NBA Finals: Top Storylines and Bold Predictions!

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[00:02:42] the first thing that we need to talk about is that we got the Dallas Mavericks in the Boston Celtics in this finals

[00:02:48] obviously you have the

[00:02:51] the main thing with that, you know, Boston going for their

[00:02:56] 18th title.

[00:02:59] You know, so we don't get into storylines in a second

[00:03:03] They both took different routes on getting here, right?

[00:03:07] The Celtics I think we talked about all through you know, they had just very

[00:03:13] you know

[00:03:14] however

[00:03:14] you want to look at it if you're looking at it for the pure hoop heads out there their role was less challenged, right?

[00:03:25] They had a situation where you had injuries throughout with the different teams and the different star players

[00:03:32] and then you have Dallas on the other hand who has to go

[00:03:37] through a Clipper team

[00:03:39] who lost Kawhi.

[00:03:42] They went through

[00:03:45] an OKC team, right? And

[00:03:49] then they went through

[00:03:52] the Minnesota Timberwolves.

[00:03:54] So let's get to the to the NBA finals storylines.

[00:03:57] The first one that we need to get to is the most obvious. It's the Kyrie return to Boston.

[00:04:04] To me, this is not a revenge factor type situation. We're gonna come at this from the

[00:04:11] most surprising way of all and

[00:04:16] to me I think

[00:04:18] the Celtics cannot sit here and

[00:04:21] allow both Luca or Kyrie

[00:04:26] to just get off whenever they want.

[00:04:29] They're gonna have to stop one of them.

[00:04:32] My bet is that they try to do that with Kyrie.

[00:04:35] The reason why I think that is is because of the fact that you know, he's a smaller guard

[00:04:41] He stands at 6'2", 6'3". The other thing is this

[00:04:45] if you look at Kyrie

[00:04:48] and you look at

[00:04:51] the analytical process of Kyrie

[00:04:55] 14.2 of his

[00:04:58] 25.6 points that he averages are from

[00:05:04] three-pointers, layups, and free throws.

[00:05:09] So our guy is pretty analytically sound

[00:05:14] and

[00:05:16] what also Kyrie is now

[00:05:19] and I think a lot of people, I don't know if a lot of people really realize this

[00:05:24] but he's a second side initiator now.

[00:05:27] With Luca handling ball most of the time for the Dallas Mavericks

[00:05:32] you usually come up with two versions of the story. You either blitz Luca on the pick and roll

[00:05:40] which then he kicks it out to whoever the outlet person is who will

[00:05:46] immediately get it to Kyrie

[00:05:48] then they will go into some sort of action or Kyrie will just

[00:05:53] tremendously get downhill because his angles and his

[00:05:58] English with his layups with either hand his lefty is

[00:06:03] crazy accurate

[00:06:05] and

[00:06:07] it's one of those things that you have to decide on what you're gonna do.

[00:06:12] Now

[00:06:16] again 14.2 points

[00:06:18] out of 25.6 are coming off threes, layups, and free throws.

[00:06:25] What this is telling me is that Luca has figured out

[00:06:30] how people have wanted to guard him and then has been able to put his weapons in the most optimal position possible.

[00:06:39] Derek Lively who is a rookie who absolutely has been

[00:06:45] transformative for the Dallas Mavericks throughout this series

[00:06:49] throughout this playoffs and

[00:06:51] now is gonna be imperative in this series. He was perfect in

[00:06:57] the last series.

[00:06:59] Like he shot from his field goals. Yes, they were lobbed but he was perfect

[00:07:05] and we'll get to him more later when we start breaking everything down.

[00:07:09] But you know, I just wanted to comment make mention of how

[00:07:13] Luca wants to play and then how Boston might look to kind of stop them.

[00:07:21] Boston is the best in the league at deterring corner threes.

[00:07:27] Team shoot the worst percentage in the league against them.

[00:07:32] This is something that Luca is absolutely adept at. So this is the cat-and-mouse game within the

[00:07:39] however long the series goes. So if it's a six seven game series,

[00:07:43] you know, these are the adjustments and how do you spring open those locks

[00:07:50] on the defense or on the offense so you can go ahead and get a better outcome for your team.

[00:07:57] Then we need to get into

[00:08:00] like yo, we have you talked about Boston defense. What's up?

[00:08:03] You know, I know you're a Laker fan, but you gonna talk about our guy? We're gonna talk about our guys. What's up?

[00:08:11] I got you, right?

[00:08:13] Well,

[00:08:15] the series is also based on Jason Tatum and Luca Donch is the young ascending stars

[00:08:22] going to war so

[00:08:24] we got a little kind of Captain America, what? Captain America

[00:08:30] Tony Stark action civil war type thing going on.

[00:08:34] Great thing is also

[00:08:36] one guy is from Slovenia. The other guy is from the United States of America.

[00:08:44] Can't get any better than this.

[00:08:47] Luca obviously is one of the most competitive guys that we've seen

[00:08:53] come into the league in quite some time. One thing that we might have missed,

[00:08:59] I don't know if we misinterpreted or we just misread the situation, but

[00:09:04] we thought that Anthony Edwards of the Minnesota Timberwolves had really kind of unlocked that

[00:09:12] final level of competitiveness

[00:09:15] which you know, there's levels to this and Luca showed them in that in that clip

[00:09:21] in that closeout game what it's supposed to look like when you're really really dominant.

[00:09:28] Now,

[00:09:30] Luca in this matchup is obviously the people's champion when we when we're talking on podcasts when you are

[00:09:39] watching the NBA today or

[00:09:41] whomever you like to watch or listen to or consume as far as

[00:09:47] knowledge for your

[00:09:49] you know, your whatever your hoop IQ is right.

[00:09:55] Obviously Luca is gonna get more of the shine. He's the better player in this series.

[00:10:00] There's no doubt who the best player in this series is.

[00:10:04] Now Jason Tatum has a chance to maybe right some wrongs here and

[00:10:11] prove to people that maybe he is

[00:10:14] closer to Luca than we have given him credit for.

[00:10:21] We'll get into that a little bit later, but these are some of the storylines that are out there.

[00:10:27] Oh by the way,

[00:10:29] when I call Luca the people's champ, here's the one thing.

[00:10:33] I want to do say I want to apologize to Dwayne The Rock Johnson

[00:10:38] but he is also being known as the final boss now

[00:10:42] So I think the copyright infringement slide by is very choice on my part because

[00:10:50] I'm not trying to go up against The Rock. All right, he's like 6'5",

[00:10:55] like 280. I don't want no part of that.

