So a Canada got
off to a good start and Canada is
better than any team that the 1992 dream team faced. They're better. The basketball is so much
better now than it's ever been. I mean, the game is incredible. Jayson Tatum did not
start last night. He's better than Scottie Pippen. Offensively, it's not
particularly close. It's a global sport. Everybody can shoot. Everybody can handle the ball. I mean, I'm watching Wemby. He's not on our team,
but what that kid can do. Chet Holmgren at 7/2 can do. It's incredible. The 92 dream team,
Larry Bird was shot. He retired 10 days
after the Olympics. You had multiple
guys on that team, multiple who could not handle
the ball and who couldn't shoot. Anthony Davis on this
team is a much better player than Patrick Ewing. Give me a break. Tatum is much better
than Scottie Pippen. LeBron right now is
better than magic was to me at 32 or 33 years old. Our young guys are aren't and
Haliburton, their young guy, was Christian laettner. Give me a break. This team is old men
aging very gracefully. Kd, LeBron and steph,
everybody shoots. Everybody can handle the ball. I mean, good God
Joel Embiid averaged six assists this year for
the Sixers six assists he's a center the 1992
dream team was amazing and a lot of people get to
my age, they get Gray hair and they love looking
in the rearview mirror and they just
romanticize everything. It's like if you want
to wake up and listen to stairway to heaven from
led Zeppelin, it was awesome. And it takes you back
to a different time, but it takes 2.5 minutes
to get into the lyrics. Jimmy page is on a riff and
that was basketball back then. Down to the center,
pounded on the floor, very little ball movement. It was a very possession
oriented game. You could do certain
things as a forward. You could do certain
things as a center. Players can do anything
and everything. Now Wemby is 7 four, handles it
behind the back, passing shot, blocking 3 pointers. The world is different now
and it's not a bad thing. Two things can be possibly
true at the same time. The 1992 team
beating Tunisia by 60 was amazing and a
thing of beauty. But this team's bench has
starters on that team. Scottie Pippen. I covered him in Portland,
not close to Jayson Tatum. Patrick Ewing is not nearly
as good as Anthony Davis. Christian laettner
on that team aren't off the bench on this team. What are we talking about here. The flexibility. The bigs now can handle
the ball and shoot. Back then, centers had
a range of about 12ft. You dumped it to him,
they'd pound the ball. It slowed everything up. That stuff doesn't last. You start looking at
Dwight Howard's career. I mean, he's the
line of demarcation. Dwight Howard prodigy
in high school walks into the NBA about
halfway in his career. He couldn't do anything he
could back to the basket, couldn't do anything. That's what a lot of the bigs,
almost all of the bigs were. Today's game is motion and
angles and free flowing and speed and everybody
can handle the ball. I mean, the Celtics won a title
with an offense called five out. Everybody, including Al
horford, can sit-in the corner and hit a three. Five out. You couldn't play that game. ESPN did 30 for 30 on
the Nix and Pacers. The series had one pure
shooter, Reggie Miller. The Nix had nine
guys on the roster that couldn't hit an 18 Footer. They were tough guys. They were fun guys. They were physical. Even John Starks wasn't
a natural shooter. He was their shooting guard. I mean, he was the guy in the
perimeter you would trust. I wouldn't trust it. So Michael Jordan's the
best player to most of you of all time. That's fine. I think LeBron does more better. LeBron's a much better version
than magic, and that's fine. And it's going to take this team
a long time to figure, you know, it's going to take him a while
to figure out Steph Curry. First 4.5 minutes. They had a point. They got to figure out
Steph Curry's style. But just look at the
bench on this team so far. Look at the flexibility. It's positionless basketball. It's a thing of beauty. The game is global now. Guys come into this
league from overseas. They are ready to play. They've played
against 20-year-old guys and they're 17 years old. Listen, any time a
team of business. Anything has multiple
ways to beat you. Multiple lineups. Completely flexible. The depth, the roster,
the ball handling. You know, the shooting,
it's not closed. It's just a free flowing game. You can love Michael. Larry Bird was shot. I think this team. I don't know how that team would
defend him, that plotting style. And I love Barkley and I love
