IT IS WHAT IT IS - OH THAT BOY JA MORANT IS BACK BACK & KOBE WOULD'VE NEVER LET THEM HANG THE IN SZN BANNER | EP.73

Episode Date: December 20, 2023

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aka Stat Baby, along with your hosts, Mace and Camp. What's up? What's up, man? How are you? Saw 12 yesterday. Crazy. I'm back! I'm back! Yeah!

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah, I didn't even get dressed today. That's how Jack came back on these. That's how Jack came back. Yeah. Yeah. That's what we needed. That's what we needed.

That was good. That was good. That was good. That was good. Yeah. That's how Jack came back yesterday. That's how he came back one of them yesterday. That's how I used to get murdered

in the hallway in school. That was crazy. That was good. Yo, Tingo. Tingo, you fired, Gio. That's how John came back. I wore my shorts. I wore shorts to work today.

John came back like that. That's what we talking about. I don't know. That's what we leading the show over. That is what we leading the show over. I see something in Murda's eyes as revenge. All right. All right.

All right. When you go like this. Yeah. I got to be on defense. I'll be on defense the rest of the season. Yo, that's how John was looking. That was fire. That was fire.

You know, that's what you want to do before Christmas. Oh, man. Yeah, but Ja is back. Ja Morant is back, and that's exactly what we're starting the top of the show with. The game was everything and more. The Grizzlies beat the Pelicans in a 115-113 win with Ja hitting the game winner.

So first, what would you like to say to Ja, and then thoughts on the game? I never fool with 12. You know, being from the hood, it's going to be the first time we fool with 12. Yeah, I agree. Yo, Ja, that's how you come back, for real. That's how you come back. And especially, you know he he made the

statement he a dog you know yeah he did that's exactly what it looked like i'm happy for the league this is what the league's been missing john moran absolutely what'd you say killer pardon me Pardon me. Look, it's fucked team all NBA. I got Luka and Steph arguing for the number one spot, number one and two slot. And John Moran is the number three point guard off the first game back, period. It's so sad he's not going to be able to achieve any

awards at the end of the season, but this is what I've been waiting to see. A nigga who wants problems. This is a nigga who wants problems, my man. He shot, got 34 points, 35 minutes. Yeah.

He scored, I think, the last six or eight points. And he was 12 for 24. Yeah. 50% from the field. Yeah. Even when they, when New Orleans missed

the last shot, he got the rebound and it was eight seconds left and the coach wanted to call timeout he was like nah let me go and I was mad I was sitting there saying

why are you calling timeout this man is cooking but they went in the huddle they said they said call 12 and he went look this is one of them situations man

look I know that there's no problems when I'm on the court. All his problems is off the court when he had problems off the court. But I'm willing to accept it with this kind of play. At this point, I'm willing to accept the problems. I see Marcus Smart clothes. He's not even judged for the game.

Running over to Bob. Yeah. Mom, really? You was part of the baby. You was one of the nannies. Yeah. Now you're back on the team. Exactly. So when I see shit like that, I'm like, yeah.

Yeah, man. I was excited to see it. I see T-Moran back with the hoodie, the glasses. Look, all that shit we was talking last season, my bad. If we got to take some of these problems off the court to get this type of activity on the court, fuck it. Of course I'm exaggerating, you know. Guns and shit ain't nothing to really play with. That's, you know, we got to say that.

No, I'm not in the NBA. I'll pull my pistol out for you, John. Call me when you got a problem. I'll go shoot. I'm not in the NBA, my nigga. Put the pistol down and put the ball in the basket. It was very exciting to see. And when I was thinking about this, I said,

I was going to wait till we got here. And I said to myself, I'm not comparing this to, you know, of course, a lot of Sam Bowie, Michael Jordan, or,

you know, Kevin Durant, Greg Odom situation whatsoever. But if you're New Orleans and you could have got Ja first in front instead of Zion, what would you have done? You're definitely

thinking it's over. I was going to go back even to AAU. This is the guy that was playing behind Zion. He was in the B-Gym. Yeah, absolutely. This is crazy to even think about. Right.

Like, and now, it looks like Ja is way past Zion right now. And to think about, we had the pick. And I remember, I remember, I think they called, I think they called Sham God and asked him who they should take. And they was like, this is a God league. Big John Morant, but they couldn't see it. Yeah. I'm going to be honest with you. The hype, and nobody knew that Zion wouldn't be in shape or be injured or anything else.

There's no way you don't go with Zion at that moment. Yeah. I mean, you know, it wasn't a Joe and Kevin Durant thing. Because Zion, don't get it fucked up when Zion is healthy and not in shape and is in shape, he's one of the he's terrifying, there was a time he went

to the basket during this game, and I'm like, if anybody gets in his way, they gonna get hurt trying to take an offensive foul, trying to jump, that nigga's a locomotive, so when he's healthy, it's not a bad choice, but if you're a scout or you're a gm you have to see you gotta that's you gotta be able to foresee what's going

on because that's the word foresight would have told you that i mean because barkley saw it there was a few guys that saw it that said his way is going to be a problem. They knew it when he bust out of his sneakers, Paul. In Duke, yes. So they definitely knew that. So looking back at it, they dropped the ball on this. Yeah, and listen, man, I don't know what your relationship, Ja, is with the coach at Murray State where you went to school at, where he found you in that back gym only because he was hungry

to get some Doritos that happened to peep in the gym and see you playing because you wasn't even in the main gym. You know, I don't know if anybody knows the John Morant story. And for our listeners who don't know, what happened is John Morant had zero scholarships to go to college. He went to a camp that summer where they were looking for D1 athletes. It was two gyms, the main gym, let's just call it the A gym and the B gym

with the lesser, the kids that weren't as good as the kids supposedly in the A gym. Ja Morant was playing in the B gym. A coach was hungry and went to get some Doritos.

