Gil's Arena - LeBron SWEPT Out Of The Playoffs SPARKS Gil's Arena

Episode Date: May 13, 2026

LeBron James SWEPT Out Of The NBA Playoffs SPARKS Gil's Arena as the Gil's Arena Crew reacts to the Los Angeles Lakers getting swept by the OKC Thunder to end their run through the NBA Playoffs and debate what's next for the King as he considers retirement or a new team in Year 24 of his all time NBA Career. Next, they move over to a far more entertaining series in the Western Conference as they react to Anthony Edwards & The Minnesota Timberwolves evening up the series against the San Antonio Spurs and discuss Victor Wembanyama's hostile elbow that invited the Wolves back into the series. They debate if the Alien deserves a harsher penalty for his shot to the side of Naz Reid's head and break down who is under more pressure to win Game 5 and get 1 win away from advancing to the Western Conference Finals. They then discuss another sweep in the NBA Playoffs as the New York Knicks finished off an easy series against the Philadelphia 76ers to prove they're the team to beat int the East and debate what's next for Joel Embiid & The Sixers as their franchise player called the season a success despite falling short of the Conference Finals once again. Finally, they react to Donovan Mitchell's record breaking 2nd Half to power the Cleveland Cavaliers to a huge win over the Detroit Pistons to tie their series and debate which team will move on to face the Knicks in the next round. PLEASE give us a LIKE & SUBSCRIBE if you enjoy the show!! Today's Gil's Arena Crew : Josiah Johnson, Kenyon Martin, Brandon Jennings, Swaggy P & Rashad McCants Gil's Arena premieres every Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday at 11:30am PT / 2:30pm ET. Sign up for Underdog HERE with promo code GIL and play $5 to get $50 in bonus funds or bonus entries https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-gi... SUBSCRIBE:    / @thearena0   Read Rashad's Blog - https://rawrashad.com/?blog=y Join the Underdog discord for access to exclusive giveaways and promos!   / discord   Must be 18+ (19+ in AL, NE; 19+ in CO for some games; 21+ in AZ & MA) and present in a state where Underdog Fantasy operates. Terms apply. Concerned with your play? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit www.ncpgambling.org; NY: Call the 24/7 HOPEline at 1-877-8-HOPENY or Text HOPENY (467369) 2 Min Countdown 0:00:00 Show Start 0:01:18 LeBron & Lakers SWEPT Out The Playoffs 0:04:34 LeBron Reflects On Year 23 0:34:52 Dillon Brooks Attends Lakers Funeral 0:50:16 Wemby Throws A Hostile Elbow 1:03:41 Ant-Man Ties Up The Series 1:24:57 Knicks Sweep The 76ers 1:32:45 Donovan Mitchell Saves The Cavs' Season 1:48:54 Tonight's Playoff Picks 2:09:35 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Gills Arena presented by Underdog. Woh-W-W-W-W! Sad day. For L.A. fans, but... Shit. He said it's a sad day. It's for L.A. fans. No.

Basketball community. The Ducks are still in it. Game five. Game five tonight. Still L.A. Still part of L.A. County. The Los Angeles Ducks are Anaheimaheim. Game five at night, baby.

We got a lot to get into, though, obviously. Tons of playoff basketball going on around the league. This is Gills Arena presented by Underdog Woo-Woo. I'm merely host Josiah Johnson. We are eagerly awaiting Swaggy Peas arrival. We will keep you updated on his whereabouts. That's funny. But representing tough crowd, car carrying country club member, we got Mr. B.

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In the black basketball community. But we got a lot to discuss. Here's what's cracking in Gil's Arena today. The Knicks swept the Sixers with another blowout winning in an elimination game this postseason. Does the East officially run through New York? Wimby's ejection in Ant-Man's mother's Today tribute helped the wolves, even the series with the Spurs.

Is San Antonio still in the driver's seat? I help. And the OKC improved to 8-0 this postseason with their second straight sweep. Where do the Thunder and the Lakers go from here? But before we get into all that, as always, this show is brought through by Underdog. Underdog available in most states, including Texas, California, and Florida. New customers get $50 in bonus entries when they play just $5 to get started. Just use code Gill when you sign up and it'll load instantly.

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NBA champion World Swaggy Pete, Nick Young has joined it. Here at the arena. That's the sound that was making last month. Like, oh. Well, speaking of that, we're going to start this show off in the Western Conference Unfortunate Situation that went down in L.A. on Monday.

entered their game four matchup with the Thunder trailing 3-0 looking to avoid the sweep with three straight third-quarter meltdowns and three straight double-digit losses by combined 20 points including a 23-point blowout in game three Saturday night at their crib. With their backs against the wall, the purple and gold put together their best performance of the series trailed by double digits midway through the third quarter but bounced back to take a four-point lead heading into the final frame as the Thunder faced their first fourth quarter deficit this entire postseason, but the reigning MVP and champs refused to be denied. Bringing out the brooms for the second straight playoff series.

We pick up the action in the fourth quarter, since we must. Joe was going on. Austin Reeves hit a big three in Alex Caruso's grill to put the Lakers up five with just under eight minutes. Remaining Reeves led the Lakers with 27.7 board six assists. Rui Hachamora, another impressive game, 25 points on 9 to 15 shooting. LeBron had 24 in a game high, 12 rebounds going. 8 for 18 from the field, but SGA snapped out of his scoring slump with his best game of the series putting up a game high 35 points on 11 to 22 shooting along with eight assists.

AJ Mitchell had his third straight 20-point game. Coming through with 28 points of four steals while Chet Holmgren added 16 and nine boards and Jared McCain had 13 points off the bench, including a three in the four quarter to tie things up. Thunder tried to pull away but the Lakers stayed within striking distance. With the Thunder up six, Rui Hachamora came through with a more point play to cut the deficit to two. We're trying to get his bread.

And Marcus and won. They had the Lakers a one-point lead with 40 seconds remaining, but Chad Holmgren responded with a dunk near LeBron Jones. Jackson Hayes watched on, put the Thunder back up. Braun had the chance to put the Lakers back up with 20 seconds to go. But missed the bank shot, S.J. hit two free throws to extend O.K's lead to three. Lakers had one last chance. to tie things up.

But Austin Reed's missed a three-point owner possession in which both Rui Hachamora and Luke Kahnard were on the bench. Thunder outscored the Lakers 35, 26 in the final frame, ending the game on a 28-18 run to get the win and sweep their second straight series. OKC improved to 8-0 against the Lakers this season. After winning all four regular season games, rather convincingly, now won nine straight playoff games

advance of the Western Conference Finals for the second straight season. Swaggy, we will start with you. Why? On NBC this weekend with Mario Sully. Over at Universal. What are your biggest takeaways from the thunder sweeping? You're in Los Angeles Lakers.

Ah, man, the Lakers just... They wasn't ready. I think O.K.C. is too deep. I think they're going to be in a real crisis because A.J. Mitchell is... He's emerging as... That Jalen Williams, J-Dubbs spot. They're going to have some stuff to figure out.

I like what the Lakers did, though. They didn't, you know, during the regular season, lost every game by 30 points, playoffs. They played harder. But they just wasn't deep in that for O.KC. I think a lot of people knew this was what was going to happen. I feel like LeBron did his job

if he was going to go down and took KD down with him You feel me? Craves in a barrel later, gentlemen Craves in a barrel, baby. Yeah, he's going to win me. But I'm proud of my Lakers. I'm proud of him.

Nobody expected us to go to the second round. So it's not like we thought they was going to go to the finals and, you know, win it all. Bron is not. Bron is young. He's old. He's old.

He's? But I just like how hard they play. Marcus Smart, Rui, OKC got like that Warriors field, that third quarter. That's when they step up and make adjustments and just show who they really are. Brown swept for the fourth time in his career, second time since 2020. Brian gets swept the same. That's what we on. Brownie swept for the first time?

Yeah. His professional career, first father or son. Guess what? By the Thunder. A.J. Need to come to the Lakers. A.J. and W.

Thunder have a very favorable contract with A.J. Mitchell. Got two years left on his deal. Last year is a team option. I think it was like a three year close to $9 million deal. That's it. So, yes. The game is Rick, right? He is not in any way.

You're going to take this money. You're going to like it. Well, you only get nine? Overperforming. Some conversation may need to be had in the near future, but as it right now, and his last year is a team option. Shout out Sam Presti, but Mr. B, let's shift over to you. Biggest takeaways from watching SGA and the Thunder sweep the Lakers.

I got to give a shout to JJ. I mean, he coached his ass off. It's just that his team wasn't, you know, couldn't, you know, just couldn't match up at all. You know, this is the game that they should have won. Marcus Smart had four turnovers in the fourth quarter. Shout to Rui. great game. Mitchell, he stepped up this year. He had a hell of a series this series, taking, you know, with J. Dub being down. So it was a good look for them. But, I mean,

they played like the champions, man. You know, they took care of business. You know, Lakers tried to do the best they could with what they had. But overall, you know, the OKC, you know, they were just way better than them up and down. So something that they just got to get ready for next year, you know. Lakers also didn't have their best player, but I don't think That would have mattered. But, you know, hey, it is what it is. On to the next one. Look, amidst the entire postseason hamstring injury,

will not play with Slovenia this summer and the feeble qualifiers. But let's shift over this side. Kenyon, I see you. I thought initially it was a Byron Scott jersey. Yeah. No, no, no. It's not a Byron's.

The West Side Connect gang, VeeVBang. But were your biggest takeaways from the Thunder sweeping the Lakers? Yeah, now the Lakers, they won the players. against a really good team. Getting out of the first round was a success for this team, being without AR for most of that series, being without Luca, getting out of the first round was a success. Ran up against a much better team that's striving to repeat. Like I stated before the series started, unfortunately the Lakers would be collateral damage in the Thunder's

quest to repeat. You know, Oklahoma City is a good team. They have basically nine guys that are similar skill set on both sides of the ball, right? From Shay down to the Williams kid from Dallas from third, fourth the shack. All of them from you got Shay, Wiggins, Joe Wallace, Williams, just they all are similar skill set that do the same thing. And they just, they don't let up, right? And that's recipe for success. And then you put the bigs with that they have.

Einstein plays too hard for D. Andre Aiden. He is a live wire. He just, he plays too hard for D'I. DeAndrean can't match that what he brings to the table. Minute for a minute I didn't think in this series. You were accurate in that assessment? Yeah, yeah. Mark Smart can't have the kind of turnovers he had.

late in games. What you love about Markers Smart is the same things at times. It's them like WTF moments for coaches. Like the fuck are you thinking, what the fucking you're doing moments as a coach. Brandon said JJ did a great job. Limited what he had in the cupboard. For the most part, I agree with you. The only question would be at the end of the game, Why don't you have the guy that's shooting 58% from three in the game? Another guy that's probably your best shooting Luke Conard on the floor when you need a three. You put in Maxie Kleber who ain't sniffed the floor at all, which was an interesting call at that juncture of the game. Don't know what that was about. Maybe it was decoing. You outsmarted yourself, I think.

Um, you, yeah, the more shooters on the floor, the better. Uh, that's my, yeah. And he's a shooter. He's, and you're a shooter as well. So I think you should know that. Because you were absolutely correct in that. You would be it again. Absolutely.

But, yeah, they were out, man, out, just out matched from top to bottom. And the team that's trying to repeat, man. And OKC looks like a team that's on a mission to repeat. And once you have that confidence that no matter what a team does, you got their number, I think Oklahoma City, they're figuring that out in real time, right? That if we play our game, we are very tough to beat. And I think the Lakers, that was last night, right? Everything the Lakers threw at them, no matter what the Lakers did, they had an answer to it.

Yeah, Rui played great. The guys that needed to play well for the Lakers did. Austin Reeves played well. It's just too much. There's too much on the other side. Last man, at least I shift over to Dr. McCann's Ph.D. I see pedals on the floor. A pre-owned broom, like slightly worn.

Get to the sweeping later. Okay, just has been in use. What are your biggest takeaway is from the Thunder sweeping the Los Angeles Lakers. I brought followers for the king, but I'm going to share that later. I think it's funny, man. There's a lot of praise for the Lakers getting swept. It's interesting.

You can praise them for... Tell me they said the hardest sweep in NBA history. That's just with the internet is... Yeah. It's kind of weird to me, man. The least amount of games possible. I would expect more criticism from a story franchise that has a essentially competed all season to be in the position.

You know, Swag did say they didn't expect them to be in the second round. I think we all expected them to be in the second round. I think we all expected them to do what Laker fans thought they would do, go to the conference finals and try to compete for a championship. So with no AR and no Luca, you thought Houston was going to lose to Luca Norr and Bruner? Can I finish? I'm just, my bad, I'm sorry.

Okay. I don't think you all expected it. So, like, the expectation is always going to be there. I mean, we heard that Luca was going to go overseas and get the treatment, you know. So he should have, I guess the treatment doesn't work. So we're not going back over there no more. AR coming back should have been a little boost. I guess this is the last game where he got his shit together and it still wasn't enough.

J.J. Reddick doing a great job. I wish getting swept. reflected that doing a great job. I believe wholeheartedly he did not adjust. He did not have his team prepared for this team. A team that's made him look pretty crazy over the last two of counters. So I had a bigger expectation for them to compete at a higher level. They were outmatched, outgunned from an energy standpoint.

They didn't show up with the energy. DeAndre Aiton, completely got outmatched. I believe certain players on the Laker team got outplayed by the other role players that showed up for O KC. They do what they do all year. Just play hard. Play hard, play smart, play together. The other team will fold at some point. And when you look at the whole series, the whole four games, I think two games where they could have won. They just made mistakes. I think you look at 19 turnovers to 11, 22, 22, 20. points off turnovers and second chance points and stuff like that. These are small things that change the dynamic. You didn't get beat by the three. You didn't get beat by free throws.

You got beat by just not executing and not playing real basketball. And at the end of the day, that's what happens when you get swept. And again, I'm going to hold the leader accountable. He said in his press conference that being a third option, he's never done it before, and he's not good at thriving at it, in which he thinks he did thrive at it. And then moving back to his original position, number one, feel like you can go back to thriving at the number one. And I think in the last eight years, we've seen the number one not get it done when it counts. and this needed to be something that just saved the saver for the Lakers fan not get swept. Let's just not get swept. Let's win one game.

