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we talked about it what they had to do to win it and they stepped up they did it man more home man probably won the more humble Superstars I've ever seen in the league with with Joker and uh yeah but congratulations to the Denver Nuggets man y'all did that you know as a team as a unit stay consistent throughout in the whole playoffs crazy run yo I've never seen a run like this so congratulations you know what when I look at the when I look at the whole West I think the only thing that's going to keep them from like going and again it's just it's just Health you know that yeah you gotta if they're healthy again I'm just looking at the layout of the West yeah you know I don't really see Golden State there and right now as constructed if they make a move of course yeah they back in the mix you know the Lakers that's constructed if they make a move you know these other teams got to make a move like as constructed the way they ran through the West right you know they swept the Lakers they did this they did this to Phoenix you know Phoenix got to get they all got to get better yeah and I don't see what Denver got to do but as constructed in the west if they healthy they'll be back I only see Denver getting better though you know they had a listen Brown chef uh Uncle Jeff coming off the bench and the guys they had coming off the bench a boy from Kansas like I only see Denver getting better if you can add to that you know what I'm saying and you know health and humbleness you know being humble and understanding how you got there is a big part of of of of getting there you know too they didn't really get hit with no injuries and I think Murray messed his hand up a little bit on on some strawberry [ __ ] on the floor but yeah other than that I don't think that it was anybody else um you know had issues with anything and you know when you get to that length everybody's nicked up right so um yeah they they you got to be a little lucky you got to definitely be healthy but yeah adding on to what they got right now bro yeah they got a steamroll right now is Joker the best player in the league right now I always take that if you was on the playground and you had all this library of guys who would you take right that's how I look at it right um yappy [ __ ] yeah all right so during the finals I tweeted out that Jamal Murray was the best point guard to leave what you think best point best point guard in the league best point guard in the league in the league where Kyrie and Luca and Josh nah I mean he can score just as good as any of them I got I got that average 10 plus assist I got that but if you telling me play solid D I got that I mean but you're telling me he gave you everything I got that like Point as a point guard gotcha it ain't nothing he can't do you're right yeah that's what I'm saying I want to like I want to put it in his hands and let him think about it I know you still got it I mean so you got Luca you got John you got Steph Curry right now I think Curry I think Jamal Murray is the best point guard moving forward in the league now I'm not going to say that oh it's probably about four it's about four point guards I take in front of him but he's solid and guess what in front of him hold on yeah yeah about six actually damn as I can see here stop but I'm not saying that and I don't want to I'm not crushing none of his glory unbelievable in this in this series I mean the whole run the whole run he you know what but he he was motivated he he came off like you know what y'all y'all y'all forgot about me y'all got me [ __ ] up right that's how he was playing like y'all what y'all got me and then you remember the shot he missed on Miami for the game and it was 1-1 right he actually thought he was going to hit that ship he he shot this [ __ ] like that oh right but he was like man yo so he was playing y'all forgot about me right and I love that in him uh I think him and Joker they're Dynamic man it's no better one-two punch in the league know how their Dynamic works you know what I'm saying and yeah why because they play off each other so no no I get that but I'm saying the dynamic is unbelievable so in that understanding of him being a guard he's big you can post him he got me arranged crazy all that he's I take that like he got some [ __ ] that you go oh and I can understand that you know and we talked about all year we were talking about the best duels in the league yeah because a lot of it was Tatum and she said point guard yeah you look at them as a Duo now I'm just talking about his Dynamic and how he plays with Joker you can't just bring a point guard in and do all right so him that's why I said when you say that argument I understand you I'm like yeah I see but were you talking about Mono Mono and I'm picking them in the joint and I got uh about four or five or six other uh point guards out here yeah I'm taking jobs before him yeah I'm taking Dame Lillard before him I'm taking a step before him taking Luca you know what I'm saying I may take Shay Alexander kill Chris can only play with certain players like you know Luke okay yeah he's a great point guard but like you need to have a certain Dynamic with him like with that with that if you put Luca with Joker would it be the same Dynamic you know what I'm saying like that's why I'm like Jamal Murray you can put him on any team in the league any team in the league and he gonna like the chemistry gonna be there it's gonna it's gonna It's Gonna Miss together good a lot better you know what I'm saying because he can play off the ball he can play on the ball you know what I'm saying he could go to score mode he can go to passer mode you know what I'm saying so when I look at guards like that like like Steph Curry can do that you know what I'm saying that he ain't ball dominant so that's what I like when I say that point girl who could play like Kyrie got a handle ball you know what I'm saying so like when I'm looking at that Dynamic I'm like man I like I like a guy like that he he fits the Steph Curry he's not Steph Curry but he fits that mole because you can have him own the ball off the ball and he makes your lineup more versatile [Music] I think too we're not taking into account of Joker's greatness too you know I'm saying this real [ __ ] he plays with a [ __ ] that it's just unbelievable IQ it makes it make it look easier and it's really hand off they doing handoffs Pete they're doing they doing elbow handoffs back door back door cutting at the same time with weak side action bro that's like so I'm speaking basketball here so just to let y'all know it's almost like a quarterback saying hike and as he said hike a [ __ ] going in motion he faking it and it's a [ __ ] going to the corn for a bomb meanwhile he handed off and it looked like a draw and everybody's opened up because it's it's it's it's it's like beautiful basketball and I don't think that anybody in the west right now is going to be able to turn this style of basketball off my question to you is are we going to see you remember when Golden State started picking up the pace and everybody started playing like that and then they call it Nelly ball and all of a sudden it went from Dallas to Golden State and Golden State and then also on Portland was trying to Portland was trying to have a version of it because they had CJ McCullough and then you start seeing all these two guard fronts you remember that [ __ ] and then the lead start playing fast right it seems like like Denver's style is every coach's dream you know why because all five are involved yeah they won Lord because you didn't know who to turn off when they tried to turn joke off they started Gordon when Gordon got going Murray got hot when Murray got going brown came in got money Porter Jr stopped and gave you 25 one game gave you gave you two blocks another game you know what I'm saying I'm saying they all came in so are we going to start seeing a style