Doritos, y'all should look into this sponsorship with John Morant. And seeing John Morant killing niggas in the B gym, he was the assistant coach, called the head coach and said, we found our guard. Ever since then, there's no looking back. John went to school two years, came out number two pick. So what I was saying was, Johnai, I don't know what your relationship is with that assistant coach at your college, but Christmas should be good for him every year. Because if he didn't get eyes on you, we all may be missing out on a spectacular talent such as Jai.

Now, look, man. Oh. Oh, goodness gracious. Look, man. Oh. Oh, goodness gracious. For those who don't know what's going on, I'll commentate. Outside, an elderly lady just fell.

Face first. I didn't see it because Mason Stabb, a better view than I do. She's going to be all right. She's not going to go on the bench. She's not subbing out or nothing. She's not subbing out or nothing. She's not subbing out. Yep. She's on the move. Tough for that Anthony Davis, my nigga.

Tough for that Anthony Davis. Look at her. That's her right there with the case. Still going. Still going. She fell on her face and she's still in the game. This is the shit I'm talking about. You know why?

She's from the old school. She ain't with that. She's no substitutions. She ain't no substitutions for that lady right there. She could have easily had the wind come bring her a wheelchair, an ambulance. She could have easily hit the button. Yeah.

I'm falling and I can't get up. So this is the, it's funny that happened. They raised from a different cloth from new niggas. Whatever. I mean, that's a different cloth from new niggas. Whatever. I mean, that's a whole other topic for another day. I'm so excited to see John Moran back. And it looks like

this is what it's going to take to make the team better. Me and Bubba saw him out early and we was talking about how certain players make your team better. Bane, you know, 21. He's been doing his part since he's been going,

but it's not transferring into wins. Jackson back to 24 points. No six rebounds is pedestrian for him, but it is what it is. Ingram had a good game, 34 points. McCullough. Yeah, McCullough had, he had 18. Look, Zion, 13 points, five from 12 for the field.

Zion, three rebounds is not cutting it. Three rebounds, that's where you at. You're not in the paint on the defensive end at minimum. New Orleans, we always say New Orleans is a threat. And then they don't become a threat. You know, that's one of them shits where niggas be like, yo, I... They're becoming like Portland. Yeah, they're becoming like niggas who be pump faking in the

street. Like, nah, niggas keep fronting on me. Watch, I'm catching the ops. A month go by. Nah, I ain't seen like two months go by. Three months, you in the club with your ops there and you like, nah, police outside.

I ain't going to do nothing. Y'all niggas is that them type of niggas because we- Them niggas want me to throw away my freedom. Yeah. Them type of niggas. You're a gangster.

What you mean? Yeah. Throw away your freedom. Exactly. And as you know, it always seems like they're a threat and then they don't

become a threat. I don't know as far as Memphis is concerned how much time they have left if they could even make it to the playoffs that they're so far behind in the standings. But I'll tell you one thing. I bet you this much, Memphis gets more nationally televised games coming up. Yep.

There will be much more to see TV. I think they're going to make it to the playoffs. I hope they do. I really, really hope they do. I really hope they do. Last night had me so excited, Paul, is that I don't like, yo, I'm still on one. I didn't even mean to come and dunk on you,

murder, like that. I was really excited. But, you know, my man Nick in there, he said, Cam, I just want to be honest with you. Because of you, I had to convo with you. I picked over on John Moran, everything. I put the camera on Nick. It's cool, Nick.

Go ahead. Yeah. Oh, I said go over on everything. Nick bet $20 over John Moran on everything, won $800. Now, listen, if you go to Underdog Fantasy and use code KID, this is the type of shit that happens. You know,

you know, it's no kidding. You have the $2 million now. Yeah, yeah, I mean, $800 ain't real, you know,

that's money, that's money, I'm happy. Listen, we can go off percentages because, what is that, murder?

We went to school for, man, what's that, a 5,000, 6,000 percent? it was a good flip for him. Yeah, increase, man. Yeah, man, what's that, a 5,000, 6,000 percent? It was a good flip for him. Yeah, increase, man. About 400.

Yeah, man, but go to Underdog Fantasy, use Code Cam, and this is the type of shit that happens. But I'm excited, man. I really am excited to see Ja Morant back. And as far as the game, Ja's 34 points are the most points scored in a return game after missing 25 or more games in NBA history. So shout out to Ja. That was definitely like a fairy tale ending to see him get the game winner. So it was real dope for everybody to see. And you know what? Shout out his moms was dope. Yeah.