And I think to do that on your home floor is bad for business, man. I'm not going to sugar-coated and hold hands. It looked nasty. I wanted them to compete the win at least one game, but getting swept is what it is. Yeah, that's easy to say when the team is better than you. Yeah, right. When the team is better than you. He said the number, he said he hasn't done nothing in eight years, right?

That's a number. All right. They did win the championship. I thought they did. I was thinking. What championship? Yeah. Well, yeah, it's, when a team better than you, good luck.

That's all. I think we were able to survive. I've been there. Trust me. With or without a little. Show up your best, you can show up your best person, right? The best team that you have to put on the floor can show up. And when the team bedding you, he just bedding you.

And, yeah. He said the last eight years, the number one put on the team ain't done nothing. They won a championship in the bubble. Yeah, but the coronavirus is the number one option in. It was a... The Rona has this known. All I know is that LeBron had, he won finals MVP, right? Yeah.

So eight years? Two championships during the time with the Laker. Yeah, man did what he had. 2023, inaugural NBA Cup championship, which counts. Bairnardt. Call the spade a spade. man did what he had to do man at 41 in those circumstances playing against that team that young team did what he had to do man I disagree

throw quarter I disagree a hundred percent because you know he did what he had to do against Houston it was all sunshines and rainbows he's the goal no no they did he did what he had to do against that team they did what he did what he had to do this team at the first round this team just better than them that's all they did what he was 41 on a near full strength rock this one was 41 the first round he did what he had to do to get his team to get his team out the first round. It was 41 in the second round and that team was better than them.

Nothing more to put on it. Yeah, you're lost. You got swept. You got to do better. I mean, either. They also didn't have 35 points. Show up. Either way it go.

But I'm just saying they didn't have they didn't have, but they still didn't have a 35. If he was out there, if he was out there, who knows he wasn't, we don't know what would have happened. All we do know is the guys that suited up that Oklahoma

City team was better than this Los Angeles Angeles. All we know is they got swept with this broom. That's all we know. We know that the first round... That's the very broom from the... The first round wasn't no sweep. The first round was, man, if he loses this series against this team

gonna affect his legacy. No, it's not. Legacy is cemented. Woo-woo-woo-woo. Yeah, it is. If LeBron gets them out of the first round against Houston, he's got to be the goat, right? Because of who he's got on his team. No, Luca, no. way you are. Who said that? Who said that? The people. Oh. Like I, so them.

Oh, once again, I'm still waiting on who them people in. Yeah, them people. They all, everybody. They all, everybody. It's they, and I'll ask you who they is. That's the same people. Is this media? Is this media saying? Yeah, let's just say the media and people in comments and the overall consensus of conversation. You don't think what he did against Houston was with the team he had? Like, thought it was good? I did. Okay, so you think that this sweep is good, too? No, I knew this team was just. It's better than them. Okay, so it's a sweet bad?

But I didn't see them beating Houston with the team without A.R. and Lucas, neither. Okay, so you think they beat Houston with Kevin Durant? Well, when he came back, they did. The one game, right? But he said, I mean, he did beat him. That's the only game he played. Right, so you get praise for that. Get him out the first round, good.

Yeah. Get your ass swept. No, like, you've been 23 years. been playing. You know how to play this game. J.J. Riddick, you have 100 plus playoffs plus wins as two years as a coach.

Regular season. Darwin Ham has, like I said before, Darvindham got ridiculed, killed. He went to the conference finals and then got swept. This is a big deal. Can't sweep this under the rub.

We can sweep it out the way, though. I could sweep it out the way. But We're not going to sweep it out through under the rug. Swept out the road. We're actually question. So you say you're expecting them to win at least one game, right? So what is the difference in one game and it's still a loss? Fight.

They fought. Fight. Now, you just fight enough. So what is the difference of them winning one game? Because what is they fought? What is that going to do? It's called. We understand what it's called.

Sport zero. That means you didn't. The Lakers fault is hard as they could, man. That's got dominated. So when one game. What does that do? That's a gentleman's sweet. But what does that do, though?

It showed that you fought to win one game. No, it don't show shit. It shows that you lost a series. It shows that Oklahoma City moves on no matter if you won one game or three games in the series. It does not matter at this point. I agree, because you lost, you're lost. So let's just talk about the loss. Yeah, they lost, right?

It's not except. During the season, they were losing by 30, right? Yeah. They were getting smacked. Right? And then on the average of... 29. It was 29.

still very high. It was very high in the regular season. And in the playoffs, the first three games were by like 19 plus points and then obviously this game. So we're commending, we're commending the fight, right? The fight?

Fuck, yeah. I mean, what's gonna ask me by. No, I'm just saying the team better than them. That's what I'm commended. I'm saying Oklahoma City better than them. This ain't got nothing to the left. Oh, you're from top to bottom. What I'm saying has nothing to do with the Lakers.

Oklahoma City better than them. I don't care if they were full strength or not. Oklahoma City Thunder are a better basketball team from top to bottom. I didn't think the Los Angeles Legas had a chance. Whether they won one game, two, this shit could have won seven.

Oklahoma City was going to win this series. No matter what. It's just they are a better team. That's it. Like what I saw for the four games that I watched them play, they are a better team. And there was nothing LeBron could have done.

He could have had one of them series they'd had against the Golden State Warriors in the finals averaging 35, 9, and 9. And he would have still would have got swept against this team. Still got so well. That's what I saw them playing. They just, they, too deep defensively, they don't stop relentless pressure, they got multiple

shooters on the floor, they bigs play hard. It's a recipe for winning, especially against that team that's limited. That team that's limited, you got two guys who can go get their own shot. The rest of them dudes, you got Bronner, AR, and AR ain't all over. he can go get his own shot and brown. The rest of them dudes can't. And that's, the way them dudes defend. Thunder, a pretty good team.

You know what I'm saying, but the way they, the way they defend as a unit. Like, they, I'm watching them run picking rolls, and they're trying to get certain people in picking rolls, and you're trying to get Lou Doord off of people to put an Alice Caruso on you. That ain't, you're trying to get wiggins off for you to put, no, that's, that, that ain't helping you.

Like, even Shee compete, like, you're trying to run a pick and roll to get shot. Like, that's not, he is going to compete on the ball, man. So the Lakers don't have enough playmakers in this series in order to do nothing. They're just what it was, man. So you said they had AR and LeBron, and then OKC just has Shea? No, they don't.

They have... They have... They have nine... They have nine... That dude with Shea do? They're capable? Yeah, they play both ends. So where the AJ Mitchell...

I mean, no, no, yes. No, yes. No, yes, they play both... Hold on. They played both in the first round. They played both ends. They didn't play in the first round. McCain didn't play in the first round.

He came out, he was ready. Came out of that motherfucker did what he had to do. Right. With painted fingernails. And after smiling, kicking y'all ass in the same time with them painted nails. I'm just saying, right? That's what makes it even worse. Shay is the leader of it, right?

Yes, absolutely. But those dudes, the way they've scouted them, the way they've, AJ Mitchell with the UC Santa Santa Barbara, right? A fine school. But finding gyms. Santa Clara. declare okay c didn't do nothing special to prove that the lakers could not have competed and won two games they didn't though and win three games they didn't because they didn't execute because they didn't

do basketball shit because they're not a good because they're not a good coach team because they're not a good coach team so Oklahoma City has to do anything to do with that I don't think so well you I don't think so I watched they lost about five last night they had 19 they had 19 turnover Nobody had 18 turns in the game. They lost about 30. I mean, 23, they lost their 19 turnovers in that game. They had 19 turnovers in the game. They lost about 18.

They had 19 turnovers in the game. Austin Reeves had eight turnovers. That's where it was. They were going. That means whatever offense they was running wasn't working. Are they playing 5-0? What does they have to do with anything? Are they playing 5-0?

Mark and smart? No, they're not. So they're playing 5-10? So they're playing 5-10? Yeah. So when they're on offense, what is the? Is the other team playing offense as well? Mm-mm.

Are they playing defense or they're playing offense? Mm-hmm. So I think, yeah, so, okay, cool. I don't think that has anything to do with them stopping anything. Was there the only team that's off? Yeah. Huh. So, hold on, so everybody executes their offense.

They stop shaking in 20. They're 100-some games, right? Say it again. Stop shape from game 20. Plus, he's been doing that for a hundred and some games. Right. Average 19 turn over the game in those. So that's how good his team is.

The fact that they can shut him down, He got nine other motherfuckers that can get gone. What are we talking about? No, it shows that you keep collapsing. You keep collapsing in the fourth quarter when the game is close. The game has been close with the Lakers and they lost in the four quarter. They could not put it together. They could not put it together.

First three third quarter, Lakers, called diligently to about midway third quarter and then. Games are lost in the third quarter. Four quarter do you have a chance to come back, make a run, show some fucking backbone. But did they? No, they did not. Why?

Why? They didn't do that last night? They don't have it. The Lakers didn't do that last night. Wasn't it back and forth? They had a back and forth to the- Listen, y'all could, y'all want to, they got a better team, though. I don't, listen, whatever back, they, Oklahoma City, the better team, man.

Like, just what it is. Sometimes a better team can lose. But they didn't. Yeah, they didn't. They got sweat because they was bad coach. They did not, the coach did not have them ready to play. Cool. Period.

Yeah. Period. There's a lot of people out there analyzing the game seeing the breakdowns of what the fuck is going on Why are you gonna say struggling I heard you're not rotating here Why you're not getting rebounds? I saw that's all say for the time Yeah, so rebounds So rebounds a coach? So who you're gonna sell? They weren't struggling that last game, but I'm starting Jackson Hayes

I'm starting Jackson Hayes energy effort rebounder are you playing for and he's blocking shots He did a lot of shit D'I Andre A in the last game in the last game Or I try to play them together. You're going to play four days? Play them together. Match what's out there. They got two bigs playing together, two seven-footers. Match, match it.

Where's the match up? One of them plays on the perimeter. That can't score. And both of your guys can't score and can't shoot. So they just... Now you're playing three on five defensively. Now you're playing three on five on the end. We're saying three-on-five like a motherfucker.

Arcusstein gets offensive rebounds and gives them second chance points. Okay. To shoot threes. It's hard than every five. So we need two bigs out there to box him out so we can get the rebound and go down and execute our offense. Two bigs on one? What do you mean? Two bigs?

There's two bigs out there. You just said you need to put two bigs on there to stop Hardinstein from offense rebounds. And Chad. There's two bigs. They are rebatt on the perimeter. Chad plays down there too. He goes against the board. He plays on the perimeter.

Defensive, he does. Regardless. Regardless. You need two big. That man, average, his career high issue with none. Nine rebounds this year. So he ain't the most offensive rebound in this person there could possibly be. But he's a lob threat.

He's a rim threat. He's got to do with anything. You need somebody down there to match him. They do. I can coach the effort, though. What? That's not only a coach to tell you. I'm pretty sure JJ Redick told him to play with some effort.

Rebound. He didn't have to. Heck, it's the playoffs. That's what I'm saying. So how do you coach that? You're a sub for somebody else to bring in and not rebound either than well? can you keep going. How many times can you keep serving as a coach? Very thin, thin bench.

That's what we said. But they don't have that many options. Exactly. So people will do that. So we'll talk more legors in a second, but let's at least salute the thunder on what they're unable to come. Yeah. During this conversation, that's pretty, they're really good bad. The thing we've been hammering home in this conversation is that the Oklahoma City are really

really good. 8 and 0 this post season. They're a really good basketball. Nine straight playoff wins. I think 17 points scoring margin through those first eight games shooting 51% from the field. No other team, NBA history, done that through their first eight games in a playoff run. The last team to do that in any eight game stretch in the playoff run, 2017 Warriors. When you're looking at this team, they're getting close to being in that conversation,

just with the stress they've had in the last two seasons, back-to-back MVP. Obviously, you've got to wait to see what happens with the Spurs and Wolf Series in the Western Conference Finals, but they get through that. Yeah, it's going to be tough. They still, they got confidence, man. The biggest thing is going against them right now is the time off. The biggest deficit that they're facing now

is this time off. You think it's a bad, though? It's good for Jay Williams, like for J. Dubb to try to get healthy. That's the good thing. They don't have to play games and risk nobody else is getting hurt and losing nobody else right now is a good thing.

But, yeah, like she said, like the rust was real before the, I'm saying this series. Like, you just constantly days off, days off. Like, you don't want to do what Kevin Durant did, right? Going to bump knees in practice and now your fucking star is out. So now you've got to try to monitor and manage that part of it. So, yeah, it's tough, right? This right, when you got games to prepare for and all that, that's easy.

Right? Day in between the game, travel, those things are easy. But idle mind, idle time, trying to figure out this, who you don't know who you're going to play yet. How do I keep my guys sharp? How do we stay in basketball, shape? So a lot of things that's going on with this. But they are.

They have a goal, and I don't think it's going to deter them. But in my opinion, the biggest thing they're facing now is the time of. They're a good team, though. Well coached. He takes timely timeouts when he need them. Yeah, they don't get rattled, man. And I think it starts with him. I think it starts Mike Daggner.

I think it starts at the top, man. You got all those guys. You add a Jared McCain type who obviously the Sixers thought they sold high on them and trading them. Gave him away for basically nothing. But McCain very big in this series hitting big shots. Instant offense off the edge, man. Yeah. You know, shout out to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

And he plays with confidence. Man. Yeah, no, man. It's ain't got nothing. Listen, unfort, like I said. The legs were collateral damage, man. I think that'd be fine with the time off. Because that Spurs and Wolf Series, they're going to beat each time.

up. So I think whoever come out at Sears, they're going to be so beat up to where and they got to turn around and right away. And then if it's the Spurs, I just don't think the Spurs are mature enough, especially with Winby doing that dumb idiot. I just feel like there there's something right there with him where get him frustrated. Just get him frustrated. Soccered, but we were talking. Yeah, we're going to get the, but we were going to talk Spurs. Yeah, I think, yeah, it's. Trust me. Let's hear back to the Lakers briefly. Yeah, because shout out to the Lakers. Get back to the Lakers. So LeBron met with the media for the final time this season.