change speed I think yeah I think you know this tell you though no no can you know can you buddy everybody always tries to emulate the Champs you know that right so like when Golden State won anybody want to shoot the threes and do all that now everybody looking like damn we see how Miami got there we see how Denver got there like this must be something in that recipe if I'm Sacramento I'm looking like we can be that yeah that can pass yeah he's willing he can score on you if you want on money I'm I'm just I'm just married I'm just like man I'm watching the style Mike Brown is a big advocate of that but he also can convert and go right into a Denver style you feel me Lord the lead's gonna start but this is good for basketball too and I don't like guard uh dominant uh I don't like uh guard dominant on the ball I don't like like Brian I love him but I would love to see him play off the ball too when he's when you see that speed going up and down the sidelines yeah you know what I'm saying like that takes away from the the easy buckets and the athleticism but a lot of times Dominic guards they don't they don't make anybody else around them better from a rhythm stand now now that it's all said done where do you rank Murray and Joker as a duel so so I don't like to actually uh rate guys while they're playing no they're just like around the league no no the cake is in the oven with them no I'm talking about doers of all time bro they are talking about in the league currently they won they won ain't nobody better than them so that's the best dude that's the best duo in the league right now and that's the this is gonna be the new road map get you a get you a one-two pick and roll and then get you a weak side effect watch out Bradley build Bradley Bill is up in the free agent market today right watch it I think he uh I'm saying that Shooters like him are become more valuable when you have them strong side doing that same action you understand like just imagine it like like I'm I'm talking I'm going like this a little bit so just follow me I'm saying and when you have a one-two Duo like that and say you're uh Mike Brown he thinks Darian Fox and sabonis can be that right so if I put in the right you got that's what I'm saying you can't do that if you don't have a Malik monk in this strong side to be able to hit the shot or to have you know what I'm saying well you can't help off the corner and I'm and I'm just saying that that duo if you have a big that like think about cat up in Minnesota him and him and uh Edwards him in hand man like the two men in which you can copy this same formula if you have a big man that's versatile that can hand it off dribble hand off you know everybody they can drip a hand off Lord when the guy's on you and you got to be able to dribble and keep them off you say he reject you got baby make this past say you got to cross the bit there's so much you got to be able to do to be in this spot to hand off that I'm saying that if you have a big that mirrors something like Joker you can do something like that but then also you know what the big and it makes your team the big the big he got to be able to put pressure on the switches which Joker juice you can play yeah because think about it when you switch and he had to free throw line he make you pay he back you all the way down you don't trap he Mr mirror he's making that yo he's making that jumper Joker no yeah Joker he making paper switching so if I'm these bigs around the league and I'm looking at a formula uh because a lot of times big switch on the perimeter and then they get stuck on the perimeter shooting threes now like and I'm looking at guys like like cat uh towns and if I'm looking like guys like Joel and B who switch at the free you got to make the smallest pay and Joker was making a pay with either the the poster back you down or he was finding cash for these open jumpers yeah they gotta look at this you know Greek Freak in that category too like look he showed that he could dominate you with the passing with the scoring and the reason man it's the first time I've ever seen anybody in the finals have like a 30 20 a 20 20. I was like like yeah well Joe that was uh that was one more the more impressive runs I've seen a player have in your basketball first off man Joker looks like the most humblest [ __ ] I've ever seen I've never looked like I've never seen a player who won who's won the NBA Championship and he was just dormant he was more into his daughter and like man he was he was he he was all he was off here's what we say oh you say off you don't come ask that player nothing that player has his knee braces down he's like he that we call that off he was off like nah I got a jet leaving tomorrow morning I'm gonna be in no no we got a parade ah like it was the most humblestation it was like you watch Avengers when Thanos hit you with the snap and then and then he went into the to the grassy nose and was just chilling chilling it was right here with the snap like it was always joking like a mall Mission done no man it's like mission is over job finished job finished yeah job finished I'm not finished like it's over I don't have no more obligation y'all talking about a [ __ ] parade yeah big fella parade like nah I'm out like I've never seen that like he's a one of one bro I've never seen this listen I've never seen the championship picture being taken with your best player in third row of the picture if y'all go back and look at the Denver picture go look at the championship picture they got the players in the front they got the staff in the second coaches on the second row the third row is supposed to be friends and family I think Joker's probably fourth row he's right here as y'all look at me he's going to be to your right up in this section right here he's he's not in the picture Pete are we in the are we in the Euro era right now like I know they you know when you talk about not only the players but like we are if we talk about we are we are the teams who have one of these European players winning it all because if you look at the last four Champions they are dominating Australia it's like what who was it remember your honest one remember Giannis Warriors last year than before that was who Giannis yeah the players definitely but are we looking at the European era to where it's going to be a European player is about to start stacking up these chips whether it be MB we are here we are here you think Joker gonna come off this okay I don't know well it's going to take an army to stop this I mean you got to figure Giannis gonna win and win another one eventually oh we throwing him in here we throwing this in we throwing him in this and Joker didn't look this polished as a as a as a prospect at this age with this kid so what you saying he fits right into The Narrative of what we're saying right here coming in Lord listen Joker if you go back and look at him they showed him bro he looks super regular so if you a team he looks super regular back then he was man look he didn't even call them turkey Lord they went back and watched you man he was just giving you the same game we weren't respecting it though he can't jump oh really you can't really foresee that listen he's like when you look at me you like you he ain't athletic he's slow he ain't blocking those shots I picked 41st and now he went from he the best player in the world damn it's like when we was laughing at dirt and Dirk was over there doing a a lunge with a with a shot coming down doing a if I'm in the front office right now I'm putting more stock into my European Scout team so you know what I'm saying and African too there's some Africans that ain't been just just out of the United States this is straight up look this is what I wanted to say and you know what 2p that Europeans ain't just playing they are dominating yeah that's what I'm saying they're dominated man you remember Giannis run Jonas had one of the craziest runs dog Johnson was