Victor Wembanyama: King of 25 and Under + Pacific Division Over/Under Predictions

[00:00:11] [SPEAKER_00]: It's actually Saturday and you know what time it is front Runner Podcast Collective is back on the air. I am your hungo holes Vince and today

[00:00:21] [SPEAKER_00]: We finally culminate our top 25 25 players that are 25 and under with the last one and then also we are going to hit the

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[00:00:37] [SPEAKER_00]: We are going to do the overunders

[00:00:39] [SPEAKER_00]: And we are going to give you some anecdotes and some things to think about as you look at the

[00:00:44] [SPEAKER_00]: Pacific Division and how it relates to the Western Conference as a whole

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[00:04:23] [SPEAKER_00]: And our number one top players of 20 that are 25 in under the number one selection is none other

[00:04:31] [SPEAKER_00]: than Victor Wimbai Yamma of the San Antonio sparse Victor Wimbai Yamma came in last year

[00:04:39] [SPEAKER_00]: A dominated he dominated in a way where it was

[00:04:45] [SPEAKER_00]: There were a lot of times where we were not articulate enough to be able to provide you with the information that we were seeing

[00:04:53] [SPEAKER_00]: And as

[00:04:55] [SPEAKER_00]: The year progressed and then as you started to see pop played with an actual traditional coin guard

[00:05:04] [SPEAKER_00]: And going away from Jeremy Sohan as the pseudo coin guard or whatever

[00:05:10] [SPEAKER_00]: You start to see the the semblance of a team

[00:05:15] [SPEAKER_00]: With the one thing that you never saw

[00:05:18] [SPEAKER_00]: In the games that Victor Wimbai Yamma played in

[00:05:22] [SPEAKER_00]: Is that there was never a throw away game for him

[00:05:26] [SPEAKER_00]: Not one will get to a stats in a second will get to his creed draft and all that and whatever

[00:05:33] [SPEAKER_00]: But the other thing that we need to talk about is this

[00:05:37] [SPEAKER_00]: The reason why Victor is number one yes, you can say that Lucas better than him right now

[00:05:42] [SPEAKER_00]: Or whatever the case may be

[00:05:44] [SPEAKER_00]: You can also say that Shay was more well rounded and stuff like that

[00:05:49] [SPEAKER_00]: This dude fell into almost 22 points and 10 rebounds last year

[00:05:55] [SPEAKER_00]: And he didn't know what he was doing he didn't know what he was doing

[00:06:01] [SPEAKER_00]: He didn't have he definitely didn't have the support

[00:06:04] [SPEAKER_00]: No shade to devan was sell

[00:06:07] [SPEAKER_00]: No shade to kill Johnson

[00:06:09] [SPEAKER_00]: But we know what the rest of that team was looking like last year

[00:06:14] [SPEAKER_00]: We understood the assignment we understood that this was going to be the Victor show

[00:06:20] [SPEAKER_00]: We'll see if anybody can come along on this journey with us

[00:06:25] [SPEAKER_00]: But we are not trying to win a ton of games when they did finally put the point guard in

[00:06:30] [SPEAKER_00]: And then stop this madness of Victor not playing center position

[00:06:36] [SPEAKER_00]: All of a sudden that the three points shot took off

[00:06:40] [SPEAKER_00]: The blocks were there the whole time

[00:06:42] [SPEAKER_00]: But we had more games where seven blocks were possible

[00:06:47] [SPEAKER_00]: We had more games where there were going to be tight finishes

[00:06:53] [SPEAKER_00]: Because Victor just didn't want to lose

[00:06:57] [SPEAKER_00]: So yes, you can tell me that Lucas complete or his offensive game is off the charts

[00:07:03] [SPEAKER_00]: Which it is? You can tell me that Shay Gilgis Alexander is the smoothest score that we've ever seen in our entire lives

[00:07:13] [SPEAKER_00]: You can also tell me that John Moran is coming back to take his throw

[00:07:20] [SPEAKER_00]: You can tell me that Anthony Edwards is the second coming of Jordan

[00:07:23] [SPEAKER_00]: But this is what you can't tell me

[00:07:27] [SPEAKER_00]: How do you defeat the guy who had no idea what he was doing

[00:07:32] [SPEAKER_00]: And now he has Chris Paul

[00:07:34] [SPEAKER_00]: They're not going to be great this year

[00:07:37] [SPEAKER_00]: But we saw a competitiveness out of Victor win by Yamuna

[00:07:42] [SPEAKER_00]: That's going to only be extrapolated by having CP3 there and having Harrison Barnes there

[00:07:50] [SPEAKER_00]: Some singlens of leadership on the court for him

[00:07:55] [SPEAKER_00]: This is going to help his game immensely

[00:07:57] [SPEAKER_00]: We're going to see crazy stuff out of Victor this year

[00:08:00] [SPEAKER_00]: And I can't wait with all the platitudes out the way let's just talk about the guy let's get into all the stuff that we gather

[00:08:08] [SPEAKER_00]: Victor went by Yamuna standing at 7 foot 4

[00:08:12] [SPEAKER_00]: I actually disagree with that

[00:08:14] [SPEAKER_00]: I say he's 7 foot 5

[00:08:16] [SPEAKER_00]: With a 8 foot wing span is a game changer

[00:08:21] [SPEAKER_00]: Just 20 years old he average of 18.7 points and 9.4 rebounds 2.7 assists in 3.2 blocks

[00:08:32] [SPEAKER_00]: He was altering shots behind the 3. line last year

[00:08:38] [SPEAKER_00]: Do you understand like really what that actually means

[00:08:42] [SPEAKER_00]: They're not safe

[00:08:47] [SPEAKER_00]: Behind the 3. line and he was doing it for 8.10 feet away

[00:08:52] [SPEAKER_00]: He was just going up vertical and meeting the ball before it got to the apex