[00:10:59] Smart.

[00:11:01] Alright, um next thing.

[00:11:04] The worry with Tatum is this and this is the thing that has reared his ugly head

[00:11:10] throughout the

[00:11:14] The playoffs is those those

[00:11:17] say it with me guys say it with me Celtics fans the step back threes.

[00:11:24] He's shooting 29% from three-point land

[00:11:29] in this playoff season.

[00:11:31] Now I will tell you that there is a positive to that.

[00:11:36] So there's a yin and then there's a yang.

[00:11:39] He's also averaging just about eight free throws a game.

[00:11:42] I believe with 7.8 to be exact if you want to go right there.

[00:11:47] But what I am telling you is that just to tell them there has been a

[00:11:53] at least an acknowledgement that he needs to go to the hole more.

[00:11:58] It seems to have the light has gone on now.

[00:12:03] I don't know because of maybe the

[00:12:07] the tier of talent he was playing that he felt so free to do those things or was it that

[00:12:13] he understood at this point in time that it is winning time.

[00:12:18] We must go and get it and

[00:12:21] I must

[00:12:23] be more aggressive in my game.

[00:12:25] I'm hoping it's the latter and it's not just something he

[00:12:30] played to the tier of his talents just felt free.

[00:12:36] The other thing that's going up against Tatum is this.

[00:12:40] Luca has such a fiery personality.

[00:12:44] He has a flair for the dramatic with his shot making

[00:12:48] in some of the angles that he can get in.

[00:12:50] He's just a more creative scorer than Jason Tatum.

[00:12:55] Jason Tatum was just not a flashy player.

[00:12:59] Yeah, he'll throw down a ferocious dunk here and there.

[00:13:03] But he's fundamental guy.

[00:13:07] Get into his fundamentals.

[00:13:08] It's not real pay.

[00:13:11] It's not Kyrie bag.

[00:13:15] We look at Kyrie's dribble package with childlike wonderment

[00:13:22] and I'm 51 years of age.

[00:13:25] Right?

[00:13:27] Because the dedication the time it took.

[00:13:32] It's beautiful to watch is balletic in its nature the

[00:13:39] movements the angles that he could get into the acceleration

[00:13:44] the deceleration and the handle and the command of his

[00:13:49] handle through the whole time is truly one of the greatest

[00:13:55] things we have seen in this.

[00:13:59] You know as I've been watching basketball, there's not I

[00:14:03] think there may be two or three other guys that we can

[00:14:05] say that might come close to this dudes handle but really

[00:14:11] Kyrie to me is the king of handles at this point.

[00:14:16] Um, so it's it's not that Jason Tatum shouldn't get his

[00:14:23] flowers.

[00:14:23] It's not that Jason Tatum is not worthy of these type of

[00:14:26] things.

[00:14:26] It says that Jason Tatum was born right?

[00:14:31] He's not a flashy you don't have the imagination of

[00:14:35] Luca Luca also has that kind of fiery, you know,

[00:14:39] like I also annoying too because he talks the refs

[00:14:42] all game long all game this duties.

[00:14:46] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah to the

[00:14:49] refs.

[00:14:51] But Tatum has however long it takes for victories to

[00:14:59] put a stop to all this.

[00:15:01] So we'll see how that goes more about this series

[00:15:07] and now we're going to get into kind of like what

[00:15:10] we are looking for.

[00:15:12] I wanted to make sure that you guys had pretty a

[00:15:16] pretty good template for your viewing pleasure when

[00:15:21] you watch these finals and the thing that I came

[00:15:24] up with was this to me what it's going to come

[00:15:29] down to is the Tatum buffer insurance that's

[00:15:32] going on.

[00:15:33] So you got Jalen Brown who is the Eastern

[00:15:36] Conference most valuable player.

[00:15:39] He averaged 30 points a game at two steals in that

[00:15:42] series.

[00:15:43] Derek White to me is fantastic when you got a

[00:15:49] guy who really will get to him in a second,

[00:15:55] but Christoph Porzingis that is but when you

[00:15:59] have a guy who truly is like a number four

[00:16:02] option obviously on your team and he can give

[00:16:06] you 18 points and he shoots 8.4 three point

[00:16:11] attempts at a 40 almost a 41% clip.

[00:16:17] I mean that's crazy.

[00:16:20] By the way, Derek White's box plus minus is 6.3

[00:16:26] and that's from a tertiary player.

[00:16:29] You're getting that type of production from like

[00:16:33] your fourth dude and then you toss in Drew

[00:16:37] Holliday.

[00:16:38] You know what I you know, I love Drew Holliday

[00:16:42] consummate professional 61.4% true shooting

[00:16:47] percentage on 10 field goal attempts throughout

[00:16:50] the playoffs and now they're getting Porzingis

[00:16:52] back.

[00:16:53] Now one of the reasons why I kind of fluctuated

[00:17:01] back and forth between who I'm going to pick

[00:17:04] is we have not seen Christoph Porzingis for

[00:17:07] quite some time.

[00:17:08] I think he played what two games in the first

[00:17:12] round and really didn't even complete the second

[00:17:14] game and Cavs are tricky and you just don't

[00:17:21] want a Kevin Durant moment, but they say he's

[00:17:26] full goal.

[00:17:27] He will be starting game one.

[00:17:29] I don't know how much he'll play.

[00:17:31] I don't know if he'll be on a complete minutes

[00:17:35] restriction.

[00:17:37] My guess is that he would be it'll be somewhere

[00:17:40] in between 18 to 22 minutes to go out.

[00:17:45] That means that you're going to have another

[00:17:47] 26 minutes to fill.

[00:17:50] I'm sure for Al Horford who is 38 years of

[00:17:53] age.

[00:17:54] He is looking at this going wait, I'm only

[00:17:57] going to play 26.

[00:17:58] This is a complete vacation from what previously

[00:18:03] I have been going through with the Celtics

[00:18:07] over the Playoff Series.

[00:18:08] So you tie all that up, you know, you tie

[00:18:14] all that up.

[00:18:15] Porzingis is really like the linchpin of

[00:18:17] this situation.

[00:18:19] When you are talking about somebody who is

[00:18:21] willing at 7'3 to go out and shoot 5 plus

[00:18:26] 3 threes a game and shoot it at a high level

[00:18:30] like Kristoff Porzingis is.

[00:18:33] It changes your offense exponentially.

[00:18:37] This is why that Joe Mazzula has turned

[00:18:41] the Celtics into the greatest trigonometry

[00:18:46] problem ever.