looking like Shaq with with Katie Katie Parks you understand for real he was he was hitting threes he brought to eat man listen if you ain't if you if you ain't even had no Euro in yours you can't even be in the league right now if you ain't got no your rule bro you can't be in the league no man yo move now if you can't do that ugly layup right now that look like this and you know when you gotta when they put it out early like if you can't do all that bro you can't play who would you say is the Pioneer that James Harden is the is the Godfather of all this [ __ ] James Harden was the first cat I saw on tape trying to Triple step back he had to roll up shorts he had this rolled up he was doing all the crazy move he was the first thing I saw so I started doing the trip there it was like he was tap dancing then he got in the game and started doing that y'all like damn then I saw I saw Steph Curry actually like mock him like like laughed at him and do the move one night the best thing I know everybody in the league was doing the W step back and the Euro if you ain't got that Giannis May if we had if we could put stock in Euro Step Giannis made the Euro remember Giannis caught the ball from half court I think it was in New York and he took one dribble a year old and dunked them off of some [ __ ] like he made the Euro crack it yeah doing it at seven feet two seven feet and now it was like oh I'm gonna get a truck oh no I'm not getting charged like now ain't nobody taking no charges your charge looks stupid now cause he gonna hear anyway right like like and then today if you ain't got a Euro if you ain't got a euro to step back you can't play in today's game straight up every [ __ ] is practicing that's that's in your regimen you know how you go get five this way you make five that way you make five in the middle you know what I think that should do they should add another foul I add another file yeah because you can't guard anyway making seven thousand foul out I think after the files to get to the free I'll say after six you get to the free throw line you can just play that's what I think I think but then you know it takes a toll you get man you sound like when you get that 2000 the first quarter you got to take them out they need to add another foul no that's just gonna be having [ __ ] beat up more man add another five I'll add another foul gonna be man I got a woman I got one more file hell no or don't this is what the league should do it's malicious though I'm thinking on some malicious [ __ ] you get a seventh you should never be out of four you should never be able to foul out if you pick up a seven foul no matter if you're in a bonus or not that player get two free throws right after that after five fouls you're getting the shot anyway yeah you're getting a free throw anyway right right you know what I'm saying because you're in the bonus so it's going to keep that so show it so right what would you do to change the game to make it better that's what I would do I would add another foul so players get a seventh foul I will move the three-point line back a little more no man and the free throw look we gotta we gotta listen we gotta graduate I think you'll shoot less threes I don't like when I see five ten threes if you move the line up then there'll be more emphasis on more like you know offense it's time for the five-pointer man I know I know we thinking Rock and jock I know y'all looking at me we need a game plan I think they're going to implement are they shooting the [ __ ] from Deep anyway chicks dig the long ball what do you mean like real [ __ ] the [ __ ] like we're not in the power game no more you get dumped on ain't no more mid-range Murray that's why he lives he lives so much him and him and Shay gilchers they the best short game me right that's what I'm doing you know that's you know what I do though I'll wide in the lane I like the Euro see we go ain't no more post play so next thing you know we knocking the ball off the rim too right now we're all World Games damn why don't we do that damn we should be able to knock the ball off damn we should turn it straight we should do exactly like that why not don't it make sense at this point don't that make sense now peace it's done now P it ain't that makes sense we're considered universal for real for real like we're in World game so now we start using the fever ball too we start using the the little joint that got the little mismatch they got the orange the white the orange the white we back in the ABA you go to that we do that to use the ABA Ball yeah nah that widen the lane smack it off the ground smack it off the ramp because think about it ain't nobody posted up no more right only one is Joker and B so you so the shot clock 20 seconds now nah that's too that's too low because damn I I go uh five the same Sacramento had a game this year where they went 158 I thought I was watching my 2k uh player League I didn't know what the [ __ ] I was looking at they had 160 this year then Sacramento hit 160 this year what the Clippers 160p nah [ __ ] that the pay stoop the pace that's 160. man All-Star games get 150 like God 160p you got to be tired after that [ __ ] straight on two things one you really like come on [ __ ] two ain't no defense being played in that [ __ ] and you ran about 10 miles I think about last year with the Clippers I think uh you lost about what 50 pounds no no look I think the Golden State Warriors ran at 150 on us in regulation damn I think I was like 150 looking like oh 150 is a lot of points yeah regulations 150 and 48 minutes I I think they got either 146 or something don't matter 140 a lot 130 a lot 130 in the league in regulation man you should be man your coach should be fired your defensive coach should be fired right there on the spot 130 ain't no defensive coaches no more man what are you talking about absolutely hell yes defensive coaching you got to have defense what you what you like it ain't like when we playing you know what too and they like like what what's a I don't even see when I watch the NBA today a defensive scheme I see everybody switching and that's it well you see skins no no ain't no schemes that's what I'm saying we got schemes yeah we definitely ask games but when you got a guy like Joker or embiid you got to go skiing the only scheme is fight over the pick no double now Joker was giving bam that jumper all day oh no no that was the game plan yeah and over the pick so it wasn't no scheme we're talking about we talking about that series we're talking about that's an overall switch everything switch everything is everything nobody really trapping the pickerel ain't nobody showing showing getting back yeah everything is Switched and guess what off is doing oh no I want that myself come on you you got him on him that's what I'm saying but you got to go over D you got to go you know he brought the Zone back I think more teams goes on next year [ __ ] is Lazy Dog you know what I don't like about today's player I don't nobody want to hurt bro you're gonna have to hurt and you know what devil didn't get they didn't get any credit for their defense remember Jimmy Butler threw that [ __ ] way it's because everybody was you know what I'm saying yeah like Denver played defense too bro they got some stops they rebounded they did what you had to do to win man straight up and that's gonna be the new wave P yeah the score was 176 170 . it's gonna be a 200 point game before we die it's gonna be a 200 point game before that's amazing bro that is amazing it's gonna be a 200 point game and listen here it's gonna be a team it was what one it's gonna be a team that's going to attempt 65 threes in Sacramento they only shot uh the King shot 41 threes in this game and the Clippers shot 45. Malik monk had 45 Sacramento you [ __ ] put up points bro and if they put some more scoring on that [ __ ] man listen I can't wait till the summer I can't wait to see that the Acquisitions and all that [ __ ] Bro there's someone gonna be cracking bro you know what another thing I do I'll add one more minute to the to the to the to the each quarter 13-minute quarters I'll add another minute one more minute 13 52 minute games hell that's long [ __ ] but then you know you're gonna have a you're gonna play more people you're gonna have to yeah [ __ ] can battle you got 15 on a roster you're gonna utilize your roster so would you shorten it from doing 82 games to 65 if you're gonna do that you've got another minute if you go to 60. one more minute go to 60 games I'll I'll go to 70 games I'm about to say you know guys right now it ain't 12 games no we ain't gonna have this love you get prorated now you ain't getting that you're getting paid we go 72 then 72. 