Listen, Mason mentioned it after the game. He said, Ja, you know, Ja, how do you get to do it? I'm a dog, man. I'm a dog. I'm a dog. And you see, that's what I want to hear. Yeah. You know, and I don't want to say this because I don't know this for a fact. But this sound like a nigga that'll backslap you again. Because that's just what he is, man. We got to start accepting people for who they are, man. We got to stop trying to clean everybody

up. I'm definitely saying put the guns down, but if he's a nigga and if you keep playing with him, he's going to slap you. You play with his moms, he's bringing the crew to them. Look, we was dumping on all that shit last season. Some people are just who they are and that doesn't mean that they're not good

on basketball court. We just got to, it's up to your friends, family, and loved ones to help keep certain niggas out of trouble. Me and Mase allude to this all the time. R.I.P. to Dawg, DMX. But DMX had to be watched consistently. His first album, DMX, it was people on guard watching him in Baltimore. Yeah, protecting him from himself. Exactly. Every day, protecting him from himself, like on shifts watching him in Baltimore. Yeah, protecting him from himself. Exactly.

Every day, protecting him from himself, like on shifts. Yes, exactly. You get off at 8, and then you pause, get on at 8, and you watch him until the next morning.

That's an actual fact. Shout out to DMY. They actually had people on shift to watch DMX from himself. Yeah, but we loved the music, and we wouldn't trade it in. But look what you got out of that. Exactly. From protecting him from himself, look at all the great music that you got out of that.

Shout out to my- So you're saying Jai's like DMX. I ain't going to put it that far. Because I- Yo, shout out to my nigga AJ. AJ, my nigga Ajane he was part of one of the people on shift

and I remember during that time he's like I said what's up and he said nah I fucking gotta go find X man I said what happened

he said I thought he was in the room I was in the living room I went to check on him he jumped out the window I don't know where he's at so so we're not saying

Josh is like yeah man no that's what I'm saying. Yeah, yeah. But you definitely need to protect people from themselves. Sometimes

you know somebody's ways and you know how they are. And if that's the go-getter or the money cow, so to speak, in your team and it's going to fuck it up for other people,

then you need to protect that. Solid. Next game, the Spurs lost to the Bucks 13 need to protect that. Solid. Next game, the Spurs lost to the Bucs 132-119. Victor Wemby was out due to right ankle soreness. Do injuries make you nervous for Wemby? Anybody? Yes.

Injuries definitely make me nervous for Wimby because anybody over that seven foot mark has always went out with foot injuries and things like that. It starts to be the beginning of the wear and tear. I think we've even witnessed something like that with Bo Ball, foot injury, right? something like that with Bo Ball, foot injury, right? Greg Odom. Just over the years, big men have had problems with that. I think even what happened to Sheck when he got hurt? His lisp-rank injury. He was out for a year. The most recent, to your point, so you can finish what you have to say,

was poisingus. Yeah, and it's always in their foot. I don't know why, but it's just always been that way. So that definitely is of concern. I thank them for taking it very serious, but I definitely wanted to see them against Giannis. That was definitely something I was looking forward to. Yeah, it's a big history of big men with injuries,

with foot injuries and so on and so forth. I'm not a doctor. I can't tell you why. You know, it even goes back to Yao Ming. But they're not normal-sized niggas. Like, yo, something ain't going to be... You know what I mean? Like, you know, these things are all the duck, walk through doorways and all type of shit.

So I don't know the scientific fact why big men are always getting hurt. I think Shaq was really durable for his size, to be totally honest with you. Maybe not towards the end of his career, but in his prime, Shaq didn't miss a lot of games for his height. But Mace is 100% right. Tim Duncan's another one who's very durable. But once you're over like that 7-1 mark, 7-2 mark, it seems to always be a little problem.

And what I will say to Wimby's credit is this is the first game I know about him missing, if I'm not mistaken. And we're in a league where niggas take off every 20 minutes. So I will give him credit to say that we're 25 games in. I've seen a game where he actually looked like he twisted his whole ankle and just got up and kept going. And I was like, damn, fuck is that nigga rubber bear, man? Pause.

That might be that same foot. Yeah, so much credit to 1B for sticking in there this long in a season where people just take out because they know it's running. So I give him a lot of credit. As far as the matchup, yeah, I definitely want to see him against Giannis. You got to realize they're on two different coasts, so they only play each other two times a year. Hopefully they'll both be available next time that they play each other.

What I will say is this, Giannis, he had a... No, I don't know how this is going as far as Damian Lillard and the Giannis combo, because they won the game, and they won the other night against Indiana when Giannis had 64. I forget how much Damian Lillard had. But tonight, you know, Giannis had 11,

Damian Lillard had 40. It's you know, Giannis had 11. Damian Lillard had 40. It's no games. Maybe a couple where they're like 34 and 32, 35 and 29, 28 and 31. It's either one person doing the work or the other person doing the work. And I don't know if they're in sync yet 100%. That's just how I'm feeling about it. But look, they're one game out of first place in the Eastern Conference.

Still plenty of basketball to go and they're in the right spot. The Lakers are 1-3 and the Pacers are 1-4 since the in-season tournament. What does that mean to you? The Lakers are,

is someone their record again? One and three. And the Pacers are one and four since the in-season tournament. I think this matters more to, actually both teams because the Lakers definitely don't have games they can just give away,

especially with the age of King James at this point. And they need to have that cushion going into the postseason. So this is definitely not a good thing. And when it comes to the Pacers, I think this is a real gut check to make sure that this team is really who they say they are. Now that they made this little splash and they did that one little incident, it seemed like since we've been saying the target is going to be on their back, they definitely haven't been answering the bell. And they got all of the pieces there to be an actually exceptional team.