What could be the final time in his career? Brown avoided directly answering questions about his future in the league and with the Lakers of both remain uncertain. But he did reflect on year 23 and adjusting to a new role for the first time in his career. Obviously, we felt a little short, obviously, but I mean, I'm not looking at my year as a disappointment. That's for damn sure. Especially, I mean, I was putting into some positions. never played in my career before.

Actually in my life. I've never been a third option in my life. So to be able to, you know, thrive in that role for that period of time and then have to step back into the role that I've been accustomed with over my career, over my life, playing a sport, and be able to thrive under that.

And then just my teammates allowing me to, like, lead them under extreme circumstances. That was pretty cool for me at this stage in my career. Brown average 21-7 assists six rebounds in 60 regular season games. Shooting 52% from the field, numbers bumped up to 23 points per game, seven assists seven rebounds in 10 postseason games in the playoffs. Helping the Lakers advancing the second round after back-to-back first round exits in 2024 and 2025. So Mr. B will start with you.

Just looking when LeBron was able to accomplish this season, year 23, 41 years old, obviously not the way than anybody wanted it to go on the Lakers side, especially LeBron, but how would you grade LeBron in year 23? A plus. I mean, 41 years old, still averaging over 20 points a night, still doing it at a high level. I mean, yeah, you ran into OKC, which was a team that was better than you, but I've never seen anybody at the age of 21 do what he's done. So for me, where my eyes have seen, I think it's an A plus, you know, just to keep being able to keep going.

and fight through different things that happened this year. Like you said, you've never been a third option. You had to play a different role, came back to the first. So most guys at that age get stuck in their ways. And you still figured it out, and you still had some success with it this year. Swagget, how are you great, LeBron?

This 23rd season, the National Basketball Association. I'll say the same. It's a roller coaster year for him. Nobody expected. some of these things with injuries have been happening to him. For me, what he's doing at this age? With the criticism and everything else he got to deal with off the court, it's surprising to see him still go out there and play with his amount of confidence

and still go out there and get it done and make his teammates better too. I feel like Luke Knard and all the market smart. We wouldn't have seen that. I think this would have been like some of these guys last years, and I feel like they was able to get contracts off this playoff round for them. Also, he did it without, you know, he was out without Luca, too, in the playoffs too. I remember that, and AR. No, Luca, don't you, for the postseason?

But Canela shift over the side, looking at LeBron this season, read off the stats, obviously got swept, but how did you grade LeBron year 23 in the NBA? No, it's a gold to, let me go back to the elementary thing they used to give you. It's a gold star, right? We ain't seen it. Like no one playing at this age, at that level. The way the season got off-starred, injury, this, that, and the third.

I'm pretty sure he didn't know how the season was going to go. To be a third option. to be asked to play a different role in order for betterment of the team I think is crucial for the locker room, right? For guys to realize what sacrifice is and what he's done

throughout, right, is lead and to be asked to do something different. Yeah, I'm pretty sure that took some looking in the mirror, right? When you've been doing it a certain way for 22 years and somebody come in and ask you to change that to Brandon's point. Like, guys get stuck in their ways, right? When you're older, you're used to doing it a certain way.

You've had success doing it a certain way. Not everybody is that willing to change under these circumstances. It's all about going out and competing, and I think he did that. He did that at a high level. No matter what, nobody has to say. it was a success, right? And he looked at it as a success. Ultimately, that's all that matters is how he viewed his season.

The rest of us are flies on the wall and spectators with an opinion. But, yeah, he view it as success and I'm going to agree with him, right? In year 23, for you to go out and do it this way. It still got something left in the tank. So that's the beauty about it. He doesn't look like he's done. Yeah, I'm going to give him a gold start, man. Because there's other people that's done it in their 40s.

And you can tell the way they looked in their respective sports, right? I think baseball is probably the more easier of the sports to play in your 40s. Football is almost impossible unless you play certain positions. This is the most taxing that you can do at this age in your 40s. and I think he's doing it. Yeah, shout out to LeBron James, man, year 23. Last but not least, Dr. McCants, Ph.D. Emeritus, if you had Gray LeBron's year 23 season,

what grade are you giving LeBron James? Flowers, got to give him flowers. He's done a lot for the league. He's done a lot for the young fellas. But essentially, winning is a metric for me. So I'd give him a C. I think I expect more from somebody that's chasing the goat. It's the highest standard you could be compared to.

So you have to outplay and outdo everybody all the time. There's no rest. There's no excuses. There's no lack of accountability. He did participate as a third option. Come into the season late. There's a lot of ups and downs with the team, a lot of distractions. With all of that being said, he still was able to take his team out of the first round,

which I said it was impressive, which, you know, you've got to give credit where credit is due. But essentially coming up short, you don't get credit for coming up short, and you don't get credit for getting swept. So it's a couple of notches down on that. but he's he's NBA royalty you talk about longevity you talk about stats accomplishments

you talk about what he does off the court how he presents itself should have just seen his son at the little golf course yesterday he's a good family man he's raised some prestigious young young kids

you can't take nothing away from him but we're talking who he gets a seat The metric is winning And Kobe didn't get no A Mike ain't get no A Tim Duncan ain't get no A Kevin Garnett

None of them got A's just participating And being there Because they were older You don't get it done You don't get it done A lot of those guys on their last legs And the last seasons They didn't get it done and don't count

It counts against you And that's usually the metric When you want to be the best of the best So what does you get him? Who? Ever. Like Jordan on the Wizards, what grade would you give him? C.

So the same? Mm-hmm. So what they're doing at that age is the same? What, who's doing? Jordan and C. So you gave him a C. So Jordan. You just didn't, you didn't get it done.

Okay. Didn't get it done. Didn't get it done. You're still playing. Still playing for something. And you're getting paid $50 million to play the third option. There's an expectation for that. You can pay what?

$50 million. million dollars? No. When he was getting paid 50, he was the number one option. What is he getting paid this year? It was part of his contract already. He already was under contract. He didn't sign a new deal.

He's not getting 50 million right now? But he was the number one option when he signed that. So he doesn't, he didn't sign, so he wasn't a third option when he signed a deal. Yeah, 53 million. So he was the number one option. So he was the number one option. So that means that I'm getting 53 million. I do not mind.

I was the number one option. Do not mind moving to the third option. I'm pretty sure he did. My check doesn't change. I'm pretty sure he did, my. I'm sure he was fucking trying. After doing it for 22 years, I'm pretty sure that was a look-in-the-mirror conversation that was difficult. Oh, really?

Absolutely. Absolutely difficult for him. 22 years and I, the number one is. How difficult is it? Does it, like, what comes out? What do you get out of that? Do you... What do you mean?

Do you win to combat that? That talk in the mirror? What do you mean? You have to talk to you? yourself in the mirror and say, I got to move to the third option. We're going to win, so this benefits my decision to move to the third option. When Luke was out there, yes, and they are

out there. It was beneficial for him to become the third option, yes. Now, he went back to the number one option. What was that talking to the mirror then? What is that conversation? Why is that conversation needed? Because you're now going back to... But why is the... I've been in this role for... I've been in this role for

22 years. I've been in this role for 22 years as a number one option. What conversation? What conversation is needed for me to go back to my original state? I have an expectation to win. But what does it change, though? We have to win. I'm number one now. But what conversation needs to be had?

I have to, I have to now win, because I'm, hey, I'm moving out of this third. There's no conversation need to be had. There's no conversation that needs to be had it. Okay. The conversation was, the conversation was had because I had to do something that I was done before. I had to look within, in myself, and then realize, oh, shit, it's not about me. I'm 41. Hold on.

Like, we do got some other guys out here. Boom, now I got to be the third option. But I don't need to have a conversation with myself to go back to number one again when I know that. Because now it's about me now. No, it's put on me. It's put on me because the guys are out. And it's, yeah, why am I the number one option now, too?

Because I'm LeBron James. No. I'm the number one option because our number one guy is out. Number two option is hurt. That's why. So when Austin Reeves came back, he was the number one option? He tried No

No Okay So LeBron James He came back early I don't give the fuck when he came back When he came back Austin Reed was not the number one option When he was playing with LeBron his last three games

When Austin Rees came back LeBron James was still the number one option Yes To me Yes It's just that when Luke could come back Brown understands okay now I can go back to the third Because the second I need Austin Reeves to be the second option

Huh. But if Lucas out, I can take, I mean, it's just what it is. I can be me. I'm still going to be me regardless. At the end of the day, LeBron's going to be him regardless. That's the thing. Okay. All right.

I mean, still averaging 20, over 21, over 20 points a night, average in 70. 23. That's not impressive. Like your role changed. See, he's getting the group. Hey, your road changed, but I'm still effective in the role. I'm just. Was it impressive for Russell West?

Brooks, Carmelo Anthony and all these other guys got moved. Carmelo said he heard him P, they want me to come off the bench. Did none of them play at 41? You heard him? Oh, it's the age thing. So did none of them play at 41? You heard them? They want me to come off the bench.

All right. It's the age thing. Now you're comparing them to some other people for what? Because they had to do it too. No, they didn't have to do what he did. They had to move to different options. No, they did. No, they did, yes.

Hold on on different teams. They didn't ask Mello to come. They didn't bring two guys in New York, Knicks and Axello to be the third. and Axe Mello to be the third option, did they? No. They didn't bring three guys in Oklahoma City and ask Russell Westbrook to be the third option, did they? No. So what's your point?

I guess I don't have to... What's your point? I guess I don't have a point to... No, you don't, because you brought two guys up that wasn't asked to do the same thing. You just trying to bring up shit to make the dude look bad. I'm not making them look bad. I'm trying to make my...

The key word is the trying to try and... to you move to the third option there were other players okay let's say Tim Duncan then that doesn't fit that doesn't fit no you know you're in Jordan didn't make the number one option when were they asked to move to the third option

in his last days when when was Tim Duncan asked to move to the third option his last year who did they bring in Colette had to bring in anybody Kawah Lundner was there was Tim Duncan the third option then when Kauai was there no no what was he was the second option still

who was the second option still No, Kawai was like the fourth option when he came in. Then he turned into the what? Then he turned, but Duncan was done. Wait, you said, wait, when they beat the Miami Heat in the finals? Or just that whole year, you sent Kawhi Leonard was not the number one option? No, it wasn't. Okay.

No, no, I just, I didn't know. Who was? It said Tim Duncan. Okay. Who was younger? Was it Parker? No. But they're younger than who?

Yeah. Tony Parker was younger, Manuel Genobley was younger, but at no point when doing Manuel Manuel Genobley's tenure and Tony Parker's tenure. You can you look at... Nobody came in... Came in that motherfucker was like, hey, Bigfella, hey, 21. Hey, we need you to take third seat. Look, Kawhi? Kauai was having 10 points, man.

Oh. Yeah. Big fella, we need you to sit in the back. That year they beat bronze. Yeah, like Eagle Dalla. No, no, I think... 2014. 14.

You're talking about? Yeah, right when they beat Braun? Yeah. So? What was their stats? Who was the leading score? Tony Parker averaged 17 points per game that season. I think, hold on the mix first right here.

Yeah, Tim Duncan, average 15, Kauai average 13, Mono, average 12. Yeah, I mean, yeah. Six players in double figures. Yeah, they're right. They're right. What? What was right? Tim Duncan was number one option?

No, Tim, I mean, no, Tony Barker was. Oh, I thought Tim Duncan was. But I still, but. And McQuire, I said he was the second option, didn't I? Yes. I just because Tony Parker led them to morning. They didn't bring nobody in. I think the offense ran.

I think the offense ran through Tim Duncan. You're fucking right, it did. The offense was set up for Tim Duncan. The offense didn't run through Tim, though. The offense was set up for Tim Duncan. Of course it was through Tim Duncan. Tony Parker, average 17, yes. All right, well, one last thing we got to talk about

before we move on to other playoff action. Dylan Brooks is repeated and habitual bear poker embracing his role. Embracing his role as the Joker to Brown's Batman. So with the Lakers down 3-0 and facing the brooms from the thunder, Brooks was in the building to do some more trolling. Let's take a look at the video if we can, please. So fresh off getting swept by the thunder in the first round,

Brooks was spotted sitting courtside under the hoop to watch the Bronner of Lakers. Suffered the same fate. Cameras cut to Brooks early in the game as a brown was shooting a free throw, and leaned out with ice for ice cream in his mouth. He's back coming to the things. But Brooks did have high praise for Brian after the game. I say he was a competitor. Wish our reaction to seeing Dylan Brooks sitting courtside.

I really wish... I really wish Dylan Brooks would have saw Braun earlier in his year. He said he watched him back in the day. I got to play against him. Yeah. But I'm just saying, because he's such a villain and the fact that he's like, you know, Brown is on his way out. But I wish I would have been able to see them like when Brown was like in his prime a little bit,

which would have been dangerous for him, which would have been dangerous for him. But I'm just saying, I just say, I just... like the villain of him like coming to the game. Elite trolling. You know. After Miami. After my... White meat.

After Miami. No, no, after Miami, bro. Not Miami. Brooks head to the white meat. Not Miami, Ron. Listen, listen. After a couple of finals. You know what I'm saying?

Like, just a little bit. White people try that. Not Miami, bro. I'm talking about like when he got back to Cleveland a little bit. I've seen the Sean Stevenson tried to do that. Yeah, that had that score of 25. straight against Detroit? No, no, not that one, not that one.

After all that, after Miami, when he left Miami? G. Monty. No, but I just, so when I saw him at the game and when I saw the other day when Jai and, was it Jaron Jackson was at the game, watching Orlando play, I thought it then, and I've seen it before, other guys. I was just like, it's just weird, man. Like to go to NBA games, as an active NBA player,

to go watch it's just I don't I just couldn't imagine right watch one of your biggest

haters get swept though person you I get it I don't know why he's there but it's just I just

I just but can you do that after you get swept though what like Phoenix got swept too oh yeah

you gotta bring your ass over it with us no he can because he's gonna fuck with air but I'm just

I just think it's like guys going if you get I don't know that so would you think

about Dillon Brooks sitting courtside under the... I remember seeing D.WA sitting courtside in the finals watching Kobe beat the Celtics type shit. Still weird. Some guys just like basketball. I love basketball too. I watch a lot of it. But you think it's weird if you go to the finals?