72 10 games gonna mean something we don't listen out the back of the bass we're gonna lessen out the low management because every game gonna mean more than that [ __ ] still gonna be chilling man you got a man no no real [ __ ] our problem is that these [ __ ] don't change evolves man you got to be in shape oh how the [ __ ] do we have players out of shape during the [ __ ] season that's what I'm saying don't don't nobody want to practice what the [ __ ] you mean they don't work out no more you ain't working on this it's a different workout so they work out in the gym our workouts we to the beach to the sand dunes but you know that kind of workout we was doing sprints on the track they're not doing that no more they're not doing they're not on the track sprinting no more they're not they're not doing Lines no more but they're not working out on agility they're not working on speed they're not working on power they're not going fast they're not going to the beaches they doing everything in the gym with the trainers they're on the treadmill they doing in the court they're not doing that they're not doing their they're not doing the rocky workouts we did you know what I'm saying they ain't going to the tennis court doing lines and none of that oh hell no they're not running the bleachers at the at the football I saw Luca running bleachers I saw Luca running stairs it was like all of us was doing that now you got a few doing that like that was like the resume in the summer all right we're gonna get these Beach runs in I want these bleacher runs in trainers not trying the trainers are different you got these you got some more individual Encore ones you got these badass trainers now who train their son and now they work for the Sun meanwhile it's D3 D2 and that's what our game looks like a game don't look professional no more game looks uni our game looks European flopping at all time that's what I would do oh I would I was I would call fouls for flopping that's when I would raise flowers I give you seven thousand then guess what you flop all this [ __ ] Bro right on the dime I run up on your ass too Derek I gotta fly I go right here fly uh yell it out proper flop you should go in the [ __ ] cage for two minutes for flopping straight we should have a flopping cage yes hey Adam if you listening let's talk about the concept of a flopping two-minute like box oh no Earth you want to get it out uh at seven minutes uh in 42 seconds I saw in a third quarter you flop uh fifteen thousand and then one more you know how you get for a play when you get you get fined you should get five for five for for flopping flopping should come with a fine all flop you want to get flopping out the game yeah I'm gonna find your ass we gotta also figure out how to speed up the replay system I think you know the replay of claw no yeah 30 seconds Lord they waiting on the call they got away but they go look at the play too right they gotta wait for Secaucus to get a call the Reps the the main ref in the booth when you're not back you know Salvador if he up there like Salve you looking like he should make the call me Monty you know Monty in the office they they should be like all right okay that's it now go back in time right dick be better sometimes sleep [Laughter] what's up you got money in there the money in there talking having dinner [ __ ] hold on let me see it uh yeah this is Monty I'm here yeah what was it what would you guys call let me see it let me see oh [ __ ] no it's not a [ __ ] you [ __ ] dumbass just for the let me call that [ __ ] no he walked he walked travel across you and stop calling me back with this [ __ ] right that's the reason two minute clock dude the clock starts 30 seconds down 30 seconds let's go who's gonna get back and lay online oh they're getting cold so the league is uh finding ways to uh better the ref perception having people hear from the ref how do you know the ref's name is old school wrestlers talk crazy to you dude them old wrestlers like oh you know what I'm saying they used to talk to guys like they could fight like Mike like Mike Matthews should be like hey it ain't a foul and I said you know what I mean it's a foul let me keep talking to [ __ ] you want to play tonight like you be like oh man like straight up man Charles Barkley's talked crazy to the rest but the wrestlers talk just as crazy right back and they letting that Steve you want to play tonight hey shut the [ __ ] up Jordan Rose was hard they did man listen it did a joint preventer Jordan no Joey Joey Crawford Crawford with gangsters man Joey Crawford threw Tim Duncan our kills he was laughing hey you out of here get the [ __ ] out if they turn this back on like this this damn he's so good and then Tim was like what me Tim Duncan yeah you get the [ __ ] out and then turn this back like this right oh [ __ ] this is the only song for he sure did and joy Crawford was a gangster boy and and then the real cast in the lead like Charles Barkley Carl Malone uh Gary Payne Michael Jordan they used to talk crazy back to these [ __ ] yeah [ __ ] I'm looking at you right what you're looking at I'm looking damn Javi you you good yeah I'm good I'll throw that [ __ ] out let me turn into some ribs yeah real out here girl real quick quick that's what Mark Davis be on man Marcus don't mind Davis would be like what like yeah remember Rondo ran up Mark Davis told Allen Iverson man I'll beat your little ass after calling the phone hey I said I said amazing yes it's a foul ain't no [ __ ] foul well I'll beat your little way I was like Mark what listen hey we're going into somebody oh no right what he got you talking like that you gotta have him we going [ __ ] now oh God every time I give a clock to the refs they wait no Secaucus man right you know what I'm saying that's how that goes reminds me over to eat the steak dinner like oh hold on what let me see this [ __ ] you know they talking [ __ ] on there what Milwaukee but I think this is my prediction I think he's gonna end up in OKC because they got all them picks they got all them picks and then you got Shea who growing you get a veteran over there think about he had no veterans so you saying Washington is done with the bill project and they can start over and they're going to take on new talent and start curating that new Talent that's what you're saying yeah I just think he don't fit with the future the future because you know porzingis is still young and then kuzma showed that he is a good piece so I think they look to build around here I don't I don't know why they got really rid of uh the other young guy that played the Lakers uh Rich customer I think he wanted out of there yeah I think he removed him so I think you give Bradley Bill if you can get him if you can find a way to get him a Milwaukee but on most cases when you train a piece like him you try to get him in the west I just want to say do you move him out of conference do you move it because you don't want him to come back and bite you well he going well I mean it's pretty pretty evident when you come back to Washington is what it's going to be but yeah he has history there what would you like to see him let me see I said what would you like to see brother