So I hope they really turn this around because they're on a four-game losing streak. Four games. That's not good. Nigga, song that band up in the crypto arena, whatever, old Staples Center, niggas got cooked

by the Knicks. Kobe would have burnt that shit before it got up there, yo. And they just take the band and it's up and shit and then get cooked by the Knicks. That ain't it. You know what I'm saying?

That's not it. They should have just fucking took a couple dollars, the 500, and got back to the regular season. Not saying that this is something to celebrate. This is the first year for it,

et cetera, et cetera. But niggas is like, oh, this is what this is. I wouldn't have hung that button up. I would have put it on the scoreboard. Yeah, I mean, that's a good one. Yeah, not in the Raptors. Maybe across the scoreboard is good.

Not in the air. Not in the sky. I like that. Not in the air. I like that. It's disrespectful. Yeah, so when you come there, because you got Jerry West up there. He want to go ahead and throw his powder up.

Got the powder on there. Yeah, I like that. I think the banner should be on the score table. I don't know if that goes against league policy or anything else, but it shouldn't go up there with everything else. You hang the banner up, like I was saying, and then you lose to the Knicks. Put it in a sky box.

That's as far as you could take. Possibly, but not only that, what happened is the rest of the league started taking notice. Not saying they wasn't taking notice before, but what happened is the NBA turned this in-season tournament thing to a big fucking deal, and we was all excited

to see it, to the point where we was like, yo, the pace, even though before this tournament, we were looking at Halliburton and everything, I was like, oh, Rick Carlisle is over there coaching, and they all came from situations where it was fucked up, and Buddy Hill. The underdog. Yeah, yeah, Buddy Hill, and, you know, they did that.

Look, y'all niggas is being watched, and niggas didn't like it. Y'all niggas didn't like it, 64, and you poking Halliburton in the chest, and you and your pops all on TNT the other night. Niggas didn't like it. Yeah, the word got out that them niggas was soft. Pause.

That's what happened. Yeah. Once Giannis ran back in their locker room and took the ball and no big man, no big man, nobody said anything. The word got around the league. Oh, them niggas is soft. Yeah. said anything, the word got around the league.

Oh, them niggas is soft. Yeah, and not just soft, I agree with Murda, but at the point where basketball-wise, niggas is like, oh, y'all niggas think that them niggas is them niggas. They really not them niggas. So now you got niggas who are those niggas like Joel Embiid,

you're on Joel Embiid's radar. You're on Giannis' radar. You're on whoever else in the East that we think of problems. You're going to be on their radar. You're definitely on Damian Lillard's radar, Halliburton, with all this shit. You're on Damian Lillard's radar, my nigga. So you guys can even step up and meet the challenge that's going to be presented for y'all with the Knicks, with Orlando Magic now, with the Philadelphia 76ers, with the Boston Celtics,

with the Philadelphia 76ers, with the Miami Heat. You are going to be on all these teams' radar. With the Atlanta Hawks, when they feel like playing. You guys are the target because you're the reigning Eastern Conference in-season tournament champions for the Eastern Conference. So now, since y'all want to be the Eastern Conference in-season tournament champions, niggas want beef. Yeah.

That's the problem. Flip side of the coin, the Lakers. The Lakers, y'all are a franchise that like Murda said hanging a banner no big deal but niggas

y'all always got a mark on your back the thing about LeBron that I give him credit for is I know he had a lot of business in LA outside

of basketball and he wanted to finish his career on the West Coast with his movies, production company, and everything else he has going on. But I will give him this credit. Not the in-season tournament. It was pressure going to the Lakers, period. You got to realize, you know, it's one thing winning in Miami, it's another thing winning in Cleveland, You know, it's one thing winning in Miami. It's another thing winning in Cleveland.

And it's another thing being in Los Angeles. So at the end of the day, when you got there, you knew what you had to deal with. Like Mace said it the other day, this is one of them teams where there's no rebuilding stages. There's no rebuilding. There's no rebuilding in Los Angeles. There's no time to rebuild. You win tonight. You win tonight.

You win tonight. And that's the target on your back every night. And now it's two targets. So now they're aiming for the head and the chest. Pause. Because you're the in-season champions. And not only that, you're the Lakers. So now, what you going to do?

What you going to do? Yeah. What you going to do? And it don't look right, the Lakers being behind the Clippers. Yeah. I mean, listen, when I walked in the Rich Paul party, LeBron was chilling with Ty Lue and LeBron together.

Yeah. That's still his nigga. But at the end of the day, we want to give, like May said, I definitely, we talked about this yesterday. I want to give a lot of credit to Ty Lue, because Ty Lue told you give him 10 games, and I don't think he even needed 10 games to figure it out, and sitting here looking at what's going on right now, the Clippers are in sixth place, the Lakers are in eighth place,

with a two and a half game, or pardon me, a game and a half lead over the Lakers, but yeah, it looked like the Clippers are good. But the Lakers, you got a target on your back every night when you throw on that Laker jersey. So, in-season tournament just added fuel to the fire. Yeah, the West Coast looked weird. It looked weird with Minnesota up first. And Oklahoma City at second.

So, we can look at the top six right now. It's Minnesota, Oklahoma City, Denver at third, Sacramento Kings at fourth, Dallas Mavericks

at five, and the Clippers at six. Those are your playoff teams at the moment. Yeah. Where is Phoenix? Phoenix is in 10th

right now. I'm saying, where are them niggas, man? Yo, Bradley Bill got to stop playing, man, and play ball. You see what happened? The first game he got back, he played for five minutes and got hurt again. So he came back after missing however many games, played five minutes and got hurt. I was watching that game.