As an active NBA player. To go watch? To go watch it, go sit in the stand, go sit and watch the game. Really? Yeah, I think it's... Like during the finals and all that? Like, just to... As an active NBA player?

I mean, you just love the game. I love the game as well. You can love it from the comfort. Yeah, but I mean, like, I mean. That's different, though. I can watch it. I love the game. I went to game seven and saw Brown beat the 73 and nine.

He can't say that. You can't say that. Oh, you're wearing other people's shoes on the court. So that's like on the same level, I feel like. Oh, no. What? Yes. If I'm wearing Kobe, like, if I wear somebody's shoes while I'm playing them,

they used to best you to talk someone. Come on, man. This is different. I'm not wrong. with that because I, bro, if the Lakers are in the finals and I'm a, and I'm a active me and I'm in the city, bro, I'm a star, I'm going to go to the game. I want to

see the game. It's game seven. Why not get the feeling? Why not see, not, why not get that feeling to see what it is? This is just me. Nick, too. I guess Nick, too. I said it just me. I guess Nick. I just think, I'm pretty sure there's some other guys that feel the way that I do as well.

I'm going to the game. I'm just not pulling up to. I can see the finals in that just, but like, so if you're active. The finals game, I can see. I can see that's all that. I could get, I could understand that move. Just going to a game, like, come on. Wait, so if you're an active player, right,

you've never been to the playoffs. Well, I got to get here then. No. So you gotta get, so you wouldn't go to the, okay, so save your head, coach. I'm trying to visualize. No, no, no, but it don't matter. No, the finals is a different experience.

No, the playoffs in general. No, no, I'm not going to regular playoff games. No, the playoffs is a whole different level than the regular round game. Not no regular playoffs game. Second round. The regular, the regular, The regular season and the playoff game is two different.

It's two different levels. No, listen. I'm going to watch these niggas. Who? I'm going to get fit. I'm taking my work on that. Yeah. Hell no, bro.

What's the difference, though? There's no difference. You're going to go to Cancun and watch the shit anyway. Wherever you go, nigger, you still lost. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. It's don't matter where you can't escape it. For me, I can't do that.

If Scott Scowlis told me my rookie year, yo, we didn't make the playoffs. Yo, man, you want to go to a second round Eastern Conference and watch. I'm going to go it. I'm going to go with my coach to see it because he's getting me. First of all, we're about to go walk and see it. We'll get there. We'll get there. We'll get there.

How are you going to get there? I mean, yeah, that's one thing. But feeling it and being in the building? I can't feel it the same way. I feel it on the court, too. Bro, I'm going to be honest with you. After my rookie year, after we got put out, I went to the Lakers Western Conference playoff game.

I sat there and watched that shit. That shit was intense. That's why I said. Western Conference. Western Conference. Western Conference, it don't matter. Like, a playoff game, I'm going there. I'm more understanding of a finals game.

Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Every playoff game is a second round game in L.A. And I understand. So to hear me out, I understand why players like in the Super Bowl of the losing team. Some dudes sit out there and they watch so they want to see what they're feeling. Like, I get that, right? I get going to the finals if you listen. I want to play on that stage one day.

Yeah. I can understand that more. Right? Game seven of the finals, I can understand that more than me going to the first round game three. Yeah. Yeah. What, that's, I mean, that's like a music artist going to the, being like, I'm not going to go to the Grammys unless I'm winning one. But so you're not going to go for the experience? God damn, you need to go.

You need to be in the fucking building. Right? You need to be in the building. Yes, it is. That's the same thing. This is my profession. That's the same thing. If I want to go to the final so I can see how that shit is.

I want to see how a motherfucker is. how motherfucking intensity is game one. I want to see that. I wish I was in the building. If I was in NBA during AI when he went to the finals at one game, I want to be in the building to see that. No.

I want to see that. The support is Canadian brethren. SGA, Lou Dorts. So, so, so. That shit weird. Amen, Thompson not allowed to go to the game. Well, that's his Twitter.

They might have been switching out during Hattrow. You never know. Like, but he's going to see his family play his brother. Wait, wait, who? Wait, who? There are exceptions to this. Oh, it cannot be the fun.

You're an active player. Dylan Brooks is his home. That's my homie. Homie and his fucking twin brother are two-semen. This is my man. I'm going to watch my twin brother play. You are. No, you're an active player.

You're an active player. Go watch that. Sit at home. Nig. What do you mean? I agree. What you mean? But if he is there, I know why he is there.

My man is my, he's my Olympian. He's my teammate on the Olympics. He's my teammate on the Olympic. What are you talking about? I still think he is there. I still think he is there. It's weird. You hear me out.

I still, but I understand if a sewer and a men Thompson are going to the game. When Brooke and Robin was in the league, right? Yes, yes. If it's your brother, do you want to go watch playing the playoffs? Yeah. I'll be like, okay, I get it. No, I get your active ass.

No, I get it. Cancun. One, two, three. I'll see you in Cancun. It's still weird to me, but I understand that that's his brother. You're niggas is weird. I'm not wanting to watch another. If it was normal, people would do it.

Talking about his home boy. That's my man. Who gives a fuck such a man? That's my man. It was normal. People would do it for. Like, all this is the basketball. Like, what's about basketball?

The highest level. When you, when you, when you, we're, right? Like, hey, bro, you're getting dressed up to watch somebody else do it better than you. In 15 years, listen, yo, in 15 years of me playing, not one time. Have you ever said it? And I thought to like, you know what? Man, I'm going to go to a fucking game. How about when you was younger and you didn't make the championship game?

Did you watch the championship game? What championship game? In AAU. No, we're on a plane leaving. AAU you did not, can you didn't stay for the- That's a lot. That's a lot. We definitely watching the game after the game.

After the game? We want to see who won. We want to see who won. 13, 14, you couldn't leave. Y'all niggas that beat us, y'all had to win. Y'all niggas that beat us, y'all better win. You're in the championship, man. watching no game.

They couldn't leave because the first, second, third, or fourth, you had to sit there and watch. What could have been us? Well, yeah, next year. Next year. What they made y'all do? Yeah, I don't know. A.U.

Back in the day. No. I didn't do that. Coach definitely say, hey, y'all go sit through and watch this sheet. You ain't going to, you ain't escaping this shit. We can get my A.U. Coach on the line. He can tell you himself. Right.

So, so after. So, how much. A.U., y'all flew and left. Unless we had another game in an hour or so, that's the only thing. Take an ass back to doubt. games. Everybody was watching. Everybody's playing. We had another game.

So now you're going to the Drew League championship game and y'all wasn't in it? So now it's the show you're not. Now it's the ship to Julie. That went from NBA. I truly. I was just fucking saying shit. I was supposed to get MVP.

You were just saying you were there to see you. You was there to see me fucking playing. Who was playing? They mail me my Emmy near Drew. I didn't go to the championship game to get that shit. I felt like they cheated. Nick. Nick.

Nick. Nick. I'm hot. Next they're going to ask you, did you watch your son's game after he played next? Now, they're just going to ask you if you watch any game after another game. And if it's a normal, why we don't, why me talking about this like it's a big thing? Dylan Brooks in particular. They are.

He just mentioned D. Wade. Active NBA players. You know how long D. Wade played the goal? Who? No. When was the last time somebody else did? He was in the game. He was at the game.

Okay. All right, so when's the last time, another star was at a game or something? LeBron James was sitting at the finals game watching, watching C. and them loose to the bucks. Who? Weird. Sid in court side. Weird. How?

Banana bows. How? Weird. It's basketball. They're on a banana boat together. You sit at the game with a lot boss on the floor. Like, no. Get it off.

Get it off. Mark. I'm here. I got four of them. But back to you. The point that you made right about the twins, the brothers. Like I said, I think it's, my thing, it's still weird to see NBA players at games, right? Wow.

But if you're going to support. I see that. I ain't gonna lie. I ain't gonna lie. I ain't gonna lie, you'll see. What, it's for your brother? Yo, so I'm just in, hey, so I'm just in town. Hey, hey, people just be family, best.

Yeah, we just get put out, right? Family should be bigger than bad. I'm gonna'am. Well, so we just get put out. We go to the next man, and Jordan Clark's in our homie. We've like, hey, man, let's go to next. We got course side seat. Don't go.

Yes, don't go. Wow. As an active player? Wow. All right. Well, let's good. As an active player. Brother, brother, best.

Yeah, that's, come on, man. Say it again. Unless it's your brother or you feel close enough like it's their brother? No. Say it again. If you feel close. No. What if it's your biggest enemy, you want to watch their down.

But why don't we just want to go to the game? Hey, I'll be mad by all support. Both of y'all came up. My homie is playing my enemy. I'm about to go to the game and watch my brother slashing his fucking head off. You just got swelled. 4-0. Yes.

What the fuck I'm getting dressed up to go watch a. My brother cut me. He cut my head up. My brother cut my head off. I'm about to go watch. We've got the same national team. We've got the same national team. That ain't your brother.

This is my guy. Y'all didn't come out the same hole. This is my guy. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. It's my neighbor then. No. Fuck it, he ain't my brother. We grew up again.

Never. Same daddy or same mama. I understand. That's crazy, man. That ain't. Nah, I'm gonna be at the game, though. I'll be there.

Oh, you're coming to the game? Yeah, oh, yeah, I'm not going. Or not. But I'm not going. That is weird. That is weird. That is weird. doing what I was playing, hey, bro, you leave me some tickets to the game.

Nick, I ain't, what? Y'all see you after the game. Leave me no fucking tickets. No fucking game. All right, well, let's keep this thing moving. We got a lot more playoff basketball to discuss. Let's stay. I thought that was there.

So let's stay in the Western Conference. Man. Stay in the West. LeBron, y'all niggins is a trend. Yeah. Absolutely. Was it, John just had a game? They all.

They all. And then, Jaron, at Orlando series, absolutely. They're going to Orlando. Watching Bain play. They think they can be. That is, they, man. That ain't your brum. That's my man's.

That's my men. We went to battle together. Man, hey, bro, we want you to win this series. Go ahead, Josiah. Hey, guess what? Go ahead, Josiah. We watching it on TV and me relaying that mess is the same effect. I'm watching you right now, bitch.

The same fucking thing. I'm killing with his ice at the game. I'm going with all this shit off. All right, well, let's shift over. We'll stay in the West. Shift over to the other, much more entertaining, send me a final match up. Wimby delivered dominant performance in game three to guide the Spurs to their second straight win

to take back home court advantage. Alien had 39 points, 15 rebounds in five blocks becoming the fourth player ever with 35, 15 boys and five blocks in a playoff game. Joining Hakeem, Shaq, and Kareem. Spurs were looking to take a commanding three-one lead in game four, but a questionable decision by Wimby in a monster game from Ant Man on Mother's Day as tribute to his late mother gave the Wolves new life. Let's take a look at the highlights if we can, please. So both teams got to it from the jump going bucket for bucket in the first quarter. Spurter jumped out to an early lead, but Ant Man starting the second straight game.

But not today, fellas. The Wolves took a four-point lead after the first frame. It's a large part. The plays like this. I think it's an unexpected turn in the second quarter when we be booted from the game. for elbowing, Nause Reed. We will have, what? What?

Uh-oh. Man, they don't want to show what we're doing on dirty. Uh-uh. Coming back. Uh-uh. Lady Jum, this is a live show. You already know how we do. Like I said, we'll be ejected.

For Elboy and Nause Reed, we will have much more on that shortly, but we'll out for the remaining in the game. Only played 12 minutes in that game. In that Flager 2. When we finish the game, just 4 points, 12 minutes. Spurred's guard, Corps did their best to fill his void. Dearen Fox and Dillon Harper both had a team high 24 points. With Fox going 8 for 23 from the field, Harper had a much more efficient 8 of 11 shooting,

while Stefan Castle added 20.6 boards and 4 assists. In this game, Spurs trailed by 4 at the break, but outscored the Wolf's 20 at 20 in the third frame, forcing six turnovers in the quarter. Wolf trailed by 8 with under 9 minutes left in the game when Anthony Edwards put the team on his back while still dealing with a knee injury. Antman scored 16 of his 36 points in the final frame playing all 12 minutes. Rudy Gobert added 11 and 13 boards, who did some big buckets in the fourth quarter without wind be controlling the paint.

Knows Reed had 15 and 9 boards off the bench going 6'12 in the field. So Woolrow up 7 late in the game when the Spurs tried to rally. Coming up with some clutch, defensive plays, and free throws to cut the deficit. Wills were forced to take a timeout, 13-second rank, nearly getting next second violation. We're going to. Oh, go, go, go, go. We came through to still, get the win.

We're going to show it in the second, Swig. I can't take these foreigners. The Wolves even the series heading the game five back in San Antonio. So we'll talk the game in a moment, but first let's talk about the most controversial moment from Sunday. Let's take a look if we can, please. The Wimby lost is cool, decided to throw a bow at Nasree in retaliation for some physical play. for some physical play on the wolf side. Let's take a look at the replay.

Look how he tried to get up, he too. Look at Dylan Harper's face. Even before, ooh. Dylan Harper's face watching it. And he's skinny too, so his elbows. Boom. All bone right there. Chowling monkey elbow.

That arm fell down. We'll be given a flagrant two ejected from the game. On the play. Ooh. Soccery Blue, as the young kids say. Said Woolf went on to even the series. Much more easy to get buckets in the pain without wouldn't be out there. So Nas Reid had this reaction with asked about taking an elbow from the French phenom.

Pain is weakness leaving the body. That's it. Pain is weakness leaving the body. On Monday, the league announced there would be no further discipline. discipline. No further. No further discipline for Wimby for Flagrant 2, so no fine, no suspension. That's correct. Winby getting off for time already served. So like, we're going to start with you. I saw your very visceral reaction. Did Wembe deserve a harsher punishment for elbow and nausea? He deserved to be suspended. That shit looked worse than the metal world peace. On James Hart. James Hart. And then you clap at there and celebrate. He meant to do that.