[00:08:57] [SPEAKER_00]: As far as executive RC view for Victor's ability to impact the game on both ends of the court is rare

[00:09:05] [SPEAKER_00]: He changes how teams approach offense

[00:09:08] [SPEAKER_00]: When he is on the court and the offensive game is evolving faster than we expected

[00:09:15] [SPEAKER_00]: He's far beyond what we imagine

[00:09:18] [SPEAKER_00]: Now I want to take that a little bit further

[00:09:21] [SPEAKER_00]: Not only is he playing his defense is so good

[00:09:26] [SPEAKER_00]: Mind you again

[00:09:27] [SPEAKER_00]: I'm going to tell you for the third time

[00:09:29] [SPEAKER_00]: He had no idea what he was doing

[00:09:32] [SPEAKER_00]: A lot of rookies will tell you

[00:09:34] [SPEAKER_00]: It just moves very fast in the NBA

[00:09:36] [SPEAKER_00]: You're just trying to gain the concepts

[00:09:38] [SPEAKER_00]: You're trying to get the verbage down

[00:09:41] [SPEAKER_00]: You're trying to things that were

[00:09:44] [SPEAKER_00]: Let's say it was ex-wing fighter for you last year

[00:09:48] [SPEAKER_00]: It might be this completely different play

[00:09:51] [SPEAKER_00]: We call it Rosita this year

[00:09:54] [SPEAKER_00]: He was coming from France

[00:09:57] [SPEAKER_00]: The language barrier wasn't that difficult

[00:10:01] [SPEAKER_00]: Because Victor speaks excellent English

[00:10:04] [SPEAKER_00]: But there were just things that he had to go through and also the rigors and the physicality of the NBA

[00:10:11] [SPEAKER_00]: These are all things

[00:10:14] [SPEAKER_00]: Beyond the court, beyond I'm going to put up this 20 point game

[00:10:19] [SPEAKER_00]: Beyond the point that I'm going to put up these 11 blocks or

[00:10:24] [SPEAKER_00]: 13 assists or whatever he was going to put up that night

[00:10:29] [SPEAKER_00]: So now he has a year under his belt

[00:10:32] [SPEAKER_00]: He has two other veterans

[00:10:36] [SPEAKER_00]: And I don't care if CP3 plays

[00:10:40] [SPEAKER_00]: 70 games, I don't care if he plays 60

[00:10:42] [SPEAKER_00]: I don't care if he plays 50 games

[00:10:45] [SPEAKER_00]: All I want is to have CP3 in this guy's ear

[00:10:50] [SPEAKER_00]: And say I really cramudging stuff from the bench

[00:10:54] [SPEAKER_00]: Oh, he's seven foot four, he's special

[00:10:57] [SPEAKER_00]: Whatever

[00:10:59] [SPEAKER_00]: Just pissing him off

[00:11:01] [SPEAKER_00]: That's what I want to see

[00:11:03] [SPEAKER_00]: Because Victor wants to be great, he wants to be challenged

[00:11:08] [SPEAKER_00]: And I think that we finally got the pieces around him

[00:11:14] [SPEAKER_00]: That can help him do that

[00:11:16] [SPEAKER_00]: Do I believe that San Antonio will be good this year?

[00:11:20] [SPEAKER_00]: No, I think he will be special

[00:11:24] [SPEAKER_00]: They just still don't have the resident talent around them

[00:11:28] [SPEAKER_00]: To do anything but he's going to be must see

[00:11:31] [SPEAKER_00]: And if you thought that people were avoiding the lane last year

[00:11:35] [SPEAKER_00]: We'd tell this year

[00:11:37] [SPEAKER_00]: It's going to be amazing

[00:11:38] [SPEAKER_00]: So we talked about who they brought in

[00:11:40] [SPEAKER_00]: I want to tell who held a great pop of it for a second

[00:11:44] [SPEAKER_00]: Obviously he's taking the

[00:11:46] [SPEAKER_00]: Patient approach with Wimbabwe

[00:11:49] [SPEAKER_00]: As much like he did with Tim Duncan

[00:11:51] [SPEAKER_00]: Pop has been vocal about not rushing the young star

[00:11:55] [SPEAKER_00]: In an interview in August 2024

[00:11:57] [SPEAKER_00]: Pop has said we're not pushing him to do everything overnight

[00:12:01] [SPEAKER_00]: Right now, we're focusing on fundamentals and growing his understanding of the NBA

[00:12:07] [SPEAKER_00]: Pace and Physicality

[00:12:09] [SPEAKER_00]: Again, this is a slow march

[00:12:13] [SPEAKER_00]: And also

[00:12:14] [SPEAKER_00]: San Antonio has a lot of

[00:12:19] [SPEAKER_00]: Reason to not be real great this year because the 2025 draft

[00:12:25] [SPEAKER_00]: In fact, we will be covering it

[00:12:31] [SPEAKER_00]: Wholeheartedly

[00:12:33] [SPEAKER_00]: Come next week

[00:12:36] [SPEAKER_00]: We're going to be reintroducing you to the guys that we talked about earlier

[00:12:41] [SPEAKER_00]: And we're going to see who else who popped up on to the scene

[00:12:46] [SPEAKER_00]: And see who has made the name for themselves over to summer