yeah right what would you like to see him at where he could really move the needle I really think if you can try to get him in Milwaukee man if you could try to switch him in Middleton because I think that's what Greek Freak need because I look at Bradley Bill like a Jamal Murray type he can play on the ball off the ball you know I mean he a perfect guard in any system right and he can come in and be your number two your number one your number three that's what I'm saying I like to see him in Shack man Shack got that up and down with him bro they take a lot of guards over there that you got to play I like I like I like monk I like yeah I like monk I like him with that I like that I don't like Harrison Barnes I don't like the defensive player of him they got good chemistry over there I don't like Harrison Barnes though Harrison Barnes man I'm off that I think I think that needs to be refreshed man but they need if they get rid of a Harrison Barnes you need to get a better athlete at that spot like a more the bill make them smaller they do but the muscle makes them quicker look look at Golden State Golden State Liz well you got wiggin 6A he plays big um yeah he's your best fit on the title team I got to sit and think about it I got to sit here and say maybe Miami oh Miami if you can check him for like a hero I was gonna ask you that no we we quick to get off the Miami train and I want to say um I Heard two things I want to talk about yeah I knew I knew it was something I want to knowledge about man did you see that hold on I'm gonna ask the room this day anybody see the interview when they asked Jimmy Butler about the Hall of Fame yes I didn't see that what happened oh what you mean uh yeah yeah you know so I didn't see this hold on this is new to me so so the first thing I'm gonna say Pete is that um we as individuals are all different and I want to start by saying that and what's important to you might not be important to me right what's important to me might not be important to you right so I want to set that up because uh they asked him they said um I think the question of something alluded to uh uh would you uh the question was how do you feel about the Hall of Fame he was just like after a game no bro I don't know it was just an interview and they asked interviews I mean at this point I'm not even thinking about all of them well they asked me yeah so it felt like they it felt like a tee up you know how a question come out of left and it felt like he was prepared for the answer he was on his toes with the answer it felt like that because when you when you when you when you I don't know I was thinking just like you like why would the guys ask a question like that pregame right so it felt like a tee up but then it was a slap in at the hall of fame Lord was like man I don't really know I'm cooling on the Hall of Fame and if they asked me if I was there ever to be presented with the Hall of Fame I probably wouldn't go damn I was like Daniel he said that well he shot that right there and then and then said it said it and then look look and then hold on and then back it up with and I'm not sure like on some like I'm not tripping it I know exactly what I'm saying now I'm cool on that and I ain't really on that [ __ ] was like uh it was like ah it was like that was yesteryear that's traditional that's that's like that's like what the old hairs did young boys ain't doing it like he shot like something like that like yeah like you know and I asked him this during the finals I don't even know when they asked him this was his name five he was an NBA TV interview uh Greenberg was conducting the interview and he asked what kg has said and he basically just said I'm cool on that and if I got if I got the Accolade I wouldn't even show up to the award presentation I think a lot of that all right so I think a lot of that was just like you know how it is in the finals when you win and lose games the ups and downs of your emotions and I think he was just going through a lot of emotions being in the finals and that was kind of like that question so I'm sure after you get a chance to settle down it'll be a different answer so you want to ask him you want to ask him like six months I don't like because for me coming off a finals loss if I'm down 3-0 or 3-1 that ain't really a question I'm like trying to feed I'm not trying to give you a lot on that right I felt I felt like he he was conscious of the question Pete and then he he answered it unequivocally it then came back and was like yeah I know the frame of mind I'm in and about almost like yeah I'm conscious of the question but at the same time you double down hard on it and he was on some like not not saying he said in particular old heads but I took it from the eludeness of what he was saying like yeah that was like that's what you did back then like the new style ain't that like damn so I'm just like wow I was saying disrespect the Hall of fans a hell of an honor period I mean you know not everybody get there yeah so all the things you know you know he's still he got still a long career at the end you know he'll see where he at you know you know we changed with our opinions over time and stuff so dude would you consider Jimmy Butler Hall of Fame yeah I would based on his playoff performances and stuff and you know he got the two finals yeah he a Hall of Famer yeah I think he's done enough I don't know I used to have Hall of Fame on such a level that it was almost like our um all the famous like our pillars that held the league up or the the guys that did um I could listen first off I'm not here to judge any anybody's uh catalog of work Jimmy got a crazy catalog of work he's been in the game for a long time my definition of of a Hall of Famer is someone who's taking their teams and put them on their back so you know he's in that definition I guess when I sit back and up so yesteryear and I'm trying to get over this and appreciate some of this new talent and what he's done for the game and what he's done for teams you know the other day P said he would take Jimmy Butler over Tracy McGrady and I was looking at P like huh and then he started talking he was like Tracy never willed his teams to the to to to to Victory like this he never just out for the game and I was listening I was like damn he making a solid Point here like I was I I didn't look at it like that it did too I I you know I'm almost like the grandfather too I seen Jimmy Butler when he first came in he was hard nosed he played hard he was known as a little defensive stopper played with the bulls and yeah and yeah he can groan as hell now he grown up and he'd been doing this and got put in So when you say that Pete my first reaction was nah he ain't his body of work and then I got the thing about like man the hardest parts of the league is the playoffs yeah he's had a crazy running within five years that you got to look at him be like damn his his body of work is up there or better than the grand Hills because of the consistencies and just of the pennies and everything also looking at the stars that I consider to be Hall of Fame so when you said that at first I was like you tripping and then I looked at his body at work and I was like okay but it also comes down this like like you look it's like damn who who I wanted to Foxhole with me yeah he's one of them you know what I'm saying bro who I want you know what I'm saying who I want I just thought his comments were I thought his comments were obviously his comments um yeah I I yeah I looked at it totally different I look at it like the Hall of Fame is something that's uh that that your body of work actually creates for yourself you know what I'm saying it takes it takes it takes a lot to be considered one of the greatest to ever do something I'm thinking if you have enough you know I understand what you're saying now you had a body of work okay how many All-Stars people that's come before you that's that's the that's the comparison