You know, and what I see was somebody that, you know, you could get frustrated. And that's what the Timber Woods is known for. You know, you can say what you want about them, how they express their selves, play the game. But I haven't seen them do no cheap shots like that, you know. And when you can't, you know, take the pressure or take what people saying and you, you cocking back elbows. He's French. I know y'all want to take it lightly on a French drink because he's a French thing?

Yeah, but you should be suspended for the, it wasn't like I'm just throwing it. He really meant to hit that man with that elbow. And Nasree was none of the people that talk trash like that. Part of the jelly fan. Yes, but you don't see, he just said some bullshit like pain leaves the body. Like that's some signature shit you read. Like, in the locker room. He don't talk trash.

You're not the guy. They're just weakness leaver? Elbow, Jay, and Daniels or something, you know, man, that's different. But that was weak. Very physical game with me every time. I feel like you should get one for that. Hey. Why did none of his teammates run and do anything about it?

I don't know. Let's see it again. Did they? No. I thought McDonnell had him like. Yeah. He let him go. Because he didn't want to get suspended because he thinking, he knows.

No, because they knew what they was doing to that man to make him do that. What, playing physical? I didn't see him elbow him. A man, physical, okay. Did they somebody elbow him? Game one, and he pushed him down, just push Wimby down, running back on, literally, on the ground. So shouldn't the coach step up? No, number one rule of big men.

Number one rule of big men when little guards is down there swiping at the ball. So they literally walked up to him and pushed him. Yeah. No, he wasn't walking. It was running down the court and pushed them down out of bounds. But fuck all that. Number one rule of the big man is keep your elbows high. Man, this is this.

I see that, but you went this way first. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And came back. Yeah, because this whole series, y'all been fucking around and y'all just found out. So you want to fuck around. You should get suspended. You're going to find out. So you should get suspended.

Guess why they didn't suspend him? Because he's been. Because they reviewed the fucking around. They reviewed the fucking around. Look, they've been finby. They've been fucking around with Wimby this whole series. We ain't been calling none of the bullshit on them. We've been allowing them to be physical with him.

I mean, that's been on the league and the refs, though. No, it's on Wimby. It's on Wemby. Let me show you something. Okay, you think because I'm a freshman, I'm not Rudy. You're not about to just fucking choke me out. A different breed of friend. I'm going to let you know what this is.

Okay, this ain't that. Listen, I was over there with monks. I was doing my patient shit for a long time. I was being patient because I'm over here and meditating. You're not a monk. You know what else the monks taught me? That shit didn't work. You know what else they taught me?

Don't go back. You know what else they taught me? If you can't handle the problem. Do you know what the monks talk? They didn't teach you the elbow. They taught me the elbow. No, they did it. Huh?

The people's elbow. Can you smell what the rock is cooking, nigger? I bet you can smell that shit now. What do you say? He didn't get karate kids. What he said? Pain is what? Pain is weakness leaving the body?

That's nice reason. Okay. So Swaggy, you mentioned... King? Huh. Swaggy, you mentioned meta. So meta... But meta elbowed, James Hardin, I think, was like the second and the last game of the regular season,

was suspended for the next seven games, so missed the... You got suspended seven games? Missed the regular season finale, missed the first six games of the playoffs. Seven games! Did you know why, right? But he did have a history of... It don't matter. Some situations.

Nick. It don't matter. Yes, it does, and listen. You can't have the history of... I'm talking about if you fight, if you do something like that, you should get suspended. This is Adam Silver's in. That happened in David Stern's NBA. Somebody walked on the floor and got two different NBA's man.

You did it on David Stern watch, you was going to pay for it. James Harden did it. I mean, he did it to James Hardin, he paid for it. Money means more. Listen, to Rashah's point, right? They've been fucking that man up for four games. Like, he got fed up. Like, that was, like, you could take, like...

It was a bubble. It was everybody got a pushing, like a third one. pushing like a tilting point right and he reached his because right before the same play got slapped in the head right? They didn't call it by Shannon so what I saw was

y'all ain't been calling it watch this right I get it right but so when he grabbed I'm thinking why he got the ball here right you told everybody put that bitch up here where can nobody get to it was my thing he don't know how to be a big yet Shannon fucking ball

pivot right he grab it here pivot, I could hit you with that same elbow. Yeah, you could. And guess what? No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, you're swinging. No, you're swinging. Oh, just turning, like that.

Hey, you get that motherfucker here, you chin that bitch, I can swing the motherfuckers just like, hey. Just like that. I can swing the motherfuckers and you get hit, that's on you. This shit here? That's flag. That's flagrant, too. But let's, let's watch the play again if we can, please. If you pivot with it.

Research perfect. I can pivot all over this motherfucking nick. Hey, and you run there and get hit? See, yeah, he threw that one though. Yeah, I elbow and I ripped through like this. Right, can you do that? Why did he throw it? Look at what he's doing.

He's throwing it because these niggins is all over me. He grabbing my shirt. He just got hit. He grabbing his arm right there. No, come on, bro. Back up. Back up. Look, he got his whole arm.

That's a bad look for me. That's a bad look. Keep on. Keep on. Keep on. He's a dirty player. Right there. Right now.

He's doing that too. Look, he's getting boxed out. Look, he got his jersey behind him. He's grabbing his jersey. Wait. Okay. Right there. He's got his whole jersey right there.

Okay. He's holding him right. He gets hit right there. Damn. Right there. Elbow right there. Elbow to the face. Right there.

Elbow to the face. One. Grabbing my jersey with the other hand. Two. Hey, man, listen. Let go on my arm. Look, he got his arm. Let go in my arm, bro.

Who got your arm? He got his arm with two hands right there. That arm. Two hands. Why you're sitting? Nope. Swing at him then. Why don't?

I'm swinging at whoever around. Hold on. Women's a dirty player. No, yeah. He's a dirty player? No, yeah. He's a dirty player. Hold on.

Listen, if they called the file Jay McDaniels got this man left arm, right? Jay McDaniels holding this man. Before he elbowing, before he swing it, stop. Try to be peace. He is holding this man's arm. Right? Do we agree or not agree that? Hold on.

Nick, before you still. I know you're funny to say, do you agree and not agree that he's holding this man's left arm? Right? Right? He's holding it. Is that not a file? Yes. Is that if they blow the whistle in this moment?

No, no, you can't say that. If they call a fire, him holding both, he got both of arms on the arm? But you can't condone the elbow no matter what. I'm going to condone. Because that man went to the hole at the end, it got hit in the face and they ain't calling it. People get fouled. So every time I get fouled and they're missing, I just, I just, I just, This man, every rebound opportunity they're pushing him out of the crime.

How many times the brunt got found on the fast break? Big. Nick. Bro, you're not going to keep doing this to me though. Nick, you know what the scounder? Women's a dirty player, man. He's a lot, bro. He's soft, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

When you soft, you do stuff like that. He feels physical. Rich. No, he's a dirty player, bro. Messing with me. They're touching me. Well, guess what? Guess what?

He's not soft no more. Wee, we come into the bed. I bet you won't keep doing that shit no more. Pain leaving. Pain is weak as leaving the body. All right, keep running up. Let me show you some more pain. No, listen.

Let me show you some more pain. No, listen, I will keep doing it right now. He would be not mature enough to understand that the team on the court. I'm gonna keep fucking. He was not going to do it. He went to see them up. He went to see them up.

What's the Jordan? When they was beating up Jordan, I never seen Jordan elbow, motherfucker. Like this. He had you talking about he grabbed his a man, by his throat. Man, nigga. All throat. You're not going to keep hitting me like this, Zay.

No, that's wrong, Wimby. That's wrong. That's New York. So I'm listening. But what if he got him by his throat, right? He reached a boiling point. Looked him in his face. Wimby reached a ball in point.

Your motherfucker's about him fucking be up for three and a half game. And you take it out on a nicest person on the team. Guess what? Jayneed Daniels holding you. Pick your teeth up, niggins. If Jaden would have been on the other side, guess what he would have got? Nah. He could have swung the other way.

Same shit. He holding his arm. Turn around. If it was so fucking bad, why your teammates ain't. If it was so fucking bad, why everybody ain't jump off the bench? They're smart. Why everybody ain't do nothing? They're smart.

Nobody moved towards- I'm pretty sure they did the same thing in Joker. That's what they do. They play hard. His reputation. They play hard. They play with Joker. Does appear to look at Nasre right here.

Why? I'm tired of you specifically. You. But thing is, yoga fame. He did it, right? And he had to ask Harrison Barnes when they said he was ejected. Like, what does that mean? Yeah.

He had no clue that he was in. Like, what a flagrant tool? For real. Because I'm protected myself. He asked Harrison Barnes on the bench. Like, what does that mean? He did say, yeah, he did say. He looked up at that man instead of what does that mean?

What that mean? What that mean? Keep that out. That means, yeah, go home. Go hit the showers. So he don't know. Go hit the showers. And that's the least.

You're a dirty player. One more time, please. I'm pushing that narrative. Hey, guess what? Sacrate Blue. I don't, I don't fall in for taking enough for himself. Not for sure. Make up for yourself.

But I think the coaches should, though. The coach's shit, though. If they ain't go do it, guess what? I mean, they need, they need, the coach's got money. Go get that. They ain't go do it, guess what? I'm gonna take matters to my own hand. Ain't that what you do.

You should tell the rest, like you said, you should tell the rest, like, all right now. He keep on with this shit. If he keep on, I'm giving you the warning. Hop, oh, you can't take it. If he keep doing this shit, you better clean it up. That's what we just say. Hey, Ray, clean the game up, man. What's the difference between talking?

Right. What's the difference between you going on. Everything talking trashed and there's no limits, but I'm messing with you and you can't, you can't. You're not messing with me. Yes, I am. You're hitting me. You're hitting me. You're not talking shit.

So you can't do it back in another way? I just did, in another way. That's my way. Nick, so basically what, my thing is I would just keep being physical with it. But it don't matter. They've been doing, they was physical with him the last game he had damn than 40. But my thing is they was doing the same shit to him in that game. I would keep doing it.

They was doing the same thing to him in that game. He reached a boiling point, right? There's a lot of shit. All right. So, yeah. So let's keep doing it now. Running back on D, Anthony Edwards, grabbed the motherfucker. Yeah, grabbing his shirt.

He doesn't push him down. He's going to get him. We're going to. He's going to. He won't do it again. He won't. Yes, he will. Yes, he will.

He's not mature enough. He's not mature enough. He ain't going to do it. He's not going to do it. He didn't realize he realized he caused his team again. Yeah. A game will do it again. He'll barely want.

First player in the game. First player at the game. Hitty Park. B'em. Biddy Park. Let's just see what happens. Ain't none I'm going to do nothing. For real.

No, he's not. We're not. He's so free. Ain't none I'm going to do nothing. We're cool. Only one old girl going to do some is McDaniels and maybe Julius Randall. That's all. That's fine.

Right when he comes across it, boom, hit him one time. Let's just see what happens. He ain't no, man. Next question though. He ain't shy land. Sirius has been very physical. Both teams trying to punk each other. So does the league deciding not to find or suspend Wimby for this flagrant elbow open the door for some

retaliation down the road. Yep. Like, sending my worst player. Like baseball. Send him my worst player. Hey, go elbow win me. Go elbow win. Go elbow win being in the dough.

It's like the first file don't get seen. If you don't care about me. That's the same thing right there. So what's the first file? That's what you're talking about. They didn't see it, right? They didn't see the first file. Guess what they seen?

They seen the second file. Okay. So y'all want to continue this trend. We're going to find out. It's going to be more niggas. They saw it. They reviewed the play. I'm going to jump for a rebound.

Oh, no. So I don't have no problem with him taking up for himself. But now I said the last man on my bench to go do the same thing to win me in game five. I thought it would have been a... I just want my ejection. Don't find her suspending you get the rebound like Thiffing. Both elbows at his head. You'd be all right.

Yeah, we don't see. We're cool. You know how sharp them elbows in? Not worried, man. No, no, bro. No, because that's bone right there. He's skinny too, so that's... He didn't say in the press conference.

He was knocked out. What you would say. He didn't say what you would say. He couldn't get up off the floor. He said pain, his weakness leaving the body. He was knocked out. He didn't know pain. He was knocked out.

Nobody even helped him up or nothing. He tried to get up that arm. He heard that from the... Everybody know he was faking in the, hey, listen. You better stop fucking with him. They had to get him. Daily quote. Yeah, that's on the wall.

Instagram Daily quote. Yeah, man. That's on the wall in the Minnesota weight room. That's in his locker. That's in his locker room right. He's lived by this, brother. Yes. In the weight room, yeah.

He really lived by this. Shaline Monk culture. Take up for yourself, Wimby. No, for sure. I'm with it. Because if that was pop, Pop with a Ben got a tech and thrown out. Hell, no.

Hell, yeah. Pop with a Ben thrown out before a game. So it's no limit on talking trash, but it's a limit on somebody fouling you. It's physical. It's a limit on physical. It's a limit on physical. No.

So for real. So if I keep touching it, that's what Dylan Brooks do. Touch you. I get you mad. They get people mad too. So you're saying that's what they was doing. than women.

Yes. No, that's not. Now, you're being for real, because when you do this little posture thing, I know you're lying. When you do all that, I've been reading you. I know you do a lot of shit

where you're just saying some shit, so just make sure you're saying it because we're going to play it back. So just touching them, just doing that. You're saying that's what they're doing. You're seven, eight foot when your, nine foot when your arms is up with the ball.

You're going to get touched. If I try to jump and get the ball, I'm going to hit you. It's just you're tall as fuck. You're pushing me down to the ground with two hands. While I'm run, yes, bro, I have the video of the compilation of fouls just this series, bro. Everybody gets foul, bro. There's been accumulation of shit.

Just been accumulation of shit. He never elbowed with anybody like that. Send the video. It's been a cumulative. Brian not from France. That's all on peace. I know. He knows.

He knows how to be a goat. But Compton part of France. Yeah, so this is about like. Compton part of France for so. If they ain't go call the shit, guess what? Well, Sacreed. I'm going to take matters into my own hand. And that's what they mean.