He actually did shoot a three and come down the nigga ankle. It was legit, but niggas, I don't know what to tell you, man. Niggas, where are y'all niggas? Period. Because at the end of the day, I'm not saying Chris Paul didn't make a difference or Aiden the big man didn't make a difference,

but you still have Kevin Durant and Book over there. And that speaks volumes for y'all not to be right now in 10th place with the Warriors in 11th. Well, I tell all y'all niggas, son, John Moran coming. I tell everybody right nowall niggas John Moran coming. I tell, I tell y'all, I tell everybody right now on the West Coast,

John Moran is coming. I don't know, pause, I don't know what the fuck is y'all going to do because if anything that we seen last night is about to take place

the next what? Yeah, he's going to get crazy the next game. Yeah, the next, the next 55 games or whatever, y'all to get crazy at next game. Yeah, the next 55 games or whatever, y'all niggas

is in trouble. Everybody. Everybody's in trouble. If anything I've seen of last night moving forward, it is a problem. I don't know how it's going. I don't know how it goes with the All-Star. John Moran got my first team selection if I was voting for the All-Star

game. Purely awful last night. Look, we have 64 points. Giannis, Damian Lillard have 40 tonight. I'm pretty sure Brunson had 50 the other night. It's been a few outstanding performances this season. They play Indiana next. That's going to be a goodie. Yeah, holla, Bird.

Yeah. You're about to find out. Oh, no. See, this is what be a goodie. Yeah, Halliburton. I find out. See, this is what I like about this. You know why I like shit about this? Because we're noticing Halliburton this season because he's doing spectacular. Right, with Indiana, he's striving

in their system. And to the point where a lot of people probably didn't know he played with Sacramento before he got here. But you know who do remember him? Ja. Ja. Ja, like. Ja, like my little man is going crazy.

My little one going crazy. Yo. Yeah. That's what you want to hear. I'm going to fix it. I got it. Yeah. Yeah, I'm going to fix it. I'm going to fix it. That's him. Yeah. I'm going to fix it.

That's it? What? Shooting from Sacramento? Alright, back. Say no more. He playing his hollaburn? That's your king? Yeah, Thursday. I don't know what underdog putting on it. I'm going for the 38 Nova.

I'm going for that. Well, speaking of where these players are, Klay Thompson publicly said he's been playing like crap after being benched in the Warriors versus Suns game. Since making that statement,

his recent game stats have been 30 points, 24 points, 28 points, five rebounds, four rebounds, three assists, one assist. So he's made some progress But how do you feel about Klay right now? With this turnaround

At first, I appreciate him acknowledging That he was playing poorly Secondly, I appreciate that Steve Kerr Had enough wherewithal to bench him You know, because sometimes A person be living off their name a long time. And that happens in all areas of business. But to see him say, you know what, we're really going to have to make a change here for the better was really good to see. And for him to respond,

he had to respond. Draymond's not playing. I don't know. Where's Wiggins? We got to put an APB out on a lot of niggas right now. Wiggins is, I don't know where Wiggins is. And actually, he showed up. He started showing up. And he started showing up against good teams. That's a great sign. Because I'm a Klay Thompson fan.

So it's good to see him playing again. You get no credit for me. It him playing again. You get no credit for me. It's contract year. You get no credit for me, nigga. It's what you're supposed to do.

Yeah. It's what we expect of you. Oh, Klay's killing the last three games. So? So? You got three games. You got benched, nigga.

This is what we used to you doing. And listen, you know, I remember watching him when Charles Barkley was getting on him last year,

pause about, Clay's not doing this, Clay's not doing that. Clay's like, damn, I just came off an injury. Give me some time to get myself together.

I've only been playing X amount of games. You're not coming off injury and it's a contract year. I don't want to hear about Clay Thompson doing good the last three games. Steph Curry needs help,

nigga. He needs help. He needs help. He needs help. Draymond is trying to do the best that he can by fucking niggas up to help Steph Curry. Draymond actually came and choked the nigga out for you, Clay. So he fouled the niggas for Curry. Well, the chokeout was for Clay. Clay got into that little tussle and Rudy Goldbeard grabbed him.

He does need to take that stupid headband off. That's probably why he ain't shooting well. That's what I was thinking. Yeah, like we, listen, man, I know Murda, you and your analyst expert shit, you know, you made Murda up here talking about, well, you know, he's

25 for 27 and you know. He didn't take that stupid headband off. That's what up here talking about, well, you know, he's 25 for 27. And, you know. You need to take that stupid headband off. That's what I'm talking about. That's why he missing. That's what that. There you go. That's why the nigga missing.

That's what I'm talking about. You talking about. Exactly. You talking about, well, Steve Kerr did the right thing. And he's taking accountability. Yo, nigga, you ain't shit this season. You got three good games. And you got a dumb ass headband on.

That's what Murda just told me. So I ain't even. I wasn't even paying attention. Yeah, Anthony Edwards and them niggas talking about they smoking on a clay pack. That's how niggas is talking behind his back. They smoking on clay. That's what I was talking about. Yo, and listen, this is the shit that I'm talking about. Because now Murda telling you

that, he knows people. He knows people. So at the end of the day... Yeah, that's what niggas is saying. From team to team, Clay, niggas is talking about they smoking on Clay tonight. That's the analyzation I need to hear. That's what I've been waiting for.