[00:12:49] [SPEAKER_00]: So you can look forward to that next week as well

[00:12:53] [SPEAKER_00]: But they're not going to rest this

[00:12:57] [SPEAKER_00]: They understand what they have

[00:12:59] [SPEAKER_00]: They understand that

[00:13:00] [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, phase one

[00:13:02] [SPEAKER_00]: Let's see what he can do

[00:13:04] [SPEAKER_00]: Listen, I put any guard rails on him

[00:13:08] [SPEAKER_00]: Whatever

[00:13:09] [SPEAKER_00]: Then if you saw phase one point one

[00:13:13] [SPEAKER_00]: Was like, okay, let's put some guard rails on him

[00:13:16] [SPEAKER_00]: Got him a point in guard

[00:13:17] [SPEAKER_00]: Hey, you're seven foot five go play center

[00:13:21] [SPEAKER_00]: Stop playing the power forward bullshit

[00:13:23] [SPEAKER_00]: Let's get into this center row

[00:13:25] [SPEAKER_00]: So we got there

[00:13:28] [SPEAKER_00]: The next phase is this

[00:13:30] [SPEAKER_00]: We added some veterans

[00:13:33] [SPEAKER_00]: To help

[00:13:34] [SPEAKER_00]: Understand that Devon Veselle shouldn't be taking

[00:13:38] [SPEAKER_00]: 19 or 20 shots a game when you have a seven foot five

[00:13:42] [SPEAKER_00]: Center who is crazy athletic and probably the most dominant thing we've ever seen

[00:13:50] [SPEAKER_00]: This also goes for Keldon Johnson as well

[00:13:53] [SPEAKER_00]: So the veteran are there for Keldon Johnson and Devon Veselle

[00:13:57] [SPEAKER_00]: To teach them how to play what a star

[00:14:03] [SPEAKER_00]: So it's not just Victor learning

[00:14:05] [SPEAKER_00]: Is Devon Veselle and Keldon Johnson

[00:14:08] [SPEAKER_00]: And also the other young star that they drafted this year

[00:14:13] [SPEAKER_00]: Which was Devon Castle out of Yukon

[00:14:18] [SPEAKER_00]: This is another quote from Pauke of it

[00:14:21] [SPEAKER_00]: Victor's already ahead of schedule defensively

[00:14:23] [SPEAKER_00]: Offensively we're letting him grow at his own pace

[00:14:27] [SPEAKER_00]: It's a marathon not a sprint

[00:14:30] [SPEAKER_00]: And this was from ESPN this month

[00:14:35] [SPEAKER_00]: So again, he's our novel one guy

[00:14:38] [SPEAKER_00]: It's because of

[00:14:42] [SPEAKER_00]: We are definitely projecting

[00:14:46] [SPEAKER_00]: I just think that he will leave no doubt by the end of this year

[00:14:52] [SPEAKER_00]: And if there's egg on my face, that's fine

[00:14:55] [SPEAKER_00]: This is our top 25 again

[00:14:58] [SPEAKER_00]: This is a living document

[00:15:00] [SPEAKER_00]: So what will happen is that now that we're done with it

[00:15:04] [SPEAKER_00]: We're going to be updating it

[00:15:06] [SPEAKER_00]: Also we'll check this list

[00:15:09] [SPEAKER_00]: In December

[00:15:12] [SPEAKER_00]: And see what's left

[00:15:14] [SPEAKER_00]: We're going to definitely need content like right before Christmas

[00:15:18] [SPEAKER_00]: We're going to have to rehash some stuff

[00:15:21] [SPEAKER_00]: Again, the top 25

[00:15:24] [SPEAKER_00]: We'll put it together

[00:15:25] [SPEAKER_00]: We will have a

[00:15:28] [SPEAKER_00]: Update on the website

[00:15:30] [SPEAKER_00]: It's now going to be great

[00:15:31] [SPEAKER_00]: But we will have update on the website Monday

[00:15:34] [SPEAKER_00]: The top 25

[00:15:36] [SPEAKER_00]: Players that are 25 and under is over

[00:15:39] [SPEAKER_00]: Victor win by Yamaha is our FRPC King

[00:15:43] [SPEAKER_00]: Long live Victor win by Yamaha

[00:15:46] [SPEAKER_00]: Alright, so we're going to move on

[00:15:49] [SPEAKER_00]: And what we're going to move on to

[00:15:52] [SPEAKER_00]: What the better is like

[00:15:54] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I know what you guys like

[00:15:56] [SPEAKER_00]: Sick Bastards

[00:15:58] [SPEAKER_00]: We're going to do the win totals

[00:16:00] [SPEAKER_00]: For the Pacific Division

[00:16:03] [SPEAKER_00]: Which is our last division

[00:16:06] [SPEAKER_00]: On our little journey here

[00:16:09] [SPEAKER_00]: Which I will tell you

[00:16:12] [SPEAKER_00]: I have not been looking forward to this

[00:16:15] [SPEAKER_00]: Not by long shot at all

[00:16:18] [SPEAKER_00]: And the reason for this is because

[00:16:20] [SPEAKER_00]: No, the makers are in this division

[00:16:22] [SPEAKER_00]: Let's get started shall we

[00:16:24] [SPEAKER_00]: And we're going to get started with the

[00:16:28] [SPEAKER_00]: Looks like we're going to get started with the Sacramento King

[00:16:32] [SPEAKER_00]: The Sacramento King's

[00:16:34] [SPEAKER_00]: There over under is 47 and a half

[00:16:38] [SPEAKER_00]: And the kings of the kings are now finally getting into the playoff

[00:16:43] [SPEAKER_00]: Now they're starting to look like a real franchise again

[00:16:46] [SPEAKER_00]: They got it

[00:16:48] [SPEAKER_00]: They got some crazy players

[00:16:49] [SPEAKER_00]: The Andre, I almost said the Andre 8 and Jesus

[00:16:54] [SPEAKER_00]: So sorry for that

[00:16:56] [SPEAKER_00]: Deer and Fox and Demontace the bonus

[00:17:00] [SPEAKER_00]: Are two pillars of the Sacramento King's

[00:17:03] [SPEAKER_00]: What do you do?