[00:18:48] He's literally turned it into math.

[00:18:51] Their whole purpose, their whole goal in any

[00:18:55] game is to shoot 45 plus threes.

[00:19:01] That's the target.

[00:19:03] They feel if they shoot 45 plus threes,

[00:19:07] they're going to win the game.

[00:19:08] Bears out in the numbers, bear it out all

[00:19:11] year.

[00:19:12] This is one of the most historic net ratings

[00:19:15] we've ever seen in basketball history and

[00:19:19] the Celtics have that.

[00:19:21] So those are the key players for the Boston

[00:19:24] Saints.

[00:19:25] All right, so we're going to get into Dallas

[00:19:26] now and basically what we're looking at with

[00:19:29] Dallas is just the Dallas two-step roster

[00:19:33] changes that have been made.

[00:19:36] We got into this in the last part, but it

[00:19:38] bears repeating PJ Washington has come over

[00:19:42] and his willingness and also the freedom

[00:19:45] that he's been given to shoot the threes

[00:19:48] is amazing.

[00:19:49] He's averaging 6.6, three point attempts a

[00:19:53] game.

[00:19:54] He's shooting at a respectable 36.3% clip

[00:19:59] which if you're willing to take them,

[00:20:03] it just helps the offense space the floor

[00:20:06] better and when you have somebody like

[00:20:09] Derrick Lively that becomes very very

[00:20:12] important.

[00:20:13] One of the things that I need to do this

[00:20:17] because I used to get on Nico about this,

[00:20:20] but one of the things that LeBron is going

[00:20:23] to have to do if and I believe this is

[00:20:26] it's over the Anthony Davis three-point

[00:20:30] experiment is over with the Lakers.

[00:20:32] So LeBron is going to have to shoot

[00:20:35] somewhere between 6 to 8 threes a game

[00:20:40] to space the floor to give his team a

[00:20:46] chance to be successful next year, but

[00:20:49] Luka having PJ Washington on this team

[00:20:53] and his ability to shoot the three

[00:20:55] and then being able to switch on to

[00:20:57] smaller players or larger players depending

[00:21:00] on the matchup.

[00:21:03] Also being able to provide rebounds

[00:21:05] and rim protection.

[00:21:07] He has been an absolute find and steal.

[00:21:12] We gave Nico Harrison his flowers in the

[00:21:17] last pot.

[00:21:18] It bears mentioning again that he had a

[00:21:23] close personal relationship with PJ Washington

[00:21:27] and knew that he was from the Dallas

[00:21:31] area and it was his dream to play for

[00:21:34] the Mavericks.

[00:21:35] So salutes to Nico Harrison pivoting on

[00:21:39] the Grant Williams situation that

[00:21:42] obviously wasn't working internally.

[00:21:45] Whether there was some sort of social

[00:21:49] aspect or you know, whatever team

[00:21:52] philosophy aspect or whatever it was

[00:21:55] they pivoted.

[00:21:57] They pivoted quickly.

[00:21:58] They identify what they actually needed.

[00:22:01] They got it and now PJ Washington is

[00:22:04] really one of the key parts of what

[00:22:09] their game plan is.

[00:22:10] If he continues to hit the three at this

[00:22:13] level, they are going to be hard to stop.

[00:22:16] Now PJ has not been this guy throughout

[00:22:20] his career.

[00:22:22] So as far as the volume is concerned

[00:22:26] for real and also the numbers as far

[00:22:29] as shooting the three.

[00:22:31] So I'm really interested to see how

[00:22:36] this all plays out and meanwhile the

[00:22:39] other thing keep in mind the Celtics

[00:22:43] are the best team in the NBA as far

[00:22:49] as the percentage of that corner short

[00:22:53] that short corner three.

[00:22:56] So teams have a hard time shooting it

[00:22:59] against them because of their length

[00:23:02] and because of their quickness of their

[00:23:03] wings and then also they're just not

[00:23:06] letting them shoot it.

[00:23:08] So we also need to get to Derrick Lively.

[00:23:12] We kind of spoke about him a little

[00:23:14] bit earlier, but I want to go ahead

[00:23:15] and talk about this dude real quick.

[00:23:19] Two things.

[00:23:21] He doesn't miss my guy.

[00:23:25] We talked about it earlier.

[00:23:26] He hit all his field goals in the

[00:23:28] Western Conference Finals.

[00:23:30] Now here's the here's the stat that

[00:23:32] I want to bring up to people.

[00:23:37] Derrick Lively is a plus 2.3 in

[00:23:43] defensive box plus minus for the playoffs.

[00:23:48] He's also averaging 7.2 rebounds

[00:23:52] a game 1.2 blocks a game and also

[00:23:56] really underrated 1.6 assists a game

[00:24:01] as well.

[00:24:02] He is a really good passer and I'm

[00:24:07] going to tell you right now at Duke.

[00:24:09] We didn't see this at all.

[00:24:12] We didn't think that he was going

[00:24:13] to be able to move this way when

[00:24:15] scouting him last year.

[00:24:19] He was really to tell you truth.

[00:24:21] I thought he was an albatross

[00:24:23] until late in the season when

[00:24:25] they finally found a way to work

[00:24:28] our zone and allow him to roam

[00:24:30] in the middle of the paint.

[00:24:32] And block shots and be effective

[00:24:33] as a rim protector for Duke.

[00:24:35] So to see him go in to a situation

[00:24:41] his rookie year right mind you

[00:24:44] with also all the personal things

[00:24:46] that are going on and you know

[00:24:49] our condolences go out to his

[00:24:51] family and you know his mom passing

[00:24:55] and everything like that man.

[00:24:57] That's that's terrible.

[00:24:58] My mom passed away like a year ago.

[00:25:00] So I definitely understand the

[00:25:03] sting.

[00:25:05] I'm honestly a lot older.

[00:25:09] So I have a lot more years with

[00:25:10] my mother than he did with his

[00:25:12] so he's playing with a heavy

[00:25:14] heart and it looks like he is

[00:25:16] trying to finish the job.

[00:25:20] So we want to give him his

[00:25:22] flower.

[00:25:23] The other guy that I want to

[00:25:24] talk about and this is one of

[00:25:26] the things that I want to bring

[00:25:28] up as we get into the off

[00:25:31] season as we start ramping up

[00:25:34] rumors and we start talking about

[00:25:37] oh how this dude is going to

[00:25:39] fit on this team and how it's

[00:25:41] going to change dynamically.