absolutely what I'm saying but now I think it's like how many more how many defining moments do you have like when you think about that player and you like damn I'm always gonna remember this like I'm always gonna remember this run he didn't make a championship and he didn't win the MVP but these runs he had was Unreal like you know so he when you got some defining moments that you just won't forget like you know what I'm saying I think that kind of gets you in there same thing Tracy and Barkley they didn't have some defining moments yeah yeah you know what I'm saying and so yeah you're right I think that has a lot to do with it yeah and then until you said it like that P I didn't look at it like that I just looked at it like straight up mine on like why would you say and then I was like and then as you kept going outside oh okay I see your points I see exactly where you're at so when you say it like that right I think too that they're considering a lot of what goes into Hall of Fame too is about consistency in your body at work and when you take your body to work compared to others that's hall of fame or in this already in yeah under those under those under those examples yeah he'll be in right what would you like to see Chris Pargo or is this or is it I'm not sure if I can see Chris as a starting point guard on a championship roster but for a as a backup on a championship roster I really love him in that role because he's gotten older you know he's around 38 hold on you don't think he's a starter on a championship team like yeah he can start for dinner right now no he can start for uh Miami right now no he couldn't start for Miami no you would you would take Kyle Lowry over well I I the way Miami plays with the people you take Vincent over as a starter yeah you take Vincent over to Chris Paul chemistry purposes here for chemistry purpose yeah I'll put them in a place of Kyle Lowry in that role you know what I'm saying like like Chris like I like to sleep like him and Milwaukee will be a great coming off the bench for Drew holiday him in Golden State it'll be great you know you're putting them on teams to where he can get you still he can give you like 10 and 12 and eight Off the Bench which is solid 15. well Chris Paul average last year Chris Paul average as a starter as a starter 14 points nine assists how many how many minutes uh only 32 minutes and play 59 games right 60 games Floyd 30 minutes yeah so now I like him coming off the bench what you gonna preserve him a little more you see these guards Chris Paul is a starter he got to play against these Garces these new guards dog you got Henderson coming out I don't want Chris Paul matching up with ladies I don't want I want him against the guys off the bench right now I want Chris Paul to start the game and then in the game he ain't got to play the whole [ __ ] I like him I don't want him going against Brunson I don't want him matched up like that's I don't want him if anybody can handle that he can't no I don't want Vincent handling that business don't know what to do with this not enough Chris I just think on a championship so why they got rid of him then Lord first of all why they got rid of them first off it's a buyout that means it's a it's a it's two understandings on East Side meaning that he don't want to be there and then and then the organization you want to be there no I don't or why is he buying out why is he buying out then it's not a buyer that's a wave it's a wave yeah but he's cooperating what do you mean you're still waiting they're not waving 40 million it's not again between two parties that's where the buyer I said Team option though so let me say this it's a team option so the team is getting rid of him is what you're saying yeah no I think he I think he don't team is getting this ain't Chris Paul said I'm opting out you know what I'm saying but he has the leverage that he's got the statue where he's going to have some say so of what's going on right like where he goes okay yeah he might have that but this is not him saying I want out so if he wanted to stay you think he had the the the the power why would he stay and see what he can develop with Booker and KD this is your best sentence I think it's official yet they're exploring options but waving him is an option that they're considering so I I think ultimately they're waving the power most of the time what is [Music] they're clearing cap for his for his cons his contract is crazy crazy that's all they said if they if they keep him on the roster they pay this so if they wave him they cut that money and hits off they're gonna get two three players they're gonna get two three players for that my thing is he I was 15 on what I consider the championship caliber team one leaving the team it's only three teams to me three or four teams that's better than the Phoenix to me right so he's leaving the team where would you like to see him go I think if he can end up on a team okay coming off the bench I'm looking at teams like Milwaukee you would like to see him in Milwaukee I mean yeah behind truth holiday they need some ball handling and then a clutch player and then anything happens to Drew holiday you can say exactly right yeah I think a team like uh he can get more I think he can start still though I don't think he played heavy bars but I don't think he can start on a championship team so listen when we talk about championships again no I hear what you're saying like starting on Denver you're saying what about what about does he can he start on can he start on Philly no can he start on Boston you know what I'm saying these is contenders I'm talking about can he start on Milwaukee Denver you know what I'm saying so I like him off the bench for them teams it just it just makes more sense he's 38. he's not going to have the the what you need to start off these games regarding these young quick guards no more you need you need some speed down there I don't I don't want to see him on Jamal Murray starting off the game like yeah I do though because Paul been in the thick he know how to yeah but he's older I get it so as we start racing when you look at his game he can play another three three years he could play another four years yeah he could play into his 40s at 20 minutes yeah 22 minutes I'm looking at that I got you what I'm saying is I'm gonna start you though I'm gonna have you start the games get everybody on the same boom boom boom you don't need him to come in here and score you don't but guess what you leave him open he can hit a standstill three he can hit his fight up three in the corner three at the top of it he hit a mid-range he could still be a a player and he got knowledge and in the locker room that's what I'm talking about I get all that I'm looking at he's talking about the ability you talking about that is his resume as far as like he's often injured a lot he's debility late in the season he comes up with like these freakish injuries and stuff so I'm trying to preserve that yeah so um yeah we you know so what would you like to see him you know what's crazy I really want I've always wanted to see Chris Paul and LeBron play together no I got that you're right I played with I played with two of my friends I played with Steph and I had a chance to play with you and playing with your homeboy that actually knows you is a whole nother it's a whole nother Dynamic I could say it'd be something to where we didn't go over in practice but uh we had a play in Boston where it was uh strong side would come down um purple go down pick on Ray Ray come up and then as Ray would either throw it to me and I had dribble hand off with p sometimes under the uh understanding of me and Pete I would tell Randy hold it and me and people play a game and I didn't even say [ __ ] to him and I'm just reading people come off curl get the layup boom or he'll go back door but the chemistry here we never talked about that see I might catch the ball and he may go