[00:17:05] [SPEAKER_00]: If your Sacramento

[00:17:07] [SPEAKER_00]: You go out and get you a guy who can put in 20

[00:17:12] [SPEAKER_00]: And they did, they went out and got a Demontace

[00:17:14] [SPEAKER_00]: Now you can say hey

[00:17:17] [SPEAKER_00]: That don't fit the profile of what we're trying to do here

[00:17:21] [SPEAKER_00]: But here's the thing

[00:17:23] [SPEAKER_00]: A consistent 20 points

[00:17:28] [SPEAKER_00]: And what we found out about the regular season

[00:17:31] [SPEAKER_00]: Now I don't know if what we saw towards the end

[00:17:36] [SPEAKER_00]: Is going to specifically come back in the early part of the season

[00:17:41] [SPEAKER_00]: Where we were actually playing defense and people are allowed to place in defense

[00:17:47] [SPEAKER_00]: If we're going through the early part of the year and it was just offence offense

[00:17:55] [SPEAKER_00]: And then we'll be able to get back to the next few days

[00:17:55] [SPEAKER_00]: Oh, this is definitely going to help

[00:17:57] [SPEAKER_00]: But when it does come to the style of basketball that was played towards the end of last season

[00:18:07] [SPEAKER_00]: And on into the playoffs

[00:18:10] [SPEAKER_00]: Demontorosen is your guy

[00:18:12] [SPEAKER_00]: This is a tough shot

[00:18:14] [SPEAKER_00]: Take her

[00:18:16] [SPEAKER_00]: This is also a tough shot

[00:18:18] [SPEAKER_00]: Maker

[00:18:20] [SPEAKER_00]: There's not a shot that Demontorosen

[00:18:23] [SPEAKER_00]: Can't get to

[00:18:25] [SPEAKER_00]: All right, his mid range game is

[00:18:31] [SPEAKER_00]: Impeachable

[00:18:33] [SPEAKER_00]: He has great vision

[00:18:36] [SPEAKER_00]: He has turned himself into a

[00:18:39] [SPEAKER_00]: Great facilitator of the basketball

[00:18:42] [SPEAKER_00]: He's not a ball hug

[00:18:45] [SPEAKER_00]: He's not going to provide you excellent defense

[00:18:48] [SPEAKER_00]: But this is not what you got him for

[00:18:50] [SPEAKER_00]: You got him because Kevin Hurder couldn't do his job

[00:18:56] [SPEAKER_00]: Kevin Hurder was supposed to be the knockdown shooter

[00:18:59] [SPEAKER_00]: Deren Fox was supposed to be super athletic

[00:19:02] [SPEAKER_00]: Coming off the picking role action

[00:19:07] [SPEAKER_00]: Of Demontorse bonus

[00:19:08] [SPEAKER_00]: So what you were supposed to have was you were supposed to have on the week side

[00:19:13] [SPEAKER_00]: Demontorse bonus and you would have

[00:19:17] [SPEAKER_00]: Deren Fox coming off the cut

[00:19:20] [SPEAKER_00]: Coming off the pick

[00:19:22] [SPEAKER_00]: At hyper speed because Deren Fox is one of the fastest players in the league

[00:19:27] [SPEAKER_00]: Now the way they envisioned this

[00:19:29] [SPEAKER_00]: Was that in the corner or on the top of the break

[00:19:33] [SPEAKER_00]: Depending on where they ran that pick and roll

[00:19:36] [SPEAKER_00]: Is it you had Kevin Hurder who was supposed to be a knockdown shooter

[00:19:41] [SPEAKER_00]: Ever since Kevin Hurder left Atlanta

[00:19:46] [SPEAKER_00]: We have not really seen that do

[00:19:48] [SPEAKER_00]: Early on in Sacramento maybe

[00:19:51] [SPEAKER_00]: But we really haven't seen it since

[00:19:54] [SPEAKER_00]: So now you got a guy and he can give buckets

[00:19:59] [SPEAKER_00]: Also he has bumped up his three point shooting as far as the temps

[00:20:05] [SPEAKER_00]: Our concern with tomorrow deros and coming in and here's the great thing well tomorrow

[00:20:11] [SPEAKER_00]: He was playing the number two role

[00:20:14] [SPEAKER_00]: Wish Chicago

[00:20:16] [SPEAKER_00]: He's now coming in to ask to play the number three role

[00:20:22] [SPEAKER_00]: So you got a

[00:20:25] [SPEAKER_00]: In a sense it's like I'm too qualified for this role, but this is what's available to me

[00:20:32] [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know for some of the who would been on the job market

[00:20:36] [SPEAKER_00]: You might be in the situation where you're over qualify for something

[00:20:39] [SPEAKER_00]: But I gotta take this because got to feet to found

[00:20:43] [SPEAKER_00]: That's the type of situation that Sacramento is in with

[00:20:47] [SPEAKER_00]: Demontorros and so great pick up there

[00:20:52] [SPEAKER_00]: Fox average 25 point three points again last year

[00:20:56] [SPEAKER_00]: He also average 6.1 assist last year his usage rate was at 30.1

[00:21:02] [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, I don't know we might have to bring that down a bit making him the engine of the King's office now

[00:21:09] [SPEAKER_00]: So bonus meanwhile he led the NBA and rebounding

[00:21:13] [SPEAKER_00]: He also averaged 19.1 points again

[00:21:16] [SPEAKER_00]: His effective field goal cut percentage was 61.8%

[00:21:22] [SPEAKER_00]: All right, these three players are pretty much the nucleus of what that team is going to be now

[00:21:30] [SPEAKER_00]: No

[00:21:32] [SPEAKER_00]: We've talked about on this podcast throughout the summer what does that mean for Keegan Murray

[00:21:39] [SPEAKER_00]: Because Keegan Murray was supposed to be that guy to kind of he was the chosen one

[00:21:44] [SPEAKER_00]: Well, what this does this allows him to be in the fourth role

[00:21:48] [SPEAKER_00]: And hopefully grow in to that third role

[00:21:52] [SPEAKER_00]: Seeing what he takes having a veteran like Demontorros and Demar is giving him his time