[00:25:44] I want to again, reiterate what

[00:25:47] LeBron James said on the

[00:25:49] Mind the Game podcast.

[00:25:55] Role players are essential to

[00:25:59] winning a championship.

[00:26:02] Derrick Jones Jr.

[00:26:04] was a minimal sign.

[00:26:07] Anybody could have had

[00:26:10] Derrick Jones Jr.

[00:26:12] 2.7 million a year.

[00:26:15] That's all it took.

[00:26:17] It's all it took 2.7

[00:26:20] and you could have had this

[00:26:22] 6667 Wayne who is annoying

[00:26:27] as hell.

[00:26:28] He's taking 3.1, 3.10 a game.

[00:26:32] He's shooting at 39.6%.

[00:26:36] The defense is suffocating.

[00:26:38] He's completely annoying.

[00:26:40] Oh by the way, he's blocking

[00:26:41] 1.1 shots a game.

[00:26:43] He's blocking shots as well.

[00:26:48] And again, here's a guy who

[00:26:52] you know they played around.

[00:26:54] I remember starting the

[00:26:55] playoffs.

[00:26:56] I was talking about what was

[00:26:57] going to be the wing roulette

[00:27:02] for the Dallas Mavericks and

[00:27:03] that was going to make a

[00:27:05] difference on how far they

[00:27:06] were going to go in the

[00:27:07] playoffs.

[00:27:07] One of the reasons I think

[00:27:10] we were worried about them

[00:27:11] against the Clippers was who

[00:27:13] was going to step up and

[00:27:15] provide production for them.

[00:27:18] And it's turned out that

[00:27:19] Derrick Jones Jr.

[00:27:21] has been staring us in the

[00:27:22] face all along, right?

[00:27:26] Shouts out to him.

[00:27:29] Again, it shouts out to

[00:27:30] Nico Harrison on this situation

[00:27:32] as well.

[00:27:33] The other person that we need

[00:27:35] to bring up is Daniel Gafford.

[00:27:38] Shouts out to our Arkansas

[00:27:40] guy.

[00:27:42] 1.8 blocks per game.

[00:27:45] And so I'm going to do this

[00:27:48] for you guys.

[00:27:49] So these three guys all

[00:27:50] together, they are averaging

[00:27:52] 4.1 blocks per game and

[00:27:55] they're also averaging 16.7

[00:27:57] rebounds a game between the

[00:27:59] three of them.

[00:28:01] That is production

[00:28:04] at the highest level when

[00:28:05] you are talking about role

[00:28:07] players, understanding your

[00:28:08] role, understanding what

[00:28:12] your job is and executing

[00:28:14] your job to the level where

[00:28:17] you have your team in the

[00:28:19] NBA Finals.

[00:28:20] Congratulations to Jason Kidd,

[00:28:23] that coaching staff,

[00:28:25] Michael Finley and

[00:28:29] Nico Harrison and that whole

[00:28:30] crew over there at Dallas.

[00:28:32] They have really done their

[00:28:35] thing.

[00:28:35] I was very skeptical when

[00:28:39] they made these trades

[00:28:40] because I was like they

[00:28:41] have left the barn

[00:28:44] completely open and it is

[00:28:46] there.

[00:28:47] Nobody guarded it.

[00:28:50] There was nothing in that

[00:28:51] barn because they had just

[00:28:53] gave everything away.

[00:28:54] You want the hay?

[00:28:55] Here you go.

[00:28:57] You need some tools?

[00:28:59] Here you go.

[00:29:00] We got a tractor.

[00:29:01] You want that too?

[00:29:03] They gave everything away

[00:29:05] and it has worked out in

[00:29:08] spades for them.

[00:29:09] So again, these are the

[00:29:12] key players in the series.

[00:29:16] We talked about them.

[00:29:18] Now I'm going to put in a

[00:29:20] last-minute audible.

[00:29:23] Maxi Kleba did play in the

[00:29:25] Western Conference Finals.

[00:29:27] Now, I don't know if that

[00:29:29] was a preview to him playing

[00:29:31] fully in the NBA Finals,

[00:29:35] but if Maxi Kleba can come

[00:29:37] back,

[00:29:39] it really changes the series

[00:29:41] because it gives Dallas

[00:29:43] another look that they didn't

[00:29:47] previously have.

[00:29:48] He can stretch the floor.

[00:29:51] He's a guy that you could,

[00:29:53] if you wanted to,

[00:29:54] you could run a death lineup

[00:29:57] and put him at center

[00:29:59] and then have the Lucas

[00:30:01] and you know,

[00:30:03] and you know,

[00:30:03] Daryl Jones is going board.

[00:30:06] So if you wanted to go small

[00:30:08] and match the Celtics,

[00:30:09] you could do that as well.

[00:30:12] Yeah, Maxi Kleba.

[00:30:14] Also, short corner three

[00:30:17] assassin like over 40,

[00:30:20] 41% on the short corners.

[00:30:24] So those are the guys that

[00:30:26] we need to talk about.

[00:30:27] We talked about Kyrie,

[00:30:28] talked about Luka,

[00:30:29] talked about all the

[00:30:30] role players will have you.

[00:30:32] Now we need to get it to

[00:30:33] the coaches, right?

[00:30:35] Because that's where

[00:30:36] that's where the money is

[00:30:37] made my guys.

[00:30:39] That's when the money is

[00:30:40] made.

[00:30:42] We talked about on our last

[00:30:43] pot.

[00:30:44] So if you are new to the

[00:30:45] loop, I welcome.

[00:30:47] Thank you for joining us

[00:30:48] for the first time.

[00:30:49] We are excited that

[00:30:51] you are here.

[00:30:52] But if you have no idea

[00:30:55] about what the hell

[00:30:56] I'm talking about when

[00:30:57] it comes to

[00:31:01] coaching and how important

[00:31:02] is and who got paid

[00:31:05] Ty Lou got paid.

[00:31:07] 14 million annually.

[00:31:09] So

[00:31:11] love that for him.

[00:31:12] Now let's get to this

[00:31:14] coaching matchup Jason

[00:31:16] kid Joe Mozilla.

[00:31:19] Now

[00:31:21] Hooper vote versus

[00:31:24] video guy.

[00:31:26] That's really not fair

[00:31:27] to Joe Mozilla.

[00:31:28] He played at West Virginia.

[00:31:31] So he did play some

[00:31:32] he did play some ball.

[00:31:34] He obviously wasn't

[00:31:35] really an NBA player.