Smoking on Clay. So Clay, and listen, I'm going to be honest with you. The last two seasons, I'm not going to say the season before because I know you wasn't all the way good, but I'll say the season last season. I see you with a lot of frustration with these

young niggas. You want to argue with Buck. You want to argue with the whole Minnesota Grizzlies team throwing up the ring. I know Titletown and all this shit. They ain't got no title. But it's just a sign showing that Sugar and Frustrated are what these young niggas is doing. Now, I don't know Murda's inside sources,

but it sounds right to me. Because niggas would definitely smoke a pack of Klay Thompson and they might put you in the dispensary, you keep it up. You might be able to go buy a pack of Klay Thompson and smoke, nigga.

Klay gold runs. Yeah. Gold runs. The Klay gold runs. Exactly. Because now what happens is this, Anthony Edwards is a great example. Exactly. Because now what happens is this. Anthony Edwards is a great example. And man, y'all just

smoked on a clay pack 40 or 50. 40 and 15 on a nigga. Now what happens is it goes to the next team like murder just said. They gonna smoke the pack of clay before the game now, not even after the game. Get your name back, nigga. Stop complaining.

I know you're saying you're playing like crap, so you're taking accountability, which is dope, but you have no choice but to take accountability because we see you, nigga. You know we see you, right? So please help stuff. Curry out. Draymond, I'm not, like I said, Draymond's way out of control what he's doing,

but I understand. Like, yo, if I got to choke a nigga out, if I got to slap a nigga, if I got to do what I got to do to help Steph Curry out, that's what it's about. And I'm not saying take it as far as Draymond, but even every hockey team got a goon on it. And Draymond's just a goon on the team.

I'm not saying he's not an exceptional basketball player, but he knows his position. The thing about it is this also, Gilbert Arenas said it as well. Gilbert Arenas said that Clay, and I think we talked about a couple weeks ago that he said, yeah, because we was talking about people who didn't improve,

how Clay Thompson's the only player who hadn't improved. And me and Mace brought it up as well. You have no one to get a nigga off. You shoot fast, so if a nigga's not next to you in the next 2.3 seconds, you can get your shot off. But what are you going to do? I'm 40

seconds. I can get a nigga off me. I pause. If a nigga... I'm almost 50 in a few years. Run down on me. I dare you, any one of y'all niggas run down on me. You might catch me after I get past you, but I'm going to get past you. Do not run down on me. Yeah, he just pump, pump, pump.

Yeah, you do this. Yo, my nigga, get you one of these in the off season. Reggie Mello. Yeah. Practice with Kobe. Matter of fact, I want to go to a videotape real quick. A mace fully clothed, pause, street clothes, and Madison Square Garden with a nigga trying to guard him.

And we'll be right back. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh.

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Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. That man is fully clothed He got a murmur

He got a murmur on Get crazy If you reach on that nigga Murdered to a bond This isn't a high school murder. This is a 31, 32-year-old murder, and you trying to reach on him. He doesn't get paid to do this. You get paid millions of dollars.

Please, help Steph Curry. Maybe they need to do a protest about that. Help Steph Curry. The Help Steph campaign. Yeah, the Help Stuff campaign. Okay, well, last thing on the subject of the Warriors, and before we go to break, Steve Kerr said, for anybody to question Steph Curry's leadership,

it's kind of sickening to the people who have pointed fingers at Steph for issues concerning Draymond and others on the team. Do you think Steph holds any responsibility? Yes, Steph holds responsibility. He's the leader on the team. Do you think Steph holds any responsibility? Yes, Steph holds responsibility. He's the leader of the team. As he goes, the team goes. So when something crazy happens, if he take the credit for the good,

he definitely got to take the credit for this and being able to call your goons back, you know? When you're the leader, it's just like that if you're a recording star. If something go crazy, it's on you. You got to tell your niggas to chill out. You got to tell Draymond to chill out. But again, like Cam was saying, niggas is smoking on

clay packs. What are you supposed to do? Niggas is running off with work. He got to show up. I say this about that. I'm not saying Steph Curry isn't a leader. And there's different ways of being leaders. I know we had a debate with Stat about leadership a few last week or whenever it was. Yeah.

There's different ways to be leaders. And what I'll say is this. I think that Steph Curry's a leader, but he's not that. I think Draymond's more of a leader than Steph Curry. I think Steph Curry, I think a lot of times people get leadership confused with the best player on the team. The best player on the team doesn't always have to be a leader. I'll give you a great example, and I'm not saying he was the best player on our team. We had a guy on our team named Rich Parker.

Yeah. He was really good. He could put the ball in the basket. He wasn't the best dribbler or anything. He could shoot a jump shot and he knew how to put the ball in the basket. But that didn't mean he was going to pull niggas to the side and be like, yo, why you doing this? So why you doing that? If niggas was acting

up, he wanted them niggas to be like, whatever they get. As long as I get my points. I need my 28, 29 points. And I'm not saying Rich Parker wouldn't be a great points. I need my 28, 29 points. And I'm not saying Rich Parker wouldn't be a great leader. I'm just saying in our team. Yeah, he wasn't the leader. He wasn't the leader, but he may have been the leading scorer. Yeah.

So sometimes people get that misconstrued. And I'm not saying Steph Curry doesn't have the leadership because I'm not there in the locker room and know what Steph says and what doesn't say. You know, but at the end of the day, not just with the Golden State Warriors, I'm not, I'm still going to take Steve Kerr's word because Steve Kerr is there and knows what's going on.