[00:21:58] [SPEAKER_00]: He's given to the young players he was

[00:22:01] [SPEAKER_00]: Great in San Antonio he was good in Chicago for the young players keeping their spirits up and stuff like that when

[00:22:09] [SPEAKER_00]: Levine was being an absolute downer and just being a complete bus kill to the whole situation

[00:22:15] [SPEAKER_00]: So I think that Demar Dorosan's going to be helpful to Keegan Murray

[00:22:20] [SPEAKER_00]: He's also he might be helpful to resurrect one Kevin Herter

[00:22:25] [SPEAKER_00]: So let's pray on that one right according to our guy Sam Hammond Murray's defense

[00:22:30] [SPEAKER_00]: Vestility and his ability to stretch the floor could be the key to elevating the Sacramento from

[00:22:37] [SPEAKER_00]: Playoff team to actual contender. I think we still have a long way to go before we get there

[00:22:43] [SPEAKER_00]: Let's talk about Mike Brown's philosophy. Shall we Mike Brown has changed from where he was to what he is now

[00:22:51] [SPEAKER_00]: Mike Brown was all about defense

[00:22:54] [SPEAKER_00]: He said recently that offense will take care of itself

[00:22:58] [SPEAKER_00]: Well, we need to get better defensively if we want to get to deep into the playoffs

[00:23:04] [SPEAKER_00]: Sacramento's defense was 113.9 last year, wrecking them 17th

[00:23:11] [SPEAKER_00]: So that's an area of improvement that you can sit there and say we can get to 10

[00:23:18] [SPEAKER_00]: Can we get to 10? Probably this is that Demar Dorosan is a scorer. He's not a defender

[00:23:24] [SPEAKER_00]: Keegan can but Seponis is not a rim protector. What happens there?

[00:23:31] [SPEAKER_00]: Deer Fox is a great point of attack defender, but he can be brushed off by screens

[00:23:39] [SPEAKER_00]: Let's just score some points to Sacramento, okay? Let's score points

[00:23:43] [SPEAKER_00]: I'll I can tell you. I will say this though

[00:23:47] [SPEAKER_00]: This is a chance that Sacramento has a better record than the Golden State Warriors

[00:23:51] [SPEAKER_00]: I've been done on my like locked in predictions yet. It looks still working and formulating everything like that

[00:23:59] [SPEAKER_00]: But there is a good chance that the Sacramento Kings will have a better record

[00:24:04] [SPEAKER_00]: Then the Golden State Warriors and I think that's it

[00:24:09] [SPEAKER_00]: We'll be so grateful Mike Brown, so great for Sacramento Kings

[00:24:13] [SPEAKER_00]: I know they finished third couple years ago and stuff like that and you know

[00:24:17] [SPEAKER_00]: But they were injured. This is now okay, therefore teen, your full team who's the better who's better team

[00:24:26] [SPEAKER_00]: And Sacramento has been a little brother to Golden State forever

[00:24:31] [SPEAKER_00]: When you have 16 year playoff crowd, this is what happens

[00:24:35] [SPEAKER_00]: But yes, we might be looking at a change like little brother might be wanting to be piece of chicken now, so we'll see how that goes

[00:24:44] [SPEAKER_00]: 47 and a half

[00:24:46] [SPEAKER_00]: I think this team plays hard. I think this team will play together. Mike Brown has brought some stability and has been there for a while

[00:24:56] [SPEAKER_00]: A lot of the pieces that are there are not new

[00:25:00] [SPEAKER_00]: So you're bringing in tomorrow to rose in as the enhancement piece, which are not bringing in like four five pieces

[00:25:06] [SPEAKER_00]: To change the whole dynamic of the team

[00:25:09] [SPEAKER_00]: So you got a lot of continuity in Sacramento, you have the coach, you have a star, you have a really like lunch pill

[00:25:19] [SPEAKER_00]: Type of second star, but he doesn't even act like that

[00:25:24] [SPEAKER_00]: 47 and a half is doable for the Sacramento Kings, no doubt. I would be very surprised

[00:25:31] [SPEAKER_00]: If Sacramento was not able to reach the heights of a 48 to 50 wins

[00:25:38] [SPEAKER_00]: Now we are going to move along here to the

[00:25:45] [SPEAKER_00]: We're going to move along to the clippers. Their over under is low, it's 39 and a half

[00:25:52] [SPEAKER_00]: Now the clippers, they're over under the Wantel over under and Vegas is 39 and a half

[00:26:01] [SPEAKER_00]: Woo

[00:26:04] [SPEAKER_00]: They were 51 and 31 last year

[00:26:09] [SPEAKER_00]: All George is now in Philly, so their total drop to 39 and a half down weight

[00:26:13] [SPEAKER_00]: Coil in Leonard still low managing this could be a rollercoaster season for the clock sentence clippers

[00:26:21] [SPEAKER_00]: Okay

[00:26:24] [SPEAKER_00]: We're going to say it again. I don't know

[00:26:27] [SPEAKER_00]: When you guys will get tired of it

[00:26:30] [SPEAKER_00]: I'm tired of it, but I don't know when you guys will get tired of it. When koai is healthy

[00:26:34] [SPEAKER_00]: He's one of the top five players in the league. You have a diameter 25 points again last year

[00:26:40] [SPEAKER_00]: Six and a half rebounds his player efficiency rating, which I think is absolute trash

[00:26:46] [SPEAKER_00]: I hate that stat

[00:26:47] [SPEAKER_00]: 24.9 the problem with koai is you can't depend on his health

[00:26:54] [SPEAKER_00]: And then

[00:26:56] [SPEAKER_00]: Once the health is somewhat of a mystery

[00:26:59] [SPEAKER_00]: There seems to be some

[00:27:04] [SPEAKER_00]: Tacked on time or whatever you want to call it and we never know

[00:27:08] [SPEAKER_00]: You'll they'll say lower about body injury and then once the surgeries are done

[00:27:13] [SPEAKER_00]: They'll say oh he had it clean up with the knee or

[00:27:17] [SPEAKER_00]: Whatever it is, but

[00:27:19] [SPEAKER_00]: It's really

[00:27:20] [SPEAKER_00]: It's really disappointing that we are coming into this situation again

[00:27:26] [SPEAKER_00]: And it's the same old song with koai Leonard

[00:27:32] [SPEAKER_00]: When he has been with the clippers

[00:27:35] [SPEAKER_00]: Okay

[00:27:35] [SPEAKER_00]: Now do I blame the clippers for signing koai Leonard to the extension in January of this year?