[00:31:37] So

[00:31:38] understand that but

[00:31:40] Jason kid obviously Hall

[00:31:42] of Famer point guard

[00:31:44] awesome.

[00:31:46] We we know about the

[00:31:47] exploits.

[00:31:48] We know about the

[00:31:49] championship.

[00:31:50] We know about going

[00:31:51] to the championships

[00:31:52] on multiple occasions.

[00:31:53] So Jason kid Hooper

[00:31:56] and

[00:31:58] Joe Mozilla video guy.

[00:32:00] Now

[00:32:02] here's the thing

[00:32:04] Jason kid

[00:32:05] has feel

[00:32:07] an instinct.

[00:32:10] Again,

[00:32:11] I want to give credit

[00:32:12] to Jason kid about

[00:32:14] Derek Jones Jr.

[00:32:15] because they were

[00:32:16] running out Tim

[00:32:17] Hardaway.

[00:32:18] They run out Dante

[00:32:20] Axon who did get a little

[00:32:21] burn

[00:32:22] you know in the

[00:32:23] Western Conference Finals

[00:32:24] and also on the playoffs

[00:32:26] in general.

[00:32:27] Then

[00:32:29] there was

[00:32:30] the

[00:32:31] we had Dante Axon

[00:32:32] Tim Hardaway Jr.

[00:32:34] Oh Josh Green

[00:32:36] notice how

[00:32:38] as Derek Jones Jr.

[00:32:40] stepped up

[00:32:42] and they could really

[00:32:43] rely on him to do

[00:32:44] exactly what he needed

[00:32:46] to do.

[00:32:47] And do it expertly.

[00:32:50] They went away.

[00:32:52] Josh Green's minutes

[00:32:53] dwindled.

[00:32:55] Tim Hardaway Jr.

[00:32:56] was not getting any

[00:32:57] minutes whatsoever.

[00:33:00] So

[00:33:02] that's that feel

[00:33:03] and instinct that I'm

[00:33:04] talking about.

[00:33:05] He said,

[00:33:06] okay,

[00:33:06] I'm gonna ride this

[00:33:07] hot hand until I can't

[00:33:08] write it.

[00:33:10] Right?

[00:33:12] And then you have

[00:33:12] Joe Mozilla

[00:33:14] and I told you he

[00:33:14] turned it into a

[00:33:15] math problem.

[00:33:17] He believes that

[00:33:18] if you run the system

[00:33:20] and you run it to

[00:33:21] its optimal form

[00:33:23] you should be able to

[00:33:24] produce

[00:33:25] 45 plus 3's again.

[00:33:28] And

[00:33:29] the way they have

[00:33:31] the shooting

[00:33:32] and have it all

[00:33:33] staggered

[00:33:35] they really don't have

[00:33:36] a weakness

[00:33:37] until you get down

[00:33:38] to guy number

[00:33:39] 8 or 9

[00:33:40] on their roster

[00:33:42] because Al Horher

[00:33:43] can shoot it at a

[00:33:44] decent level.

[00:33:46] You know

[00:33:47] KP can shoot it at a

[00:33:48] decent level.

[00:33:52] Tatum is really the

[00:33:53] only one

[00:33:54] and it's funny

[00:33:55] because

[00:33:58] one of the things

[00:33:58] we kill him on

[00:34:00] is taking a lot of

[00:34:01] 3's.

[00:34:01] He's shooting it

[00:34:02] in the playoffs

[00:34:03] at 29%.

[00:34:05] I think I mentioned

[00:34:05] that early in the

[00:34:06] vibe,

[00:34:06] but if I didn't

[00:34:08] shoot 29%

[00:34:09] in

[00:34:10] the playoffs

[00:34:11] and

[00:34:12] he just keeps

[00:34:13] he uses the shoot down

[00:34:14] and looks super

[00:34:15] confident

[00:34:16] every time he

[00:34:17] takes it.

[00:34:18] Then you got

[00:34:19] Jaylin Brown

[00:34:20] and then you got

[00:34:20] Derek White

[00:34:21] Drew Holiday.

[00:34:21] All of these guys

[00:34:23] are considered

[00:34:24] and also thought of

[00:34:25] by the other

[00:34:26] franchises out there

[00:34:28] as

[00:34:28] good shooters.

[00:34:30] Can't leave these guys.

[00:34:32] Can't leave them

[00:34:33] mokin.

[00:34:33] Got to stay near them

[00:34:34] because they'll

[00:34:35] launch a 3.

[00:34:38] And that

[00:34:39] is what

[00:34:40] Joe Mozilla

[00:34:41] is counting on.

[00:34:42] He has a

[00:34:42] 5-out style.

[00:34:44] We'll see it

[00:34:44] with poor Zingas

[00:34:45] in there.

[00:34:46] He doesn't want

[00:34:47] the lane

[00:34:49] clogged at all.

[00:34:50] He wants to

[00:34:51] be able to

[00:34:51] drive and

[00:34:52] kick and then

[00:34:53] get you into

[00:34:54] the spin cycle.

[00:34:56] Once you're in

[00:34:56] the spin cycle,

[00:34:58] he could mind.

[00:35:01] Drew Holiday

[00:35:02] has played

[00:35:03] in

[00:35:04] a ton

[00:35:05] of playoff games.

[00:35:06] Has a lot.

[00:35:07] He's a veteran

[00:35:08] leader.

[00:35:09] There's not

[00:35:10] too much

[00:35:10] he hasn't seen.

[00:35:11] He's like

[00:35:11] 34 years of

[00:35:12] age.

[00:35:14] Then you got

[00:35:15] Derek White

[00:35:15] who

[00:35:17] honestly is

[00:35:17] considered

[00:35:18] one of the most

[00:35:19] headied

[00:35:19] players in

[00:35:20] the league.

[00:35:22] Then you got

[00:35:23] Jason Tatum

[00:35:25] known for

[00:35:25] his acumen

[00:35:28] or

[00:35:28] exploits.

[00:35:29] Sometimes the

[00:35:30] acumen

[00:35:30] I worry

[00:35:31] about his

[00:35:31] acumen.

[00:35:33] And then

[00:35:33] Jaylen Brown

[00:35:34] who's

[00:35:34] considered also

[00:35:35] one of the

[00:35:35] smartest

[00:35:36] dudes

[00:35:36] ever.

[00:35:38] And then

[00:35:38] KP is

[00:35:39] also

[00:35:39] fundamentally

[00:35:40] sound.