But we have to stop getting confused the best player on the team for the leader on the team. That may not be the same person. Got it. Okay, let us know what you guys think. We're going to go to break. And when we return, we will talk about the possibility of trading Utah's Jordan Clarkson. Welcome back. So let's get into our underdog fantasy picks of the day.

The Knicks will play the Nets. Underdog fantasy has Jalen Brunson at 25 and a half points. Do you have him higher or lower? I'm going to go with the young boy, Pauls. Higher. He cooking right now, higher. Okay, Julius Randle is at 40 and a half points, rebounds and assists.

Do you have him higher or lower? How much total? 40.5. Low. Lower. Okay, and Mikel Bridges is at 5 rebounds. Do you have him higher or lower? Lower.

A little higher. Okay, download the Underdog Fantasy app, and you can make your picks too. Okay, Utah's jazzist Jordan Clarkson is available for trade. What should Utah do to put them back on the map? I don't know what's on this team. Who's on this team? I haven't been watching Utah.

But I definitely know they got a bunch of niggas they got to get rid of. They got, who they got? Like Collins, Sexton. I know he got to get out of there. Kelly O'Nicks,

O'Lennox, however you pronounce it. No disrespect, Kelly. O-Link. Yeah, they got a bunch of players they need to get out of. They're willing to trade. You know,

Jordan Clarkson's the most sexiest name, but they're willing to trade all three of the people, the charges named Sexton and Kelly O. I'll call him Kelly O. Utah is currently under

two games, three games behind Golden State in 12th or 13th place. The great question, what do they have to do to be on the map? Utah has always been formidable. John Stockton, Carmelone. Then I remember they had... Donovan.

Before that, Darren Williams and... What's the nigga with the sons right now from Alaska? The two sons that's killing right now. Yo, I'm so mad. I was thinking, what's the nigga with the two sons that's killing right now? Boozer, Boozer, Boozer, Boozer. Yeah, it was Darren Williams and Boozer. They was really good for a minute.

Like you just said, Donovan Mitchell. Yeah, AK-47. I forgot about AK-47. Yeah, they've been formidable. And where they're at now, it looks like a long way from home. For them to get better stats stats that's an incredible question because I have no idea you know it's one thing like we were saying okay the Spurs have not

been winning for a while they got Wembe and okay I remember when you were talking about Wembe he's gonna be the first team all NBA and Mace had him as the best player in the NBA when the season started and a lot of shit, but...

I had him and Jai on my list, so... Just got to throw that in there. I mean, I did. Put that out there.

We need the tape. I did have Jai on that list. It wasn't even a shot, but if you... It wasn't a shot. If we both pick Phoenix to go against double, you got to grasp for the obvious.

You got to grasp for the obvious. This nigga on defense all night. I caught a little dunk. I got to be careful all week. But yeah, listen, man. I don't know what it's going to do, but it looks like it's going to be a long process because Utah

is one of them cities, and Utah is a beautiful city. Salt Lake City is really nice. I go there to vacation on the outskirts of Salt Lake City every winter. There and Denver is a really, really nice city. But what I will say is that I have no answer to that question.

But I know Jordan Clarkson, what he said, he wants to be traded to a contender. And he's been in the league a while. So to be going from Utah to another bum-ass team would probably be super-duper frustrating. I don't know what you would give up for Clarkson because he was part of that team in Cleveland now that I think about when they lost the championships to Golden State. When he played with LeBron, he had a chance to get it, but I don't think he fit in well with that particular team.

I wish him well. I hope he gets to a good team because I think he is a really good, decent player. He's an NBA player. I think he's a terrific six man not jamal crawford level or my nigga lemon pepper lou but he's right underneath that tier of player lebron james said i'm gonna play until i'm 40 then after 40 i'm gonna go all left hand until i'm 45 i'm gonna score 5 000 with my left hand then I'll be done could you see him doing it

LeBron is trolling he said that just so we could talk about it so he already did his job he said that you think he really play all left handed for five two seasons three seasons

I mean if he really wanted to just to break a stat, yeah. I'm going to let you guys in on a little secret. Is that the secret? The secret is, it's not really even a secret. Yeah.

LeBron is really left-handed. Yeah. He plays basketball with his right hand, but everything else he does with his left hand. He writes with his left hand. He drives with his left hand.

Like, he's really left-handed in real life. Only thing he does with his right hand, but everything else he does with his left hand. He writes with his left hand. He drives with his left hand. Like he's really left-handed in real life. Only thing he does with his right hand is basketball. So it wouldn't be too far fetched to see him really do that. Now, I like the fact that he's pumping it for us so he can be like, it seems amazing. Like, oh shit, the nigga did it with his left.

Like Larry Bird said, I'm going it with his left. Like Larry, like how Larry Bird said, I'm going to play this game all left-handed against, I believe it was the Atlanta Hawks, if I'm not mistaken. He said, yo, you know what? I'm so good. I'm going to play this game with my left hand. But if Larry Bird is really right-handed, brawn, we on to you, nigga. We know that you're really left-handed. The only thing you do in life is play basketball with your right hand. So to me, outside of the age thing, and he's looking phenomenal

at his age, about to be 39 next week. He's looking great. So for him playing into his 40s is not unreasonable. But he's trying to he's trying to

motherfuck niggas and be like, now I'm going to go all left-handed. So when niggas are like, oh man, this is amazing. LeBron killed them. We know you left handed nigga. You left handed in real life.