[00:27:47] [SPEAKER_00]: No, understand

[00:27:48] [SPEAKER_00]: Keep your assets

[00:27:52] [SPEAKER_00]: Could you have traded him for something? No, you couldn't have because they don't know what kind of availability they're getting

[00:27:59] [SPEAKER_00]: From a guy that would probably come in like a bunch of first round draft picks and or

[00:28:06] [SPEAKER_00]: No players going back that we not necessarily want to give up

[00:28:11] [SPEAKER_00]: But I will just say like this, you know koai is like a real poking man when you see him he's powerful

[00:28:16] [SPEAKER_00]: But you don't never know when you're going to show up

[00:28:24] [SPEAKER_00]: Jerry West said one time that players are extremely talented and they are

[00:28:33] [SPEAKER_00]: Athletically he thinks that basketball players or are the best athletes in the world

[00:28:40] [SPEAKER_00]: He was like

[00:28:43] [SPEAKER_00]: But you cannot tell what's underneath the hood

[00:28:48] [SPEAKER_00]: They can look like a gazelle

[00:28:51] [SPEAKER_00]: They can run like a Jaguar but they could be a monkey in the brain

[00:29:00] [SPEAKER_00]: Just you don't know what they're thinking or they think about

[00:29:05] [SPEAKER_00]: And when I say that and what I mean by that is this

[00:29:09] [SPEAKER_00]: Somebody told me not that long ago

[00:29:12] [SPEAKER_00]: Shout out to my guy in Houston

[00:29:15] [SPEAKER_00]: What he said is to me and this resonated with me and made me see things through a different lens

[00:29:22] [SPEAKER_00]: There are people in the NBA who like being in the NBA and there are people who are in the NBA

[00:29:30] [SPEAKER_00]: Who are dedicated themselves

[00:29:33] [SPEAKER_00]: To their task

[00:29:35] [SPEAKER_00]: You got to decide on what you want to be now

[00:29:40] [SPEAKER_00]: Let's talk about what else is going on with the clippers

[00:29:44] [SPEAKER_00]: The clippers growtting Chris done

[00:29:47] [SPEAKER_00]: Who is known for his defense they growtting a mobile who is known for his shot blocking

[00:29:52] [SPEAKER_00]: And they also added Kevin Porter Jr. as a wildcard to give them scoring punch

[00:29:59] [SPEAKER_00]: Now you let Russ go and you growtting Kevin Porter Jr

[00:30:05] [SPEAKER_00]: Kevin Porter Jr has been kicked off of two other teams

[00:30:12] [SPEAKER_00]: For various acts of immaturity

[00:30:17] [SPEAKER_00]: various acts of just anger issues or whatever

[00:30:22] [SPEAKER_00]: He's a very talented young man

[00:30:26] [SPEAKER_00]: There's been a lot of coaches have been able to vouch for him

[00:30:28] [SPEAKER_00]: There's a lot of player development people that have vouched for Kevin Porter Jr. the man

[00:30:33] [SPEAKER_00]: While he's seen to not be able to control himself

[00:30:38] [SPEAKER_00]: And that's what the clippers brought in

[00:30:41] [SPEAKER_00]: To their team now

[00:30:43] [SPEAKER_00]: Good notes

[00:30:45] [SPEAKER_00]: With Paul George leaving going to Philadelphia

[00:30:48] [SPEAKER_00]: You do get parents man to be able to get the playing time that he probably deserve last year

[00:30:56] [SPEAKER_00]: Man's energy and his versatility gives the clippers an edge in games where Kauai is resting

[00:31:03] [SPEAKER_00]: Man ability to play multiple positions

[00:31:06] [SPEAKER_00]: Will be crucial in filling in the gaps left by PG13

[00:31:12] [SPEAKER_00]: So I will tell you this

[00:31:15] [SPEAKER_00]: We got to hold that Terence man's hit if you're a clipper fan

[00:31:20] [SPEAKER_00]: Now our guy Tyrone Lue he's been dealt probably the worst hand of any really good coach out there

[00:31:30] [SPEAKER_00]: Just the whole situation with the if you want to call it

[00:31:35] [SPEAKER_00]: Fortune with the injuries with Kauai

[00:31:38] [SPEAKER_00]: And we'll have you but he's known for his adaptability and this season

[00:31:43] [SPEAKER_00]: It will be tested his creativity all of it will be tested he said we're going to keep

[00:31:49] [SPEAKER_00]: Mixing things up, but we will need to find consistency

[00:31:53] [SPEAKER_00]: It's all about winning the games you're supposed to win and keeping guys healthy for the playoffs

[00:32:01] [SPEAKER_00]: That's the thing this year when you lose Paul George you lose a significant piece

[00:32:06] [SPEAKER_00]: Now they do have talent, Norp Powell is there Jane Thornton resigned as well

[00:32:14] [SPEAKER_00]: Kauai maybe good rebounder

[00:32:17] [SPEAKER_00]: I mean there are some things there the probably this is that you got nothing to trade

[00:32:25] [SPEAKER_00]: Really

[00:32:26] [SPEAKER_00]: To add to this scene

[00:32:30] [SPEAKER_00]: Financially now that Paul George has gone and meet the cap that's great