back up boom catch him he may come get on the handoff but we never talked about it that Dynamic bro that that's a different Dynamic he might come in and I can tell that he I know I'm switching on this and they hear a point sometimes can't even say no he is so the dynamic of friends playing on the court is a real Dynamic I I'm not saying you play them in a big abundance but a guy like Chris Paul is not only good for Brian but he's good for A.D he's good for younger guards he's good for other guys on the team and it's L.A you know what I'm saying like it's not like started or Off the Bench I like your concept for what you said I like the concept of uh coming off the bench uh I see what you're saying you know what I'm saying I like him starting though he he gets you he puts you in a place where you think that's a good fit though for like Lakers like Ron and him starting they both need like Chris needs the ball for sure yeah we know Brian need the ball for sure yeah I don't you know I don't know if that's a good mix I get it I'm just talking about what the Lakers have I'm taking him over uh Dilo uh no I'm taking him over the kid from Germany what's the shoulder I'm taking him over here oh yeah Off the Bench so that's what I'm saying yeah that's what I'm saying yeah Chris Paul can come in and start for the Lakers right now right now and give them something better than inconsistency and you play the dynamic of him in Dilo because Dilo really be playing like he come off the bench sometimes though you know what I'm saying he's so inconsistent so I would have that come off I'll take Dilo against someone's uh uh playing off someone's first off the bench dilo's supposed to win that matchup most times he's a goddamn starting point guard yeah so if you bring him off the bench there yeah or you go miss the match you know if Dilo got it going you put him in a five game rotation start him like they go together is what I'm saying and is the oldest team in the league if you go there that's not a recipe well I don't I don't think that you can go out and make any type of uh trade or type of uh moves that brings young talent and puts you over the hump what Young Talent how did the like but think about this the Lakers got better why this year because they traded to get younger fresher younger fresher hungrier players exactly right so no no I got it you said you said use him in the capacitive coming off the bench of a lesser road yeah that works that works that's cool I want to see him play with his friend and then I yeah man yeah I want to see cousins in back in the league man may I know retired Bella's retired melo's retired DeMarcus Cousins is playing in Puerto Rico right now and he is looking to come back in the league Sacramento go back to SAC go back to SAC man listen they need another like they need some debt they just need a presence in there they already got some great momentum man I think he'll come back and make that whole thing you know and then two cousins ain't the same cousins you know you gotta think that he's grown he's more mature being around the league now ain't that same you know that some that same Young Lion but he's still got a lot of more basketball in him man I think he can go up there and he you know I think you know the Aaron and him Kentucky guys Kentucky guys they never did us wrong in this league you know what I'm saying yeah they can shoot and you can play I think he brings another Dynamic to them they're high low with a guy like sabonis who can you know if you can take some pressure off of simonis why Place bones at the four yeah I love that actually I love that actually what do you do with Kyrie Irving and what do you do with James Harden what do you want to see them go like I think Miami can use Kyrie they needed some more scoring in that series because you know Jimmy Jimmy is a good score but he needed somebody to help take pressure off him you know what I'm saying defensively offensively you know who didn't show up bro who I thought was having a great run the Strauss kid man Caleb none of them the guys that got them there they ran out of gas bro they needed they thought the moment was a little bit bigger Kyle Lowry too I thought the moon was a little bit too big for Kyle I thought Kyle Lowry would play better in the finals he didn't have the finals nah [ __ ] say he was better than Chauncey in here I think we should I think [ __ ] shot that in the like what like I mean Kyle Lowry is older now now I was looking for more from him from that series that's all I'm saying I thought I was I was I was expecting a little more oh no but uh yeah yeah um Kyrie to Miami though is yeah because you can sign Kyrie and get him to Miami because you could get Tyler hero and maybe another shooter for Luka doncus and it both kind of worked because Luke in these shooters his setup need to be like LeBron setup is when he was winning yeah you know what he ball dominant he got just shooters everywhere and then like he need that wall the guard I can get a bucket like MO yeah mower Kyrie or something like that yeah so I'm like I think it worked if you try to figure because I don't like Kyrie with Luka dankets two ball dominant guys yeah I don't know if that's a good chemistry um unless you just got all Shooters around you so I don't know um what would you like to see James Harden I mean I like James to stick with uh Philly I mean if he interested in winning the championship I think that's his best bet and they just got to get better they need they need to add something they need to get whether they bench get better you know with the young guys they got coming off the bench or you know you find a trade maybe like if you can upgrade Tobias Harris somehow you know but I like him right there just you know you got he because MB takes pressure off of him this is your main score so James ain't got to be that score he can be exactly who he was this year and back and vice versa I think MB needed somebody that can get you and James do that with Tyrese with maxi and James Harden I think that you got those derivatives that you can go to and get diversity from from scoring right you got them assets right right I wish James was a little more uh was a little younger to just be with him be but it is what it is right um but I like him there too in the capacity he's a pastor past first knock down shots makes people better he just got to be more consistent he can't he can't go and have 45 and then come back and give me like seven or two go two for 14 like right and then I just been hearing like I've been hearing strongly like he he's really really really considering Houston got thriving businesses there he wants to be there he's not my [ __ ] he's actually been through his restaurant out there we need to go there it's kind of cool yeah I heard I heard a number of good things um but he's talking about maybe consider shutting it down in the next couple three to five like you you know what I'm saying like that's what I mean I can't be mad at him because he's like I think James is in a in a space in his life to where you know guys nowadays different now guys it's like man winning the championship ain't that important to me you know it's about life it's about family it's about other things in basketball you know when he got his businesses his house there and everything's thriving you'd have made over a half a billion dollars between shoes and Hoops it's like you get older you start thinking about other things that's just the world we live in and like he's starting to think toward what retirement is going to look like he's probably going to retire in Houston so I can't be mad at him if he want to go to Houston and lay it down you better chill yeah and Thrive with his business help the young guys be a mentor and and do something else with his life because he's still relatively young guy it sounds like that right yeah so when you start thinking Houston it's like all right that's if I'm James that's kind of like