Indeed. So now I was getting into some actual basketball. That was basketball. It was related. How old was... I know you get suspended for that, though. He not gets suspended. No, I'm not suspended, but kicked out the game.

Track record. Like, flagrant, you've been in the lead three years and you didn't know what a flagrant was. No, because they ain't never, why? He ain't never got a flavoring. So nobody ever got kicked out. He never watched somebody get kicked out the game or a teammate got a flagrant. He probably didn't understand. He would probably see some flagging ones.

Not flavoring two. To him to look up and ask the question like what does that mean? Yeah, that's crazy in another way too. Like, what does that mean? What is the flagrant too? So Wolves took advantage of the Spurs being without whimmy. And then when he told him he didn't realize he had to go to the locker room either because he just sat there. Because Harris-Borne told him, he just sat there.

You got to go, big. Right? He said, you got to go to the locker. You mean I have to leave? Yeah. You know why he started clapping? Templance. I sent the message to that, I'm going to get to.

What message? I sent a message to him. I'm getting the message. I call him. Directly. 1-800 call ATT. Have you ever used that? Have you ever used that?

Do-to-do-do-do-do-do-to-do. Get your ass out of here. Watch out, little nigger. Don't do that to me no more. Like Drake say, he's not the guy. The guy. Go get some ice. Go get some ice, man.

That's not the guy. I know guys, man. Go get some ice, man. I know guys. That's not the guy. I know guys. Where the guys is at? What guys?

We do got guys. I know the guys. You know the guys? Yeah, I got guys. What the guys? What the, what? So we have one of Wimby's homies who's not pulled up to the arena to make sure that God's message is accurately delivered to the... I got guys too.

See, my guys is my guys. Yeah. He knew he don't know. Yeah, he knows. He knows not to... He don't know to go by him. I thought he was coming to elbow, you both. I thought he'd be a guy.

So Wolf took advantage of the Spurs being without Wimmy for most of this one to get the comeback win. Amman had a second straight 30 piece. Highest scoring game this postseason. Like we mentioned, C. 16 points in the fourth quarter, 36 in the game. So Aunt lost his mom to cancer back in 2015, said he wanted to win this game for her. So when we're actually looking at the actual basketball,

Wimby only played 12 minutes getting ejected, what do your biggest takeaways from the Wolves' game four win over the Spurs to tie this series going back to San Antonio? Wemie not being out there? It was the biggest difference. They're down in the fourth, had to come back to beat them. Still down eight without Wemmy.

That's the biggest thing for me. biggest thing for me they don't have leadership on that team yet what team on san antonio oh yeah you got to understand uh how important these games are and anything gives the other team an edge you know any small things give the other team bigger edge a bigger edge you know got understand the moment you win and to be the leader of the team a superstar you can't put your teammates in in situations like that if you're trying to win a championship. Well, they have another superstar that y'all said over there, DeFox, that went... He tried.

He shot 823. Yeah. So, you know, I mean, you know, so there's other superstars over there that you guys said. No, but he's not the guy. The guy is... But is he a superstar? You guys said he was a superstar. He's not the guy.

Is LeBron James a superstar? He's a megastar. Megastar, for sure. The star, megastar. And Lucas is the number one option. That's not it. That's the same thing. God, dang.

That's what I'm saying. That was a good one. But finally. What? What? What? And you're my friend. Wait, what?

Wait, what? You were trying to get me in the back. You were going to get me? No. So I got that back. Yeah. No, no. No, but what I'm saying is,

no. No, but what I'm saying is, Wimby is a mega star. and you said that he's a superstar, right? D. Fox. I don't know what I said anymore. Okay. But you said D. Fox was a superstar in this couch, though.

He went 8 for 23. So they do have some type of leadership. I mean, Mr. Clutch. So, you know, they still had a chance to win. I mean. It's the leader of that team. Yeah, but they still had a chance to win the game. Like, their defense kept them in it.

Like, it was just, you know, it's just that Antman went. He had 16 and the 4th. And he did what he was supposed to do as a leader of that team. I'm saying. But isn't a clutch player in the fourth quarter supposed to be that too? I mean, I'm just saying, I'm just going by what y'all said.

Y'all said that he was a superstar. Y'all said he was a superstar, so he went 8 for 23. Mitchell is too. We didn't got there yet. Yeah, I mean, we can't. I mean, he had 43 last night. I mean, he had 43 the other night. He had 43 the other night.

He's average and 30 for the series. It's averaging 30 for the series. I mean, I'm just saying. Who's averaging? Donovan Mitchell. Yeah. But he's a superstar too. We put them in the same category.

But, I mean, it's, D. Fox's not playing that well right now as a superstar. So, Sirius High, 2, 2, back in San Antonio. When are we going to see it? I mean, for y'all super. Y'all said, I like Defog, but you said he's a superstar. So when are we going to see a game like that? When are we going to see a 43? When are we going to take over?

Y'all said he's a superstar. I saw Donovan Mitchell the other night, 43. You said Devin Booker was a superstar. Did he do that? He got swept. He got swept. He still. He still a superstar.

It's the same thing. What? He got swept. No, he gets hit. He didn't get hit. No, D. Book is more a more superstar than... So should it make it worse then? That he got swept?

He got swept. He got swept by the best team in the NBA. He got swept by the best threes. He had no 43 or no 30 points. He got swept by the best team in the NBA. He every damn near the same amount of points. He got swept by the best team in the NBA and there was double team in them all night. Did we not watch it?

We not watch it. And he wasn't a leading team. Devin Booker wasn't a leading score on his team that series, though. They were trapping Devin Booker every time down. But you're a superstar. You're supposed to- Back to the team. What's the thing?

Were they- Trapping DeFox last night? But you're saying you're supposed to get it done. He didn't get one game done. Y'all said he was a superstar. I'm just going by what the fuck y'all said. And they got two. You got two-in-in-in-in-the-series.

Okay. Back to teams currently in the playoffs, back to this, a WorldSpark Series. Which team is under more pressure as a series shifts back to San Antonio for game five? San Antonio. San Antonio. They got home court advantage. And the way that Ant was looking in that fourth quarter was 16 on two bad knees. Something really bothers me with the way that Spurs play the pick and roll, though.

They keep going over the top on Ant, man. And that motherfucking screen is set so high that he's coming off that bitch to shoot that three. He's got a lot of his momentum last night on just... Them going over top of the screen, man. It ain't never going under that bitch. Make them do the double screen. That shit's weird. I wish they fixed that.

They don't do that. He don't go off for 16. He got a lot of momentum on that pick and roll on how they play it. But if they can change that, I feel like it'll change some shit. You're a better team playing the kid, Carter Bryan at the 5 and just switching that shit, man. Because that drop coverage is fucking them up.

Corvette, he's fucking terrible. Like, I don't want his, he ain't a rim protector. He ain't, he's just, he's serviceable when Wemby need a spell during games. Not when shit matters. Watching that shit, he's in drop.

He's just, go get any shot he won. James get any shot he want when he's out there. You're better off playing small where you can do some different things. You can trap, rotate fast. You can switch it. You can do different things other than, then keep playing the shit the way that you're playing to your point.

They're thinking about rebounding too because Rudy down there. But I feel like gang rebound. Gang rebound, man. That's going to be on the scound report on the board. We must rebound the ball all five of them. And if you're in a bad way, take one. Take foul. If you're in a bad way, I'd rather Rudy getting that motherfucker off the glass,

the aunt motherfuck got to shoot him wide. For sure. Getting too comfortable in the fourth. Because Rudy will throw that bitch out in a minute. He'll have a offense rebound in the dunk. throw that motherfucker out. So I'd rather him thinking in the moments. But, yeah, they're the way they play the picking roll at times.

So we will see what happens in game. Yeah, but they're not, in my opinion, the pressure is on the Spurs and went at home. Fuck, yeah, they may not. They may not fucking lose. Can't lose and go to Minnesota down the game. With the season on the line. Your man. That's a good series, though.

It is. It is. It is. Good series. Basically. Yeah. Gotta get this one, though. Yeah, man on two bad knees out there carrying.

San Antonio has to get this one. Nah, they don't. They don't. A lot of those will be dunks. Them knees look fine to me. Them knees look like I'm pushing through. Man, I'm pushing through. When he's going to the hole, he's like,

they're like I'm pushing through right now. Come on, man. You seen how he down there jumped over with Collins' heads. He didn't did one of those yet. He didn't do one of those last year. That was two years ago. That was two years ago. You see how many open lanes he had and he laying it up?

it up. Hey, man, he tied. No, not to see me. He tied. It's that landing shit. Yeah, boy. It ain't the jumping. It ain't the jumping that do it. It's the motherfucking landing. And you see his leg? That motherfucker. Shift back over to the Eastern Conference. I'll talk about another season that came, a series that came to his conclusion. Nix put belt to ass on the Sixers one last time to sweep their second round series. What felt like a home game after Nick's fans took over the Sixers Arena once again in the playoffs. New York tied an NBA postseason record with 25 three-pointers, including a record 11 in the first quarter to help get the 30-point win.

Deuce McBride filled in for the injured O.G. Annanobie and led New York with a team high 25 points, hitting seven threes in the game. Jalen Brunton added 22. The Big Bodega Cat had 17 in tennisis and Josh Hart, also had 17 points in the series clinching win. The Knicks have now won seven straight playoff games to make their second straight Eastern Conference finals. This is the Knicks' first best of seven sweep since 1999, which was the same year they made their last finals appearance.

And their plus 19.4 point per game margin through two rounds is the largest since the field expanded to 16 teams in 1984. Mr. B, looking at this Knicks while, what are your biggest takeaways from the Knicks coming through sweeping the Sixers, taking over Philadelphia in the process? Shout out Mike Brown and shout out Kat. Ever since Mike Brown has put Kat in the playmaking role, you know, if you look at Kat's playoff Sears before he got with the Knicks, he was only averaging two assists. Now he's averaging eight. I think that's one of the biggest differences right there that the fact that he's making plays, you know, Jalen, you know, Jalen Brunton, you know, last year he was, a lot of his points came from like 70 or 80 percent just off him. ISOs now is like 50% because the ball's moving more, guys are cutting, OG, bridges, everybody.

They're just playing well. But I want to shout out Kat in this success on this one. The team for sure, but Kat being up there making plays and still being able to do what he do has been, I think, the difference. I mean, so if you go look back at his playoffs before he got there, he was averaging two to assist. Now he's averaging almost eight, and I think that's been the biggest difference. So I shipped over this side, Kenyon, looking at these. New York Knicks, sweeping the series. Another dominant performance in the series clinching game, 30-point win,

after they smacked the Hawks in the first round to advance, now reaching their second straight Eastern Conference Finals. Yeah, I stated when they went down 2-1 to Atlanta, like that I didn't trust the Knicks, just from the play from the first three games in the series and what the history has been the last couple of years. But as the playoffs has gotten deep, deeper into the playoffs. Yeah, they found their stride defensively,

passing the ball and shooting the ball well, having historic games on the offensive end, the game against Atlanta, that game, a couple games against Philly. But to Brandon's point, Jalen Brunson doesn't have to do as much. I think they have enough guys. They finally realize they have enough guys that could play,

and he doesn't have to have the ball in his hand, 85% of the time in order to be effective. A lot more catch and shoot opportunities for him. Shoes the ball well from the perimeter. Jailen Brunson, that is. And other guys are finding their niche, man. When that ball is moving, your confidence grows. You know you're going to get looks.

You make yourself available even more. When you're not just standing over in the corner, hoping and wishing that Jailen Brunson finds you. Yeah, it's the offense that Mike Brown has implemented. And the Knicks believe, right? They believe that they can compete now with the best teams, and they're going out of displaying it. Yeah, they were always going to defend,

being down a guy, getting this series over with early. Don't know how long OG and Anobie is going to be out, but this helps. You don't, like, it's the same thing with Jayne Williams thing. You don't risk further injury with anyone else because you're not playing games. So it gives them an opportunity to get some more, healthy than he is now and hopefully get him back sooner than later because he can't help. But now the Knicks are playing well. And to sweep second round with the hampered Philly team, yeah, big up to the Knicks.

But I didn't think, yeah, Joel getting him out of the first round was helpful. It just looked terrible in the second round, man. I think they would have been a better team without having to try to force him, force the issue with him. to play different when he's not out there, but he was. And the Knicks did exactly what he had to do, right? Put him in picking roles, explored that injury, explored him on the defensive side of the ball.

And they made him defend Kat, which we knew that he couldn't. So at least the 4-0. The Roop Swaggy, how about just our biggest segue from the Knicks sweeping the Sixers to advance to their second straight Eastern Conference Finals? I would say confidence. and to BJ in case, what they were saying, coaching, ball of movement, everybody getting confidence. That bring energy to the team. And I feel like they feel like they could make it to the finals, for real.

They wasn't playing with their food. They took care of business. Giving other people's opportunity off the bench, Mike Brown happened to deal with, you know, the friendships and everybody else putting their eagles to the side. Like, for one goal, I feel like that's working now. It takes a lot. It takes a lot of just dealing with superstars. And especially when you got teammates that being best friends.

And now Mike Brown was talking about benching somebody. He wanted to play other guys more. And for Bridges and all of them to buy in and heart and continue to play in. And not lose confidence, that's a sign of a good team for real. And Philly, I feel like M.B. did, like, he just, I don't know, I probably just don't like, just don't like, Boston lost it gave New York more confident. I feel like that was the team they felt that could beat them. And when they went down, only thing going to stop them was just waiting.

Because I feel like Detroit and Cleveland is going to go seven. You know, the Knicks is, I just read something, the Knicks are the only ones. team since 1986 to put up multiple 140 point games in the playoffs they beat a team by 50 down there that's a lot that's a lot of that takes a lot of wump the hawks ass they're not playing basically had four home games they're not playing and they fan base it's amazing you had a boston i think it's just matchups i think is they just don't match up well i mean in bids slows them down but boston could have did because maxi i mean maxi and bj they struggled this whole series Like, they shot low from the three.

He struggled. Like, like, Maxi struggled in the half-court offense. So I'm a question for you before we continue. I'm looking at the flowers. Did you get those on a manager special? Get the reduced. The reduced. Okay.