[00:32:35] [SPEAKER_00]: But you can't spin over the cap this year

[00:32:39] [SPEAKER_00]: This is what this team is going to look like so Tyru Tyloo is going to have a big job in front of him

[00:32:48] [SPEAKER_00]: So here's what we do know about the clippers this year

[00:32:52] [SPEAKER_00]: They move into a brand new arena

[00:32:55] [SPEAKER_00]: It is state of the art it is beautiful they have a wall and it's a wall of noise

[00:33:02] [SPEAKER_00]: This is a wall of fans I can't wait to see it

[00:33:07] [SPEAKER_00]: They're a million toilets in this thing supposedly that is amazing

[00:33:13] [SPEAKER_00]: That might be the best part of the clippers this year folks that might be the best part

[00:33:19] [SPEAKER_00]: Sorry

[00:33:21] [SPEAKER_00]: All right we are going to move along to who else do we need to get oh I know you guys are waiting on the later they come it

[00:33:29] [SPEAKER_00]: We got to Phoenix and go and stay first so we'll do Phoenix and then we'll do the state and they'll we'll finish out

[00:33:36] [SPEAKER_00]: With my later thoughts all right

[00:33:39] [SPEAKER_00]: Phoenix I got Kevin Durant they got Devon Booker they were 49 and 33 last year

[00:33:45] [SPEAKER_00]: Their projected wind total is 48 and a half Kevin Booker Kevin Durant and Bradley Bill

[00:33:54] [SPEAKER_00]: That is their core

[00:33:56] [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, now Bradley Bill did his Bradley Bill thing missed a whole bunch of games

[00:34:03] [SPEAKER_00]: Andrew

[00:34:05] [SPEAKER_00]: But again this is

[00:34:08] [SPEAKER_00]: I think I said it on a podcast last year

[00:34:13] [SPEAKER_00]: Bradley Bill has played over 65 games like six years

[00:34:17] [SPEAKER_00]: That was going into last year

[00:34:19] [SPEAKER_00]: And then we repeated that situation again

[00:34:23] [SPEAKER_00]: So I'll say it for the public more more time

[00:34:27] [SPEAKER_00]: Bradley Bill has been played over 65 games in seven years

[00:34:33] [SPEAKER_00]: You guys thought that trend is going to break it any point because of Kevin Durant is fresh off a season where he averaged 29 points again seven point four rebounds a game

[00:34:44] [SPEAKER_00]: He also averaged 5.1 assists his true shooting percentage was 66.5

[00:34:51] [SPEAKER_00]: Ray Tim near the top of the league showing he still is one of the most efficient scores

[00:34:57] [SPEAKER_00]: And all the NBA

[00:34:59] [SPEAKER_00]: Meanwhile, Kevin Booker put a 27.8 points five and a half assists

[00:35:05] [SPEAKER_00]: He shot 35.5% from three low low as far as offense as far as pure offense

[00:35:13] [SPEAKER_00]: This is about as good as it's going to get Kevin Durant and Devon Booker

[00:35:19] [SPEAKER_00]: Now you had a consistent three with them like Bradley Bill

[00:35:22] [SPEAKER_00]: It might be able to work but the problem is we can't count on Bradley Bill to play more than 60 someone again

[00:35:29] [SPEAKER_00]: You got a count for a quarter of the season where that guy is not going to be in there

[00:35:32] [SPEAKER_00]: And then you're putting stress on somebody like Kevin Durant who's 36 years of age

[00:35:38] [SPEAKER_00]: Also Devon Booker doesn't have the cleanest injury history in his career

[00:35:43] [SPEAKER_00]: So you got three guys who are often injured

[00:35:46] [SPEAKER_00]: Where is the continuity going to come from if they're never planned together?

[00:35:51] [SPEAKER_00]: And we saw it in full display in the playoffs

[00:35:56] [SPEAKER_00]: They got trashed

[00:36:00] [SPEAKER_00]: And I am now you can say hey Vince let's talk about their key additions

[00:36:06] [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, let's talk about the key additions

[00:36:08] [SPEAKER_00]: Ty's Jones

[00:36:09] [SPEAKER_00]: Was one of the most savvy offseason moves that was made

[00:36:15] [SPEAKER_00]: It cleared a glaring need of Phoenix needed a point guard

[00:36:23] [SPEAKER_00]: He's a stabilizing point guard, which is a position to need that Phoenix needed to go ahead and clear up

[00:36:28] [SPEAKER_00]: He ever just his assist to turn over ratio is ridiculous

[00:36:33] [SPEAKER_00]: This is 5.1 assist to turn over

[00:36:36] [SPEAKER_00]: So he takes care of the ball like on an extreme level

[00:36:39] [SPEAKER_00]: The other thing with him is old that he's trustworthy with a ball

[00:36:44] [SPEAKER_00]: More trustworthy than Kevin Durant with a burner phone in his hand and an open Twitter account

[00:36:53] [SPEAKER_00]: The sun's also picked up Mason Plumley

[00:36:56] [SPEAKER_00]: That's a big pick up because you have now a second big for the Nurkage played as well as he possibly could last year

[00:37:04] [SPEAKER_00]: What having another big who can provide some defensive flexibility and also be able to set some screens for these other guys is paramount

[00:37:14] [SPEAKER_00]: Mason Plumley's defense of rewouting percentage was 22.1

[00:37:18] [SPEAKER_00]: Where ranks him one of the best backups in the league at that situation

[00:37:23] [SPEAKER_00]: And then they picked up Monty Morris and this was Zach Harper had to say of the athletic

[00:37:29] [SPEAKER_00]: Morris doesn't turn the ball over and also he sneaky good mid range score in a playoff series

[00:37:36] [SPEAKER_00]: He could win you a game

[00:37:37] [SPEAKER_00]: So that's our guy checking in from the athletic doctor Harper

[00:37:42] [SPEAKER_00]: And then they changed the coach right they go from Frank Vogue to Mike Boonehoser

[00:37:49] [SPEAKER_00]: Now Mike Boonehoser's known for his defense drop coverage. What have you?