that without that's what I would be thinking that's where his brand is is strongest you know that's where his influence is the strongest you know he gonna have life after basketball he thinking about life after basketball if you think about Houston because Houston is not a contender if he go there today with him I like that young players though they got some good pieces well I'm in New Orleans man first off New Orleans calm down [ __ ] calm down first off Zion is a [ __ ] human being he's going to put his pants in one leg and he's going to put his pants in his leg another leg you understand man look [ __ ] happens and he's going to go through something he's a growing young man if you thought he was going to go through this whole [ __ ] and nothing happened to the that's not how it works it's not how life is working you understand I think you listen first off Zion is a generational Talent okay [ __ ] was patient with goddamn MB my folks was patient with Giannis you know what I'm saying I don't really agree with he a generational time he's [ __ ] crazy you ain't seen no [ __ ] 285 this powerful this agile yeah you ain't seen nothing like this dog stop man stop Sean Kim stop stop man stop man stop Charles Barkley stop man I'm saying you you asked me I'm telling you you know what it was not this explosive he was explosive he was not disexposed like okay stop all right what about Sean Kim it was not this explosive so you saying zone are more athletic I said more explosive all right same thing more explosive than shot yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah I love Sean Kim I ain't seen the same dunkles like I seen it from nobody get none of that we got no man them grown men [Applause] yeah the man Sean kid was dunking over daddies trying to block yeah yeah ain't no ain't nobody in this generation jumping with dude yeah said he said he said I'm saying Zion I've never seen explosiveness like this not saying that uh um that uh Sean Kim wasn't explosive I'm saying this problem mode though I don't see if Sean can't do no 360 but I'll break the backboard on [ __ ] like this bro I'm talking about what we know designing to be I mean in the game now but you know he's a generational Talent that's what I'm saying he is not like he is not like your average player or average Talent he is a generational Talent that's what I'm saying Zion comes to your [ __ ] he changed the whole mechanism of your franchise straight up and down yeah let Zion go to New York I mean it's a lot of excitement yeah no yeah designers for your best player if I'm getting rid of Zion let me get your best player I'm sure I really got to think about if if I can trade up in the draft and get the number two or three pick for zombies and I say better but I really got to start thinking about it because the player and I ain't knocking on Zion is a great player he's an All-Star but a guy who's weight issues and injury issues and I can get in school I gotta think about it it's something I really don't know yeah I really got to think about that a guy who has weight issues and injury issues and Miss Young I gotta really think about that trade what you thinking about I got to think if it's on the table I gotta really look at it close I gotta go to I gotta go to this training right now I'm a fly where he at let me see where he at man so you're taking your glasses off you look at that I'm like man having a conversation see let me see these Sprints we're gonna get some Sprints here what's the step on the scale how that knee doing I'm really doing some examination hamstrings hamstring I'm gonna see Dan that's a long hamstring Andrew yeah and then you had a foot injury before that and before that what was that the knee yeah I mean it ain't like he's six now I'm gonna look at it close I'm gonna be like whoa I'm gonna be like we'll be going into his fifth year the season before last he missed the entire year last year you only played 29 games but let's not forget when he did play there were the number one seed in the western yeah for sure so I mean we were having a different conversation six months ago about Scion so if you can train Zion for wimbing Yama you doing it a generational Talent or a generational Talent women knowledge how you doing it yeah I'm doing it all right now [Laughter] find it no more I'm listening to me I mean we're here talking but I'm listening to you know the point right oh my God three and five three and five yeah the fact that they're talking about trading that type of talent period like bro it just just it's just crazy that's all I'm saying just saying I might have to throw another couple pieces just to ensure that y'all won't CJ too y'all I gotta go get him until you've got to think about it who San Antonio you think they sh well you play big fella oh what are you playing with your family you play with the five or the five all day five five he's stepping back shooting threes high fade away one legged High dirking you high Carl towns is doing the same thing I mean he blocking shots yeah he gonna block some shots in the league oh yeah he should average at least two blocks a night first year what you think he average point-wise would you give us thank you in today's League I gave him double double double oh he comes in give you 10 10. I think ten ten you think so that's that's reasonable yeah ten ten and two how long are you playing 30 game 30 32 minutes 30 minutes what's the stats right now uh Nate you know right now yeah 32 minutes in the game this year I mean yeah ain't he in San Antonio yeah 32 minutes you put it all around me they got some pieces around him already some young pieces yeah 21 and a half 10 rebounds a game uh three points they got some guys on San Antonio giving you 18 20 and 9 15. so I don't see him coming and taking over the scoring low right away he's 32 tonight because they all young so so they all trying to like figure their way you know what you're giving them uh if if you're if you are his um mentor and he's coming in first thing you want to work with and went what you're telling this trainer what does he need first of all I need him I need Timmy D there or or kg there I need to bring in somebody at that caliber yeah San Antonio ain't gonna let kg come down definitely come out of the garage and [ __ ] I need you to kind of be a mentor for him a little bit Timmy play the Shadows yeah play the Shadows a little bit his temperament is similar too you know what I'm saying yeah but you know it's a it is a um it is a uh it's a European game so he should fit in yeah so I will try to see if I can bring Timmy to talk to him and be around them being influence on them NBA do a game in France around March you have them go to France from February man should be man listen I shot that at somebody I thought the All-Star game should be in Paris for one year right or London do it at the OT do it at the O2 yeah who's our best American player right now Katie Tatum I'm gonna say staff right now Steph is our best American player right now yeah step over over Katie yeah [ __ ] potato I think it's like you know Steph LeBron Katie Tatum and John LeBron still top five can't get 60. Lord Brown can't get 50. your best player can get you know average 30. bro yeah yeah he's still averaged 30 this year damn can't even go again you can't even argue that [ __ ] right my bad bro damn right still am 130th yeah it's 40. that's crazy that's crazy that's crazy you get a bucket today you're bucking today's game right now if I just walked out here walked into the NBA laughs [Laughter] I don't know Andre you have to understand what I've been through all of it made me into the man that I am today 2-0 this brother Andre Ward was great I'm going to do things my way I wanted to have a body of work not just in the ring but as a man only thing you ain't done in boxing is lose SOG the book of Ward only on Showtime streaming with Paramount Plus [Music] thank you

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