Shout out to Ralph's. Yeah. Reduced. For those that know. Don't give me the fresh ones. Those are the fresh ones. The Mother's Day. Hold on.

Okay. That's fair. That's fair. Honorable man. They were headed towards the trash anyway. Three days of life left. No, no, no, they got like 30 minutes. They just got like 30 minutes.

They still got that tag on it. Yeah, the tag with the red on it. We're about to get rid of these shit. No, no, no, no, no, let me get them. Let me get them. That's why they just get some scissors, cut around? That's it, man. See, some work going to appreciate it.

The work? There is work. Just let me go on record and say this, man. There was a lot of conversations the last couple of years, I would say at least the last two years of Jaylen Brunson, not being who he needs to be for the New York. Knicks to be who they need to be. And I'm going to tell you right now, Jalen Brunson is one hell of a fucking basketball player.

He's a lot better than people think. And I think the comparison between him and SGA is fair. When you talk about getting your shot off, you talk about being composed, you know exactly how to take over the game when they need it. He hits timely shots and them

shits his bottom every time. And because he's left-handed, it looks a little awkward. But I'm watching his game in detail and breaking it down and watching like, yo, this dude is really, really, really good. And because he's six two, we don't want to give him credit that he's going to be able to take them to the finals. They're going to go to the finals. This is his second straight conference finals for the New York Knicks, who I had to give up

because of Josh Hart, and I'm still going to blame you until it to the end. Because I can't go back to the Knicks no more. You can't undo the thumb. But the rule of thumb is don't do the thumb, okay? Thumb to the tuti. We're not doing it no more thumbs, all right? But look, they still prove that they can overcome what's on paper to be a good team in Philadelphia. But you're not giving them a thumbs up.

They can overcome it, yeah. They showed up. They showed up, and they actually proved to be the better team. Kat showed up and said, I'm going to say, I'm going to. take this match up with MB personal. They didn't fight like we thought it was going to be like a heavyweight fight, but he did like you said with the eight

with the eight assists he actually showed up in a different manner with a team needing him more to be a facilitator than just going at and be every single play. And you've seen the difference with the way that Josh Hart and Mikhail Bridges played

this last game in comparison to when OG plays. They have two different teams. McBride, he didn't have a good game all series until this last game simply because OG's out and now I have to step up and do what I do kudos to him for being ready next man up Landry Shammit showed up

like he always does and going to hit shots but I think they scrappy the whole series and played great defense. The difference with Philly is I got to blame Tyrese and Maxi. Tyrese showed that he can turn it on and turn it off depending on who's on the court with him. He does not like playing with you.

Joe L.M.B. This was obvious. Was it? It was very... A better defense. The energy when he played game two against Boston, him and VJ was going crazy. No MB, we don't have to

slow the game down. We're just going. You see an MBD on the floor he missed, what was the first game he missed in New York? Was it game two in New York? Game two he missed. Them guys, he had 26, I believe. Tyrese Max, he showed up. He was cooking.

Boston, though. So when M.B. He comes back and slow the game down. All those guys got to play off him, and he stops the ball. He does all this ISO shit. And it's not conducive to the momentum of the team. Paul George don't get off as much. Kelly Ure don't get as many touches. And that's just going to be the detriment of the team.

Think about it. They was hooping against Boston. Could it just be better defenders? Like, Josh Hart could be a better defender. than Derek White. Because Maxie was cooking Derek White ass. But we have a better scheme than

Boston then. Exactly. And our coaches are... A little different. Is he better, though, than... Mike Brown? Are you sure he ain't better? I mean, listen, man, he put...

He basically put Cat in the Draymont role and was like, yo, you be the playmaker. Especially if... And B, going to be playing back. So it's like... I mean, and you can score better, so... Huh? Huh? Like, what?

Mitchell going there and do what you do. They ain't got nothing. They ain't got no backup for this. This is light work right here. I just, because they had MB for them last three games, too, that they won against Boston. But they lost the first game with them and then won the second game. But also Boston helped them.

They shot their self out again. They kept shooting so many threes. And he killed them the second game. Yeah. But the third game. But then they just kept shooting threes. This one, they're not playing like that. Like this is, like you say, he got Brunson over there.

He got Cat over here, Diamond. Like, Cat was averaging two assists. Now he's averaging eight. Bro, you know, that's a lot of points off of us. But I'm saying Maxis still was going for 30s and he was cooking. Because we got to slow it down now because we got more defensive. See, New York, they're not coming down shooting threes. We're coming down running off.

They're running off. They execute. Boston, you can be able to come out and do that because they shoot so many threes. Maxie get that shit off the thing and let's go. Yeah, long rebounds. Now, right here, we just pass. I was asked question, is it that New York had better defenders than Boston? That's why I was.

Boston? Or is it just the offense that they shoot? They got better defenders and their coach better. More season, more experience? I think Mike Brown is the better team than Joe. A team that won a championship? I mean, you won a championship doing the same thing y'all did and go to state, shoot threes. They took the same formula.

They shot more threes than everybody. All they did was do the same thing, go to state. They didn't do nothing different. Now that shit is. Just catching up. No. Mm-hmm. Okay.

For sure. Live by the three, die by the three. You just said you live and die by the three. You didn't know you didn't watch. I mean, look who y'all had, but what I'm saying is they got Derek White and guys shooting threes. That ain't Clay Thompson. That ain't them guys out there with them.

They was able to live by the three and die and want. But now look what's happening. Now when you slow that shit down, no, man, you can just keep shooting. Brunson deserves some credit for sure. I'm gonna give them. You gotta give him. You gotta give him. I'm just asking you they got better.

I'm getting better defenders. I'm giving Kat, man, because the cat was getting shitted on for a lot of shit and now he's, I'm telling you, bro, he's the playmaker right now. You put him in that some bonus role, man, that he had that Mike Brown had. You're playing this second. Yeah, that's sound like what exactly what it is, too. It's perfect analogy. Yeah, he's playing that's a bonus role.

The Yonikas is the same thing. The dribble handoff. You're doing a lot of, a lot of dribble handoffs. dribble handoffs keep it, he can keep it and dunk it. Same thing. He's just a better, you know, he can score. He's a better score for sure. And you got to play up on Kat because he can shoot that.

You got to play up on him. And he quicker than the big that he was playing. Well, he's quicker than Joel. He's smarter than Bona. Yep. Quicken than Drummond. So he had an advantage. Cat had a major advantage in that series.

And they didn't use him to that advantage. They just kind of let him facilitate. But he wasn't really being aggressive. But the same thing happened if they, if they play Detroit. Man, I think it's going to leave it might be a little different because the Mobley can Yeah, he can, you know, see more. Yeah, I know about the saying they both can move. Both of them can move and go.

So that would be a little different. It just depends on who they play the next round. That's a different. I think it's a different match up. Yeah. If they play Cleveland, they might have a little trouble. Cleveland better prefer to play Detroit. Yeah.

Yeah. I mean, New York better they prefer to play Detroit right now. Yeah. Detroit limited. That's why I said they were going to play. Yeah, the mobile. Cleveland got the mobile bigs. Detroit looked tired, bro.

I'm not even the whole team. Cater. Cater's like, God damn. I'm not to stop both of them. And what are we doing? We, what are we doing? Shit. Let's shift over to that Cavs Pistons series.

So Pistons were controlled the series after the first two games, holding down home court to take a 2-0 lead. But the Cavs responded in game three. Donovan Mitchell dropping 35 points and 10 rebounds. James Hardin, getting over his turnover issues, had 19 and 7 to 6. with some big buckets in the fourth quarter to shut down a late rally by Detroit. Cleveland looking to avoid going down 3-1 in game four.

Donovan Mitchell had just four points in the first half after the Cavs trailed by four at the break. But Spider made history in the second half to help even the series. Let's like a look at the highlights. If we can, please, he's out here doing his thing. So the Cavs started the third quarter with a 22-0 run. 22-0 run to start this third quarter of Spider, put the team on. on his back scoring 15 of his game high, 43 points during that stretch while tying an NBA playoff record with 39 points in the second half.

He pulled to get back. He was supposed to be a hedge and get back. Yeah, a hedge and get back. Supposed. We know what's supposed to. I'm not going to this. Oh. Same shit, She and Wiggins did last night on.

So 22-0 stretch and starts the third was actually a 24-0 stretch to go back to the end of the second quarter. Calfe me. Cabs outscored the pisses 3821. the third frame to take control the game. He was cooking him. He down there broke his leg in that one play. James Harden had his 40th playoff double-double with 24 points and 11 assists.

Evan Mowgli has 17, 5 blocks and three steals. Harris Levert led to Pistons with a season high 24 points. Kay Cunningham, 19 and 6 assists, getting held under 20 points for the first time this postseason. Jalen Duren, 8 points, 2 rebounds in 27 minutes. Fifth time Duren has been held to single digit scoring. this post season. Cavs led by as much as 21 in the fourth quarter

improved to 6 in 0 at home this postseason. So we were having the talk about superstars and stepping up in the moment. Mr. B., you've been critical of Donovan Mitchell in years past as a number one option. What has Spider been showing you as of late this 43-piece,

tying NBA record with 39 points in the second half? Well, I said on his couch that he needs to have one of those games. And that was definitely one of those games. That was definitely one of those games that he needed to have for confidence and for the way the series is going. I think he needs to stop waiting on James Hardin and waiting on the team to get going, and he needs to just get going. Because the series is going to be up to him. I mean, you know, just the way it's going. I think Cade is tired.

I think Cade is tired of, you know, all the things that he had to do so far. Tobias is helping, you know, as much as he can. I think Tobias is going to have to have another 30-point game, which he is capable of doing it because he's shown that he's shown that he's can. But I think this is Donovan Mitchell moment right now. It's Donovan Mitchell versus K. And just depends on who wants it more out of this one. Going back to, we're going back to Detroit, the game five.

So, yeah, we'll see, you know. I need another performance from Donald Mitchell again. You saw that ball go in, so same thing, same thing in Detroit. He's been averaging 31, 35, then 43 last three games. Yeah, that's what I mean. Superstar shit. It's 31, 35, 43. It's 2, too.

I'm just saying. But 43, though, that's the game, though. I needed one of those, though. Like, I needed that. Like, I need something like that. Because Kate had that. We've seen Kate been doing that. So that's all.

A Pistons playoff. I'm not saying he ain't hooping. It's just, you know, it's looking. Sometimes it's tricky. Over there, it's tricky over there in Cleveland. It gets tricky. But for Mitchell, he always showed up in a playoff, I feel like. That's fine.

I think you got to put some respect on a dude name, man. I said it's true. Dude got the most shit at anybody in the league right now. He got the what? The most shit with his game. The most in his bag? Donovan Mitchell. That shit that he was doing out there with all that.

Pop-Bop-Bop-Bop. He, him, it's him than. Ant Man. When you talk about shit to your game. Oh, shit to your game. You can't stop this. You can't get to this. Carrey Irvin, Carri Eri Eri Erivin, retired? He ain't played this year. I'm just asking him. I'm just asking, you just He would be in there. He'll be in there, but he ain't dunking like these two. He ain't dunking like these two. These two get it off and go to it. It's different. I'm just giving credit to his skill set. His skill set is top-notch, elite.

You're talking about touch. Okay. You're talking about around the rim. You're talking about spin, step back. Okay. Quick. I like the fact that he does train this way. He trains this way. It's on the level of the way. It's on the way. You said he's better than DeWing. What? What? It's the jump shot. He got a little bit more than Dway. He got a little bit more shit. He got a little bit more. He got a little bit more. Like he got his shit. I think he got his shit from Dway. But it's just kind of one A one B like I'm turning my shit up a little bit more. Just that my jumper is a little bit better. Yeah, that's what I'm about saying. Because the jumper. Not the athleticism and all that other. It's about the same.

But when you talk about getting that jumper off. DeWay wasn't doing like step back. And D-Way played defense a little bit more. He was more ferocious for the defense complete player. But Donovan Mitchell is like that. Like Dailin Brunson is like that. He is like that. Two guys are really like that.

I'm not, yeah. James Harder is stepping up the last two games if we counted them out as the game two. The way. But Donovan. Some of bag work. If he's just talking about bag, yes. You don't think that. Donovan is nice.

I didn't say he wasn't nice. He nice. But, but, I mean, I get you go to the playoffs every year. I get that. I get all that. But, like, you know, like, what's up? Like, so Eastern Conference Finals? D-Way was cool.

So is he getting past- Yes. Huh? He's getting past Detroit. He getting past, hey, the Knicks is going to be tough. If James show up for real and finally get over his home. No, it's Mobley to me. I'm glad Mobley finally showed up a little bit.

How do you think it's Jared Alman? Donovan Mitchell's on Duane Way's level. Yeah, what, you know what things? I'm asking. They got a win, but game-wise, I feel like they... You can't ask that question and didn't say something about rings. It's all skilled. I didn't know.

I'm talking about, I don't know where you're here. I'm not talking about skills. I've seen Duane Way walk, I seen DeWay walk through the finals in 03. 0-3, 0-4? 0-6, my bad. No, cold. He was definitely. But can you imagine if you had like a step back three?

Huh? If you could shoot that three and step back three. I didn't need to shoot the three to be successful. You had Shaq, though. Shack was on the tail end. No, he still had that. He averaged in 30. He averaged in 30.

06, Shaq was average in 20 and 10. Was that the same shack in 2006? It was like a Murray. Jack was average. Shack was average in 20 and 10. 18 and 10. 18 and 10 for that playoff? Way was averaging what?

40. Damn near that. 35. 40. No, D. Young D. D.W. Hey, it's Flash.

That's Flash. 14 and 10 in the finals. That's Flash. But we're talking about Donald and Mitchell. Wait, wait, who? Shaq did what? Shaq average 14 and 10 in those 2006 finals. I'm going to be where he average?

40. 37. 33. 40. I'm cold. I know he cold. No, I'm just saying. You say he on the same level.

35, 8, and 40. I'm talking about, like, talent-wise? Talent-wise. Yeah, you don't think so? Like. You're not talking about careers now. I'm not talking about career. I'm talking about pure talent.

Raw talent. That motherfucker. That's about that. Nice. Come on, bro. Dway he wasn't doing. That is cold. He was cold.

