of two. Higher? Jesus Christ. That's what I'm saying. Higher off of motherfucking two. You're not right.

Stop. Running full speed. Yes, running full speed. If I'm running full speed on a fast break. What finger? That finger's higher, right? God damn. You act like if I'm not. All right. You know what? You're not right. Stop. Running full speed? Yes, running full speed. If I'm running full speed on a fast break. What finger? That finger's higher, right? Goddamn. You act like if I'm not... All right, you know what? You right.

Everything y'all say, I'm going to disagree. You know what? I can't jump off one. If you're running this way... I'll just run fast. You're running straight. I'm just running fast and running straight. You know what? You right. He said full speed running full speed.

Just because y'all right. Y'all right. You right. Full speed. You're right. I thought you were leaving. This is right. Full speed. Pass the rim. You're right. I thought you were leaving. This is up, right?

Two foot. I thought it was... If this is the defensive player, one is straight at him. So one is pushing through, one is jumping up. We said that. Yes. You can jump... One jumps higher up.

One jumps at you. Running full speed. Running full speed so he's not slowing down I get it agree with him that's all you want to do I don't get so this is MLK day we got a ton of NBA games on the ball it'll be in the we're saying one job I'm going with their one job so once in my one's going to lose p more right than my one's going full speed and then right than my ones going full speed and then Power up you're right. We're saying one goes full speed and he just keeps his speed and he's pushing through the defender

That's what he's saying So he said he's saying that he'll rather go against someone who's running full speed to stop and jump straight up That's all he's saying. I did it So you think so so you think an airplane can take off? Like, going as fast as it is and get to... And then... No. Motherfucker. Which one was... Somebody in the chat said

this episode was pre-recorded. It is Monday, January 20th. 209 PM Pacific. All right. You're right. You're right. You're right. I'm probably looking at the intro. What the fuck y'all talking about? Someone said leave then, Nick.

The fuck on out. And that someone was Gilbert. No, no. I said, I know they're ready. No, I said leave. You could agree with Ken. They said, right. I got a doctor's appointment.

They said, Nick Young, leave. Ken, you got a doctor's appointment. We have to call it a show. We appreciate everybody in the chat pulling up for this MLK day. Appreciate it. I want a card. Just making sure. I don't play those games.

I'm just asking. I don't play those games. I apologize. I'm sorry. I am from L.A., kid. Just kidding. But on that note, we will see y'all. This has been another episode of Gills and Reader presented by Underdog.

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