Nigga was really going to get 10,000 with his left hand. So when he scores 5,000, so when he goes over the 5,000 mark, it seems amazing. You really set out to do five. Exactly. So LeBron, I know that you're really left-handed

and now the people who watch this show, the gig is up, nigga. You're not fooling nobody. We know you're really left-handed, bro. Okay.

Next quote up is from ex-NFL running back Rashard Mendenhall. He said, I'm so sick of average white guys commenting on football. Y'all not even good at football. Can we please replace the Pro Bowl

with an all-black versus all-white bowl so these cats can stop trying to teach me who's good at football? I'm better than your goat. So, one, what do you think about his quote?

And two, would you watch? Definitely would watch. He said he's better than your goat. So one, what do you think about his quote? And two, would you watch? Definitely would watch. He said he's better than. He said I'm better than your goat. That's way wrong. The racism bowl is crazy. The racism bowl is what he's calling for.

That's crazy. My goodness. I'm back, nigga. You want to have the racism ball? Okay. So who's the commentator? Who's the commentator, bro? The racism ball. I like that.

The racism ball. I like that too. The Racism Bowl. I like that. Could I have some more information on what he played? Like, I don't. You're not better than my GOAT. You're not better than Tom Brady. He's like, yo. And right now, look, top five football players right now.

I don't have an order, and we had never put an order, but Christian McCaffrey's in there. Yeah. You're not bad at Christian McCaffrey. You got to stop with this, man. This is the reverse racism shit that Mason's been talking about all last two weeks. The racism bowl is wild, B.

Yeah, man. So, listen, B. Yeah, man. So, listen, man. I dig it. Is he better than Tariq Hill? No. Literally, the headlines have him as self-declared football great. It's like,

but you hear what Sass said? She said self-declared football great. It's like... He's doing affirmations. It's crazy. It's like when Suk's doing affirmations. It's crazy. It's like when Sukiyata came in, we was like, how you get Suki with the good coochie? She said, I'm not self-proclaimed.

I was given that. Somebody named me that. She said somebody named me that. It wasn't a rapper. Yeah, exactly. He's naming himself. Self-proclaimed means you're giving yourself that title. I don't even know that nigga, to be honest with you,

but you ain't better than Tom Brady, and you ain't better than Christian McCaffrey, who's actually playing right now. If you want, I'll dig into your background and come back with some information on you. But from what niggas behind the cameras are saying, it's not worth it. Dig into your background was crazy, though.

Crazy. That was crazy. Where we going? You know what's even crazier? A nigga named D. King is telling me that's crazy. We're back here. I ain't even going to look at it. I'm telling murder is crazy.

I'm not even arguing with murder. That was wild. But if a nigga named D. King is telling me that it's crazy. Every time he says something, I'm crazy. I've been cool for two weeks. I'm like, what up, King? What up, King? Yo, that was crazy.

Yo, that's crazy. Your name is D. King. Ladies and gentlemen, let me ask y'all this. If a nigga name is D. King, can he tell you anything is crazy? We'll go to Twitter and you let us know on the Instagram page. That's crazy. Now, back to you, murder. I'm sorry.

That was out of line. That was out of line. That was out of line. That might have been pause of the month. That might have been pause of the month. You're absolutely right. Okay. And moving along to another football topic. It was reported that Panthers game tickets have dropped to as low as 45 cents a ticket right before kickoff.

Yet a lot of the seats are still mainly empty. Oh, man. How do you feel about them ticket prices? And that was 45 cents. Before we get to it, can we show a video with the top row

of the Panthers or a picture, not a video, a picture of what the top row of the Panthers game looked like last week? God damn. That wasn't.

Yeah. Yo, the owner like, yo. The owner like, get my money back. What do you think made it 45 cents, poor nigga? Like, yo, we about to go on TV. We need these seats filled. Yeah. And what price you thinking?

I'm going to be honest with you. The only TV they was going to be on was in North Carolina because nobody else was watching. This wasn't even a Groupon sale. 45 cents. This was like, y'all can see if it was Groupon. This wasn't even Groupon, man. Yo. North Carolina is serious about that protest.

I was just about to say that. Yo, North Carolina, let us know when the protest is. We might come. We might show up. Yeah. I have no idea what date it is, but please let us know because I'm here

to support that protest. 45 cents is absurd. And Charlotte is a beautiful city, man. Yeah. Super good, super lit. I'll tell you one thing. Remember, that was the side chicks of,

what's the show again? I don't know. I remember we was talking the side chicks of, what's the show again? I remember we was talking about side chicks of America. Side chicks of America. Yeah. I'll tell you this much, Charlotte. Yeah, I'll tell you this much, Charlotte. I don't know if this is going to generate wins, losses, or anything else, but at least half of them ticket sales that you're missing

you bring Cam Newton back you'll sell half of them seats that you're missing whether he plays or not whether he plays or not you bring Cam Newton back you will get at least half of them seats you're missing filled up he's on a rampage on the

podcast you got to get that nigga some shoulder pads, paws, and a helmet, and get that nigga back on the field and you'll make your money back. Because if this is about money, he's going to sell tickets. Win, lose, or draw. Free game. Well, that's

all the time we have for today. Thanks for watching. And as always, it is what it is.