Donovan Mitchell got a different kind of movement out there. Did you see fucking Tobias leg gave out? This boy here, man. He got some shit to him. He got some. He do. That's a leg gave out. I just go back to what him and him and Jamal Murray was doing in the bubble in the playoffs in 50.

That's fine. He had 70. That's fine. That's fine. I've seen somebody bring a ring to Miami for the first time ever. Ever. Ever. So you see what you just did?

You just changed the conversation. You just changed the conversation from skill to a ring. That's the only metric of the conversation? That's skill. That's skill. That's team. That's team. That's me.

That's Jason Williams. That's James Posey. That's Shane Badiye. Passing the ball. That's Alonzo. morning. Like, bro, you got a bunch of real people in your team.

Fucking Gary Payton. Pass me the ball and watch out. And what Gary Payton say? What Gary Payton say? We're going to go through young fella. We're going to go through young fella. Gary Ray said, old niggas, give me the ball and watch the fuck out. If Joker go to the cast right now, you think they would get to the finals in the east?

If who? Joker went to the finals? Like Shaq went to Miami if Joker went to the cast. But if that's basically... If Joker go to the cast, he's winning finals MVP and everything. What are you talking about? What are you talking like? Joker is a bad, that's a bad, that's a bad, that's a bad comparison.

Who was like Shaq in the lead then? It's not about Shaq at that time. You're talking about Yokis right now at the time when he's probably going to be MVP. We don't even fucking know. You're talking about a ring and we talk about skills. He just said if you bring Yokish to Cleveland, he just said if you bring Yokish to Cleveland, Yolkis is the best player on the team. Don't say Yokish then.

Okay, okay. Well, I ask you. I don't know. He said Yokic. Oh, shit. Yeah, uh-huh. How old is Yokic, 31? Don't bring Yokin' this, man.

Leave that man. Let's put somebody on that close to. 31 years up. Somebody close to. Leave Yolk. Let him go ride this for us. Shack still was the most dominant person in the league still. As a big.

I get that. I get that. But when they were going to win it, in the playoffs, we got to go through young fella, man. Dwayne Wade, the way, the way, the way, the way, the way, was his third year in the league. league. This is my third

year in the league. I got one before Braun and Carmelo. What? They put the shit on me. They told me to go get it. Just had three with Kobe. Like, yeah. And you go somewhere the next year and win another one like that? No, they didn't win it just the next year though. They won the year after.

I know. Yeah. It wasn't the same. Listen, man, for one, one thing for sure, two things for certain. That person that wore number 32 in Miami, that ain't the same person that wore that jersey and motherfucking Los Angeles. I can tell you that shit. But still, he's still dominion.

Hey, boy, he happens, 14 and 10. It don't matter. You know, Shaq was taking the whole fight. Read what domination is. Is LeBron the same? What are you after against us on the final? So, LeBron right now. That's what Shaq was.

Shack was LeBron right now. Let me show you domination. Shack was LeBron right now. Yes. At the end of his career, right? Nick. Nick. Nick. No. No.

Nick. No. Nick. No. You can't tell me. . The goal post has been moved over here. All the way over here.

Yeah. If y'all actually like Shaq was all in. I'm just saying Shaq went. I'm talking about Donovan Mitchell, D. Wade. I said, you guys lose almost every fucking time on the show. To do with what Duane Wade was. The fuck? 36 and 12 against you guys.

What I'm making is, Duane. Shaq had nothing to do what Duane Wade was doing. Shaq wasn't dominant, the average of 14 and 10. A average what against us? 36 and 12. I mean, 36. 16 and 12. You got shack.

I guess us average 36 and 12. That's domination. That was 01. That was Shaquille. That was a shack that I'm talking about. How much? O'D was it? It gets us 36.

Okay, yeah. That's, yes, yes. 14 and 10, no. 18 and 10, no. During the regular season, 18 and 10, during the finals, 14 and 10. Is he still effective? Yes. Neither one of them, that number 32 wasn't the same guy.

It took nothing away from what Dwayne Wade was doing is what I'm saying. Duane Wade was a bad man. This boy, Donovan Mitchell, for skill for skill. What? Yeah. I'll line them up. I'll line them up for sure. I'll like that.

I like that. I like that. I got Duane whenever. I like that. I'm saying they will beat him. Me either. I mean, whatever. I like watching that boy.

He got that. No, that's fine. I'm rolling. I mean, the three-point line. I mean, for sure. He won finals M. I do like them. I do like them too.

Two years before that. What happened? Shaq, right? Then he just won finals MEP two years before that championship. And he wasn't the same. No, they lost in Detroit. It was 03. 0,000.

He lost in 2004. He was out of there. Three years is a long time. He was out of there in 05. He was 34. Brother, three years is a long time. What you know? 2002 was his last one.

But he made the finals after that loss. Year after he got traded, right? So that year after, then he went back to the champion. You can't tell me he's not dominance still though. His body is... I'm telling you he won dominant. Championship, championship, championship, His body left went back to the championship.

Because it's still Shaq. Yes, that's what I'm not. No, it's not the same Shaq. It's not the same Shaq. It ain't saying it's the same Shaq. I'm saying it's still shak. That's fine. Shack is still posting up.

He wasn't even fat Shaq then. He was still moving. No, Shack body is breaking down by this time. No. No. Shack then went through six fucking finals in a fucking row. One thing for sure. What are we talking?

And Steph still. The same thing. What nobody was Shack was in Miami. Listen, let's just hear me out. There was not one game plan that said we're going to double team Shack when he was in Miami. So Shack 05. Oh, no, okay, let's go through Shack's points per game in Miami. How many times Shack?

0405, Shack. 22 and 10. 04? 04? You're talking about what? 0, 4, 05, when he first got to Miami. 22 and 10. Okay, did they win it?

No. Go to the finals. 20, A, 20, 05, 06, he averaged 20 and 9. Okay. 60% from the field, 60% from the field, 30 minutes a game. Yes, yes. Like, this is, it ain't prime, Shaq. No, it's 20 a game shack.

So I'm giving you 20. And I'm still, I'm not Oshack, but I'm still Shaquille O'Neal. Oh, okay. I'm still Shakil. I'm not fighting that. So if you talk about he ain't, like, he ain't no factor or another, I just said nobody said he wasn't a factor. Nobody did say he was a factor?

No, Kenyon, did we say wasn't a fact? It opens it up for him. Kenyon. Because you still got a guard. He didn't say he wasn't a factor. We just say he wasn't a factor. And Alonzo Morning is on that same team. That's, same team.

Antoine Walker on that same team. You're telling a guy who played against Sack in the finals and he averaged what against y'all? And four years prior. It took the finals MVP home, right? It was 2002. This is 2005. 2006.

He won again in 2003. Okay. Okay. He went to the finals again, 2004. Right. When they lost against Detroit, right? When they lost against Detroit, right? When they lost against Detroit?

Yes, 21 and 11. Okay. And what was he averaging in King? The year before that, he was 27 and 11. And then the next day he was 21? 22. That's a big drop. That's a big drop.

21 in LA and then went to 23 in Miami. in Miami when he first got... He averaged 27 against you guys in 12? No, 30. He averaged... In the finals. Before that year, he averaged 27 and 11. Bro, bro, do y'all...

The year when he first got to Miami, he averaged 20... He averaged 23 and 11 in Miami. His first year, that's no... That's not a drop-off. It's still sack. He's still sack. Oh, my fucking God. He went from averaging 30 against King and him.

The last two championships don't mean nothing for his cold. He should have been robin to Kobe Batman then. Since y'all acting like in a year, he dropped all the way off. And what's he made? He's affected, but it wasn't the same sack. It's still shack. It's not the same sack. It's not the same sack.

The sack that I know is taking home finals fucking MVP, man. That ain't the sack that's the sack, you know. That's the sack. Shit, that's the shack I grew up. That's the shack I fucking grew up knowing. That's the shack I grew up knowing. The sack I knew grew up in that 34 fucking jersey you got on right here at finals of MVP. And Rob and Kobe Bryant is right next to him.

Homie, this is my shit. Watch the fuck out. But. What's not talking about? And they are the same down there points? Who? I know who took on finals MVP. I know who took on finals MVP.

I know who took on finals. 28. I know who took on. I was 28. But the finals. He carried this man. But now. Oh, go ahead.

I got a statement or just something to say. Well, you got drafted? 2009, 2010. What you got drafted? 2007. What did you got drafted? 2001. But what did that mean with now, though?

Hmm? What did that mean? What position you're up late? But that's like... I just ask, what position y'all thing? You say, if he just can't talk about people now? You can, but I'm just at what position you're going to be. We're not on the court with them now, so we shouldn't talk about the place.

No, but I'm just like, I was active out there with him. The conversation that we're having, guess what? I was out there with that Shaquille O'Neal. that we're speaking of. That's all I'm saying. Right? And guess what? And guess what?

When we game playing for him, during them years, we wasn't double teaming. What team was you on when he was in Miami? He was on Denver. We had a lot of bigs. How much he averaged against Denver? I'm saying, we had a lot of big.

Shit, that's all that. Wasn't that? Oh, all right. That's what we just, go ahead. What net? So, wasn't that? Trust me. Guarantee, we beat them, too.

That I can tell you. It's saying. It ain't the same, wasn't the same person. Let's put a pen in this one. He's still Shaq. He's just Shaq. Back of the jury definitely said O'Neill, but it wasn't the same person. I'm just trying to tell you.

Like, Duane Wade was the number one option and the number one focal point in that Scouting report. He's right. Who has Shaq on his team, though. That's not saying. LeBron James has Shaq in Cleveland, too. And did they get to the finals? This car.

I think they did. Huh? I think they did. They did not get to the, Cleveland did not get to the finals with Shaq. So they didn't? No. When Shaq went to the Sons and played with Stephen Nass,

was that the same sack? How about Boston Shack? Like, I'm just asking. No, no, no. No way. Let's ask it. Hold on. Listen, when I got to the league,

I made it in Cleveland. That was not the same sack. Hold on. Hold on. Let me look it up. Okay. We can stats. Okay.

We can hit the stats. I played against. I played against both of them. In 2009, 2010, that LeBron didn't go to the finals? Where they were, the semifinals? They got to put out by Boston. They didn't go to the finals. They got to put out by Boston right before, right?

Second round. They didn't go to the finals. So they went to the semi-finals. Okay. So they went to the semi-final. So now you go. The worst get, he don't go to the finals, right? They made the first round.

Like, no, the first one, they made the finals. He was ready to argue you to fuck down, nigga. No, I was. That's why I got it. I got it. I got it. My point was, my point was going to be that LeBron made it to, what, eight straight finals, and I was thinking that was one of the years.

And Brian made it to the finals without Shaq in Cleveland. Well, Legowski's. Okay, so without Shaq. So what point are you making? Is that big and Shaq up or hurting Shaq, the argument that you're trying to make? I think it's trying, I think it's hurting your argument. No. All right.

Let's wrap up today with our playoffics. My bad. My bad. Go ahead. Go ahead. Let's wrap up today with a playoff fix powered by underdog's prediction market. Let's take a look at the. Listen, yes, he's 60% from the field because what else is Shaq doing?

Dominating the field. I said what else is he doing? I didn't say, besides outside the paint, what else is he doing? Of course he's going to shoot 60%. Like, if he gets older. If he shoot under that, we're going to be like, God damn, dude. Retire. Yeah, but he never shot under, well he shot under 60% maybe

In those later years one time with Cleveland he was 55 Yeah, he still good in Boston he was 66 above average 66.7 which was his highest How many points did he average then? Nine okay this like you know man listen dog I don't know that no let's wrap up today with our playoff picks powered by underdog prediction marks I'm a fucking shot 6% averaging 9, man, if you don't stop it, man. Let's take a look at the bigs, how many bigs can average nine points by shooting 66%? Oh, I can name a whole lot. Name them.

Name them. Some of y'all not going to win here. I'll pull it up right now. Can we get the standings please? Let's get me go bare less than a league and feel go over the same. Hey, whoever doing these standards, hey, I swear to God, this, that's not right, bro. There's no fucking way. Can you're 31 and 20 currently?

Are y'all reading my text messages in the group chat or not? We all in the same group. 33. Brandi, over 500, though. I don't get. Bro, I felt like I went 60. I went 602. They ain't count my last two.

There's to be 34 and 33. Swaggy, 18 and 17. They ain't got rid of your half win. I swear. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hey, Nick. All right, what's our pick tonight?

Against Denver, two times that year in 2005-06. He average 21 and 10. 63% from the 15%. That was dominant. We got a huge game five. We didn't double teaming. The point I was making was the scout, the point I was making was we played him straight up and no point before that we was playing it straight up.

He played inside the pink, nigga. And y'all didn't double him? Why would we? When we got to double Duane Wade? He had 23. And we'd rather let him play one-on-one than double the other guy. Same thing they did. Same thing teams were doing back in the day.

We're going to let Kobe play one of them. That's why I do not care. I'll fool it up. Who cares? All right, but go ahead, Josiah. What we got? Huge game five in San Antonio tonight. Spurs still sizable favorites in a several games on their home floor.

Spurs. Spurs got a 79% chance to take a three-two series league. Minnesota, 23% chance to win us go around the couch, starting with you, Mr. B. Who wins game five between the wolves and Spurs. Spurs. Spurs. You already know what I got, man. Wolfs.

Spurs at home. Okay. So we got Spurs, Will Spurs shot. Spurs. That's not. Okay. Spurs, I just want to make sure. Did it go all the way around?

That's just happy swacking. That only helped because we shouldn't have been able to pick against the Lakers. That's why I didn't pick against the Lakers. It's your fault. It's your feelings out of. That's easy. Take your feelings out of and watch basketball. Loyalty is still important in this day.

It is. You got to be loyal to the school. Cool. But we'll see what happens tonight in game five. Now it's going to get real. Appreciate it. They're supposed to be playing, hold on. They're supposed to play the clip with the Wimby shit, all the files.

Shut off the d'all. They got the clip. They got the clip. Yeah, Fy tonight, baby. Wimby get it fell. Let's go. Gordon Bombay. They told them not to play it because it makes you leave all of your.

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