I love the old players, too. Things are going to be true. But go listen to
stairway to heaven. You were absolutely sure it
was the greatest song ever. If you wake and bake, maybe
it still sticks, but for most of us, get to the lyrics. All right, so I think we're
staring at the wrong thing with Caitlin Clark. So Caitlin Clark
and we all know this is that when you're
a college player and then you come into the
pros, the game is much faster and it's more physical. And so there's always
bumps, but I tend to just look at your production. So Caitlin Clark's
production is incredible. She has now done four straight
double double games points and assists 15 points,
12 assists, 13, 11, 19, 13, 29, 13 last night. Incredible she reminds
me of Andrew Luck. Same City doesn't
have a lot of support. He comes in with
terrible old lines, has to win by a
shootout at the time, breaks the rookie passing
record 4400 yards, 28 total touchdowns
goes 11 and 5. And all anybody wants to
talk about is, well, he threw a lot of interceptions. Yes college to the pro,
the game is faster, the corners are better. But 4400 yards. You're looking at the wrong
stuff with Andrew Luck. His production with a
terrible O line 4400 yards, 28 total touchdowns. All at the time, rookie records. Anybody wanted to
talk about that. The picks got 18 picks. Yeah, he's not a veteran
quarterback dude was a production machine with
virtually no Pro Bowlers and that's Caitlin
Clark's turnover talk all I've heard the turnovers with
Caitlin Clark a she's got the ball in her hands a lot. B she is a rookie right. The game is faster and you know
who also has a lot of turnovers. Players that play
fast and loose. LeBron leads the NBA
all time in turnovers. Steph Curry has a
lot of turnovers. Luka has a lot of turnovers. Like I've never banged
on quarterbacks who throw picks if they're productive. Peyton Manning, John Elway. Dan Marino, Brett Favre. Go back to Joe Namath. Threw a lot of picks. Tom Brady had picked sixes
in the Super Bowl and won. Turnovers happen. If you're a quarterback,
that plays with courage. My biggest knock
on Aaron Rodgers has been if he
throws an early pick, he backs off and
plays, say, football. Brady Peyton Manning. Elway Mahomes. Do not let it rip, baby. Play fast and loose. You got to have a
short memory in the NFL and you got to have a
short memory in basketball. If you play fast,
Steph Curry can have back to back awful turnovers. He's going faster the
next time down the floor and that's what
makes him Steph Curry so I think with Caitlin Clark
and if you look at her numbers in the last 10 games, she's not
only good, she's getting better and she's catching
up to the speed. She's getting much
better, much more quickly. So it's just it's one
of those things I will support quarterbacks who
are highly productive and throw some picks. I'm not going to support
Daniel Jones, who throws picks, but I will support
Trevor Lawrence with some of his turnovers. He can be very, very productive. Josh Allen came
into this league. He was a little wild, but
he was wildly productive. Joe Burrow. Matt Stafford they
throw interceptions. They're great. Like Mahomes is like
historically unique. You get the production
without the picks. He's the best
quarterback ever after. Tom Brady, who gave you the
production with no picks. That's why those are the GOATs. Joe Montana. Now is a different time, but Joe
didn't give you a lot of picks. That's what separates
great from, you know, top two or three guys ever. But I'm OK with Favre
and Burrow and Stafford and I'm OK with Caitlin
Clark's turnovers. She's good. She's productive. Double doubles are right now. In fact, I looked
it up this morning Caitlin Clark her production she
is second in the WNBA in assists per game. By the way. Not like she's got a lot
of finishers on that team. So she's second in
the league on a team without a lot of finishers. She's third in total 3's made
when everybody in the league knows. Guard Caitlin Clark if
you're playing Indiana, it's not like she's got
all-star teammates who are taking off some of that. So you turn the telescope. You're staring at
the wrong stuff with Andrew Luck for years. You're staring at
the wrong stuff. The turnovers don't bother
me, and those will come down over time to
catch up to the speed of the game interceptions. Over the course of
time, Trevor Lawrence won't throw as many Caleb
Williams for Chicago this year. My guess is he's got some
turnovers year to fewer. Year three will find
the light comes on, the game slows down
then he'll be fine.