[00:35:42] Once you

[00:35:43] are in

[00:35:43] the spin cycle

[00:35:45] against

[00:35:45] Boston,

[00:35:47] the right

[00:35:47] pass is

[00:35:48] going to

[00:35:48] be made

[00:35:49] by

[00:35:50] the person

[00:35:51] who's

[00:35:51] getting it.

[00:35:52] So if for

[00:35:52] some reason

[00:35:53] they have a

[00:35:54] good shot,

[00:35:54] they are

[00:35:55] going to

[00:35:55] defer

[00:35:56] to look

[00:35:56] for the

[00:35:57] great

[00:35:57] shot.

[00:35:58] They are

[00:35:58] looking

[00:35:59] for

[00:35:59] the

[00:35:59] easiest

[00:36:00] shot

[00:36:00] possible.

[00:36:02] And the

[00:36:02] ball

[00:36:03] moves

[00:36:03] faster

[00:36:04] than

[00:36:04] the person.

[00:36:06] So

[00:36:07] that's

[00:36:07] another

[00:36:07] thing

[00:36:08] that we

[00:36:08] have to

[00:36:08] look at.

[00:36:09] Then

[00:36:09] also

[00:36:10] we can

[00:36:11] look at

[00:36:11] it this

[00:36:11] way.

[00:36:13] Jason

[00:36:13] Kidd

[00:36:15] couple

[00:36:15] stops

[00:36:16] before

[00:36:16] right?

[00:36:17] We

[00:36:17] had

[00:36:17] the

[00:36:18] Milwaukee

[00:36:19] stop.

[00:36:19] We

[00:36:19] had

[00:36:20] the

[00:36:20] Brooklyn

[00:36:20] stop.

[00:36:21] They

[00:36:21] didn't

[00:36:22] go

[00:36:22] well.

[00:36:23] They

[00:36:23] started

[00:36:24] off

[00:36:24] well

[00:36:25] and it

[00:36:26] poorly.

[00:36:27] Even

[00:36:28] though

[00:36:28] he

[00:36:28] has had

[00:36:29] great

[00:36:29] relationships

[00:36:31] with

[00:36:31] like

[00:36:31] Giannis

[00:36:32] and

[00:36:32] others,

[00:36:33] you

[00:36:33] definitely

[00:36:33] can relate

[00:36:34] to the

[00:36:34] stars.

[00:36:35] But

[00:36:36] a lot

[00:36:36] of people

[00:36:37] had

[00:36:38] worries

[00:36:38] about

[00:36:39] what

[00:36:40] the

[00:36:41] actual

[00:36:45] what's

[00:36:45] our

[00:36:45] foundation?

[00:36:46] What's

[00:36:47] our true

[00:36:48] North

[00:36:48] star,

[00:36:49] right?

[00:36:52] It

[00:36:52] didn't

[00:36:53] seem

[00:36:53] like

[00:36:53] there

[00:36:53] was an

[00:36:53] actual

[00:36:54] direction.

[00:36:55] In the first

[00:36:55] couple stops

[00:36:56] with Jason

[00:36:56] Kidd.

[00:36:58] He

[00:36:58] gets on

[00:36:58] the

[00:36:58] Frank

[00:36:59] Vogel

[00:36:59] staff,

[00:36:59] which

[00:37:00] remember

[00:37:01] there was a

[00:37:02] chance

[00:37:02] and an

[00:37:02] opportunity

[00:37:03] for the

[00:37:04] Lakers

[00:37:04] to

[00:37:04] hire

[00:37:05] Jason

[00:37:05] Kidd.

[00:37:06] And

[00:37:06] there

[00:37:06] was a

[00:37:07] split

[00:37:08] within

[00:37:09] the

[00:37:09] Lakers

[00:37:09] organization

[00:37:10] whether

[00:37:11] they

[00:37:11] were

[00:37:11] going

[00:37:11] to

[00:37:11] hire

[00:37:12] Kidd

[00:37:12] as

[00:37:13] the

[00:37:13] head

[00:37:13] coach

[00:37:14] or

[00:37:14] as

[00:37:14] an

[00:37:15] assistant.

[00:37:16] They

[00:37:16] chose

[00:37:16] him

[00:37:17] as

[00:37:17] an

[00:37:17] assistant

[00:37:19] and

[00:37:19] then

[00:37:21] Frank

[00:37:21] Vogel

[00:37:22] became

[00:37:22] the

[00:37:22] coach.

[00:37:24] But

[00:37:24] Jason

[00:37:25] Kidd

[00:37:25] was

[00:37:25] loved

[00:37:26] on

[00:37:26] the

[00:37:26] Lakers

[00:37:26] staff.

[00:37:27] He

[00:37:27] brought

[00:37:28] a lot

[00:37:28] energy.

[00:37:30] He

[00:37:30] seemed

[00:37:30] to have

[00:37:31] had

[00:37:31] the

[00:37:31] ear

[00:37:32] of

[00:37:32] LeBron

[00:37:33] James

[00:37:33] and

[00:37:34] Anthony

[00:37:35] Davis

[00:37:35] as

[00:37:36] well.

[00:37:36] They

[00:37:37] seem

[00:37:37] to be

[00:37:37] able

[00:37:37] to relate

[00:37:38] on

[00:37:39] some

[00:37:39] sort

[00:37:39] of

[00:37:39] crazy

[00:37:40] level

[00:37:40] because

[00:37:42] you're

[00:37:42] talking

[00:37:42] about

[00:37:42] some

[00:37:42] of the

[00:37:43] greats

[00:37:43] in

[00:37:43] the

[00:37:43] game.

[00:37:44] You

[00:37:44] know,

[00:37:45] however

[00:37:45] you

[00:37:55] know,

[00:37:56] I'm

[00:37:56] going to

[00:37:57] sit

[00:37:57] here

[00:37:58] and

[00:38:00] lie

[00:38:00] to

[00:38:00] you.

[00:38:01] But

[00:38:01] he's

[00:38:02] a

[00:38:02] great

[00:38:03] player.

[00:38:03] And

[00:38:03] Jason

[00:38:04] Kidd

[00:38:04] related

[00:38:05] to

[00:38:05] them.

[00:38:06] He

[00:38:06] did

[00:38:07] his

[00:38:07] job

[00:38:08] and

[00:38:08] now

[00:38:09] he

[00:38:09] has

[00:38:10] Luca.

[00:38:10] And

[00:38:11] that's

[00:38:11] his

[00:38:12] job

[00:38:12] there

[00:38:12] is

[00:38:13] to

[00:38:13] relate

[00:38:14] to

[00:38:14] Luca

[00:38:15] and

[00:38:15] convey

[00:38:15] messages

[00:38:16] to

[00:38:16] Luca

[00:38:17] that

[00:38:17] he

[00:38:18] can

[00:38:20] then

[00:38:20] adhere

[00:38:21] to.

[00:38:21] He's

[00:38:22] doing the

[00:38:22] same thing

[00:38:23] with

[00:38:23] Kyrie

[00:38:24] as well.

[00:38:24] And

[00:38:25] then

[00:38:25] Kyrie

[00:38:26] and

[00:38:26] Kidd have

[00:38:27] a different

[00:38:27] kismet

[00:38:27] so

[00:38:27] their

[00:38:28] vision

[00:38:28] of how

[00:38:29] they see

[00:38:29] the game

[00:38:30] is going to

[00:38:31] be even

[00:38:31] more

[00:38:33] symbiotic

[00:38:35] than

[00:38:35] you know,

[00:38:36] and then

[00:38:36] you got

[00:38:37] Luca

[00:38:37] who's

[00:38:38] an absolute

[00:38:38] genius

[00:38:39] and

[00:38:39] that's

[00:38:40] what Jason

[00:38:40] Kidd

[00:38:41] was thought

[00:38:41] of when

[00:38:42] he played.

[00:38:42] So

[00:38:43] you have all

[00:38:43] this kind

[00:38:44] of

[00:38:44] real

[00:38:45] symmetry

[00:38:46] going on

[00:38:47] between

[00:38:47] these three

[00:38:48] these

[00:38:48] really

[00:38:49] ultimately

[00:38:50] talented

[00:38:50] guys

[00:38:51] especially

[00:38:51] when they

[00:38:52] play

[00:38:52] well

[00:38:53] Jason

[00:38:53] Kidd

[00:38:54] when he

[00:38:54] played

[00:38:55] and the guys

[00:38:55] who are playing

[00:38:56] now.

[00:38:56] And

[00:38:57] you see

[00:38:57] that

[00:38:58] between those

[00:38:59] those three

[00:39:00] guys.

[00:39:01] And

[00:39:01] then

[00:39:02] with

[00:39:02] Mozilla

[00:39:03] we know

[00:39:03] how he got his

[00:39:04] job

[00:39:05] right?

[00:39:05] Unfortunate

[00:39:06] situation

[00:39:07] with

[00:39:08] our

[00:39:09] guy

[00:39:10] Emea

[00:39:11] Adoka

[00:39:12] now

[00:39:13] who is

[00:39:14] the

[00:39:15] Houston

[00:39:15] coach.

[00:39:16] The situation

[00:39:17] goes on

[00:39:17] there

[00:39:18] and

[00:39:19] Will

[00:39:20] Hardy

[00:39:20] moves

[00:39:21] on

[00:39:21] to

[00:39:22] Utah

[00:39:24] and

[00:39:25] Joe Mozilla

[00:39:26] is left

[00:39:27] and he gets the job.

[00:39:31] And then you have

[00:39:33] we and we already

[00:39:34] talked about it

[00:39:35] right?

[00:39:36] We already talked about

[00:39:37] what their

[00:39:38] roads were

[00:39:39] to this

[00:39:40] particular

[00:39:41] situation.

[00:39:42] And

[00:39:43] again

[00:39:44] Clippers

[00:39:45] still have

[00:39:46] Paul George

[00:39:47] and James

[00:39:48] Harden.

[00:39:49] Now we

[00:39:50] I can

[00:39:51] I can sit

[00:39:52] here

[00:39:53] and talk about

[00:39:54] James Harden

[00:39:55] and people

[00:39:56] will say

[00:39:57] because I saw

[00:39:58] Magic Johnson's

[00:39:59] first

[00:40:00] rookie

[00:40:01] NBA Finals game.

[00:40:02] That's why

[00:40:03] so I've seen a lot of the greats.

[00:40:04] So

[00:40:05] hopefully as a

[00:40:06] as an old hit

[00:40:07] you know I can gain some respect that way.

[00:40:10] But

[00:40:11] the other thing is

[00:40:12] is that they played against some

[00:40:14] some really good teams

[00:40:15] and they

[00:40:16] knocked them all out.

[00:40:17] Luka was

[00:40:18] impressive

[00:40:19] their team was

[00:40:20] impressive

[00:40:21] and then you have the Celtics who

[00:40:22] went through

[00:40:23] their

[00:40:24] gauntlet

[00:40:25] or lack thereof

[00:40:27] and

[00:40:28] you know

[00:40:29] so they had different roads.

[00:40:31] But now

[00:40:32] now they're here

[00:40:33] and I guess

[00:40:34] we've been waiting all this time

[00:40:36] for a prediction.

[00:40:38] So what I'm going to do

[00:40:39] is I'm going to give you

[00:40:41] my thoughts on who's going to win the series

[00:40:43] and who I think is going to be

[00:40:45] the MVP

[00:40:46] of the series.

[00:40:47] But before I do that

[00:40:50] one of my common beliefs

[00:40:52] is that

[00:40:53] if you are the best player in the series

[00:40:56] you

[00:40:58] she'll win unless some kind of

[00:40:59] ridiculous thing happens.

[00:41:02] Now Luka

[00:41:03] there's no doubt

[00:41:05] the best player in this series

[00:41:07] he is

[00:41:08] now challenging

[00:41:10] I don't know if he's challenging

[00:41:12] Jokic for the best player

[00:41:14] in the league right now.

[00:41:16] But

[00:41:17] y'all can debate that.

[00:41:18] I'm not begging

[00:41:20] passing the torch

[00:41:22] so quickly to people

[00:41:23] I need to see it multiple times

[00:41:25] and Luka's had a great playoff series

[00:41:27] but

[00:41:28] I'd like to see this level

[00:41:30] of Luka

[00:41:31] next year

[00:41:33] and then crown him

[00:41:34] the best player in the league.

[00:41:37] But

[00:41:38] with all that being said

[00:41:40] I think this comes down to Port Zingas

[00:41:44] being healthy.

[00:41:46] And if Port Zingas is healthy

[00:41:49] Boston has way too many options.

[00:41:51] I love Luka

[00:41:55] I love Kyrie

[00:41:56] I think it's going to be a phenomenal series.

[00:41:59] I have Boston in seven

[00:42:02] and my

[00:42:04] finals MVP

[00:42:07] is going to be

[00:42:10] Jalen Brown.

[00:42:12] I'm gonna go with Jalen Brown

[00:42:14] I think they will try to

[00:42:16] try to take Tatum out of the

[00:42:18] offense.

[00:42:20] I don't think they will be able to

[00:42:22] but I think he'll be a facilitator

[00:42:24] I think

[00:42:25] Brown will have a couple of games where he just goes

[00:42:27] nuclear

[00:42:29] and then

[00:42:31] they're going to end up winning

[00:42:33] and he's going to play defense on Luka

[00:42:36] so keep that in mind.

[00:42:38] I believe that Jalen Brown will play a lot of

[00:42:40] defense on Luka Donterz

[00:42:42] I could be completely wrong

[00:42:44] but watching the film

[00:42:46] it looked like that

[00:42:48] Jalen Brown took the toughest assignment

[00:42:51] and Luka would definitely fall

[00:42:53] into that category.

[00:42:55] So that is my prediction.

[00:42:57] Boston Celtics in seven

[00:42:59] as a Laker fan this is one of the

[00:43:01] hardest days of my life

[00:43:03] but I gotta stay true

[00:43:05] to my analyst hat

[00:43:07] that I got on right now

[00:43:09] and I got Boston in seven.

[00:43:12] So that is that.

[00:43:14] Now before we close out the show

[00:43:21] how do I want to say this?

[00:43:25] I don't want to sound

[00:43:27] self-serving at all.

[00:43:31] What I want to say is that

[00:43:34] here at Frontrunner Podcast Collective

[00:43:37] especially now

[00:43:39] it's not just me

[00:43:45] all the time.

[00:43:47] With my producer B Funch

[00:43:50] and Saraya's help

[00:43:53] we are efforting

[00:43:55] every single day

[00:43:57] to provide a good show

[00:44:00] hopefully entertaining

[00:44:02] good information right?

[00:44:04] but hopefully giving you

[00:44:06] a more panoramic view

[00:44:08] of what the league looks like

[00:44:10] and we try to not sugarcoat

[00:44:12] stories.

[00:44:14] Now I will tell you

[00:44:16] that I am not

[00:44:18] in the news breaking game

[00:44:20] I don't think

[00:44:22] that's my goal.

[00:44:24] My goal is to

[00:44:26] hopefully

[00:44:28] provide you with

[00:44:30] information that you

[00:44:32] kind of need to know

[00:44:34] hopefully give you something

[00:44:36] that you didn't know

[00:44:38] and maybe give you

[00:44:40] a sneak behind the curtain

[00:44:42] to the franchise

[00:44:44] that you get down with

[00:44:46] right? That's the goal.

[00:44:48] So when we said

[00:44:50] a couple weeks back

[00:44:52] or actually might have been three weeks ago now

[00:44:54] that JJ Reddick

[00:44:56] is I think it was a throwaway

[00:44:58] line. We were talking about

[00:45:00] Mind the Game and the Lebron

[00:45:02] and JJ Reddick podcast and I said

[00:45:04] that Lebron is probably sitting across

[00:45:06] from

[00:45:08] his next head coach.

[00:45:10] And at that time I had

[00:45:12] some information that I was pretty

[00:45:14] solid on.

[00:45:16] And as of today

[00:45:20] news is

[00:45:22] breaking you know? Shomps

[00:45:24] is coming out saying that

[00:45:26] JJ Reddick is the front runner.

[00:45:28] It's a foregone conclusion that

[00:45:30] JJ Reddick is going to be the new

[00:45:32] Laker head coach. Now

[00:45:34] the reports are out there that

[00:45:36] they are still in

[00:45:38] you know deliberations

[00:45:40] and things of that nature.

[00:45:42] James Borrego was also

[00:45:44] brought in and had an

[00:45:46] extensive interview

[00:45:48] as well. But there's

[00:45:50] a thought that James Borrego might

[00:45:52] actually still end up on the staff

[00:45:54] if he doesn't become head coach

[00:45:56] with the Lakers or

[00:45:58] the Cleveland Cavaliers. So

[00:46:00] with all that being said

[00:46:02] what I would like to say is that

[00:46:04] we work hard

[00:46:06] to get information

[00:46:08] and having this JJ

[00:46:10] Reddick thing pretty much

[00:46:12] before everybody else did

[00:46:14] is a cool feather

[00:46:16] in our cap.

[00:46:18] I want to thank my producer B

[00:46:20] Funch. I want to thank Serea.

[00:46:22] I want to thank my wife

[00:46:24] who puts up with me

[00:46:26] and puts up with all the time

[00:46:28] that it takes to do this.

[00:46:30] And I just want to

[00:46:32] thank my Lord and Savior Jesus

[00:46:34] Christ because without him I can't

[00:46:36] do anything right.

[00:46:38] But

[00:46:40] we do this for you guys.

[00:46:42] So spread the word.

[00:46:44] Now we're not always going to hit

[00:46:46] 100 percent right. We pick

[00:46:48] Minnesota in the Western Conference

[00:46:50] Finals. So we're not bad

[00:46:52] in a thousand here. But it's

[00:46:54] cool when we get

[00:46:56] one right. And we're going to celebrate

[00:46:58] it every once in a while because

[00:47:00] the thing that I always tell you

[00:47:02] about at the end of the show and

[00:47:04] we're getting to that point

[00:47:08] X at

[00:47:10] FrontrunnerPC

[00:47:12] at BFunch

[00:47:14] FRPC

[00:47:16] YouTube channel

[00:47:18] Frontrunner Podcast Collector.

[00:47:20] And then

[00:47:22] be a friend, tell a friend.

[00:47:24] Tell people that you

[00:47:26] were in. You were there

[00:47:28] the day that I dropped the JJ Reddick

[00:47:30] News. Tell them. Say hey our

[00:47:32] guy he was on this early.

[00:47:36] But word of mouth is how we're going to get better.

[00:47:38] Shots out to everybody who has

[00:47:40] downloaded the podcast

[00:47:42] who's really enjoying it.

[00:47:44] Thank you so much. I can't

[00:47:46] do this without you guys. And

[00:47:48] again, be a friend, tell a friend.

[00:47:50] And that gets me to this level.

[00:47:52] The best part of you is you.

[00:47:54] So make sure

[00:47:56] that the people that surround you

[00:47:58] are people that are

[00:48:00] going to continue to brighten

[00:48:02] your light and not extinguish

[00:48:04] your light in any way.

[00:48:06] Go out and do good in the

[00:48:08] world and we'll see you back

[00:48:10] here on this feed on Friday.

[00:48:12] We out.

[00:48:14] Loose.