[00:37:55] [SPEAKER_00]: He said in his press conference we know we can score but defensive is where championships are won

[00:38:02] [SPEAKER_00]: The sons were in the middle of the pack defensively last year with a defensive rating of 113.8 which ranked down 14th in the NBA

[00:38:12] [SPEAKER_00]: They're buck is sure up their defense

[00:38:16] [SPEAKER_00]: He can get them like eight somewhere in there

[00:38:20] [SPEAKER_00]: This gonna be a hell of a team deal with what do we think about the things sons this year?

[00:38:25] [SPEAKER_00]: I think they have more depth than they did last year

[00:38:29] [SPEAKER_00]: That's gonna be helpful

[00:38:31] [SPEAKER_00]: I think that you can hope for injury fortune

[00:38:40] [SPEAKER_00]: I don't buy that

[00:38:45] [SPEAKER_00]: But I think you have enough talent to go ahead and win this division

[00:38:51] [SPEAKER_00]: I do

[00:38:52] [SPEAKER_00]: It's gonna be a dog fight because I don't think there's not one special team in this division

[00:38:57] [SPEAKER_00]: But if you tell me that the Phoenix sons won 50 games this year, I will not be surprised

[00:39:02] [SPEAKER_00]: They got too much talent

[00:39:04] [SPEAKER_00]: Now if you tell me it's gonna be completely injured by a December

[00:39:09] [SPEAKER_00]: Then yeah we could change that but I don't know

[00:39:12] [SPEAKER_00]: Let's move on to the gunstay warriors

[00:39:17] [SPEAKER_00]: Gunstay warriors were 46 and 36 last year

[00:39:20] [SPEAKER_00]: They have a project at win total of 44 and a half this year

[00:39:26] [SPEAKER_00]: They lost clay Thompson

[00:39:28] [SPEAKER_00]: It feels that every time I say that it just it stings a little bit

[00:39:33] [SPEAKER_00]: But fear not dev nation

[00:39:38] [SPEAKER_00]: You got a splash cousin in return

[00:39:45] [SPEAKER_00]: From Jamaica Mon

[00:39:48] [SPEAKER_00]: So here's a deal

[00:39:51] [SPEAKER_00]: Here's the thing you lose clay Thompson, you still have stealth carry

[00:39:54] [SPEAKER_00]: I was 30 points again last year

[00:39:57] [SPEAKER_00]: His true shooting percentage was 64.5

[00:40:00] [SPEAKER_00]: Which is crazy for the volume that he shoots at

[00:40:05] [SPEAKER_00]: He's the warriors entire offense

[00:40:07] [SPEAKER_00]: He's the engine, he's the alpha he might be the Omega

[00:40:11] [SPEAKER_00]: He's the complete son to whatever goes on in Golden State

[00:40:17] [SPEAKER_00]: You have to defend him when he's on-bog

[00:40:22] [SPEAKER_00]: He is more dangerous off-bog than he is on-bog

[00:40:29] [SPEAKER_00]: Because people lose track of them and he's always on the move

[00:40:34] [SPEAKER_00]: Hent to trade young in Atlanta

[00:40:39] [SPEAKER_00]: You can't hit which can't see

[00:40:44] [SPEAKER_00]: And if it doesn't stand still you don't sure any going hit it

[00:40:48] [SPEAKER_00]: So with that being said we know for one thing

[00:40:52] [SPEAKER_00]: We're gonna see some logo three this year

[00:40:55] [SPEAKER_00]: We're gonna see some shimmies

[00:40:56] [SPEAKER_00]: We're gonna see some night nights

[00:40:59] [SPEAKER_00]: We're gonna see all of that

[00:41:01] [SPEAKER_00]: Now the rest is team

[00:41:03] [SPEAKER_00]: I have no idea

[00:41:04] [SPEAKER_00]: No clue about what's going on there

[00:41:08] [SPEAKER_00]: Here's some of the key additions that they brought in

[00:41:10] [SPEAKER_00]: Do you have any meltin?

[00:41:12] [SPEAKER_00]: Who is a defensive guard but also can shoot the three

[00:41:15] [SPEAKER_00]: But he healed, this is the splash

[00:41:18] [SPEAKER_00]: Because I was talking about the splash cousin from Jamaica, Odette, buddy

[00:41:22] [SPEAKER_00]: It's gonna bring the vibes and everything like that

[00:41:26] [SPEAKER_00]: And he got shooting some threes

[00:41:27] [SPEAKER_00]: So you got another volume three point shooter in buddy heal

[00:41:33] [SPEAKER_00]: Meltin will provide a

[00:41:36] [SPEAKER_00]: Parameter defensive situation that is much needed for the ghost state warriors

[00:41:40] [SPEAKER_00]: His defensive balk plus minus was 1.7 plus last year

[00:41:45] [SPEAKER_00]: He's got a lot of good gun guards

[00:41:47] [SPEAKER_00]: Me, while buddy heal shot 42.5% from three

[00:41:53] [SPEAKER_00]: In honestly, here's their X factor

[00:41:56] [SPEAKER_00]: His giant thin commingah and boy is he an X factor

[00:42:00] [SPEAKER_00]: He did not get his contract extension

[00:42:05] [SPEAKER_00]: Now remember Jonathan commingalash year not towards the end of the year

[00:42:10] [SPEAKER_00]: But let's talk at the start of the year

[00:42:12] [SPEAKER_00]: Jonathan commingah around Christmas time with his

[00:42:17] [SPEAKER_00]: Blurton out to reporters talking about my development pathway here is an absolute joke

[00:42:23] [SPEAKER_00]: They don't know how to use me and we'll have you

[00:42:27] [SPEAKER_00]: Steve Kerr came about and said if this dude would rebound he could play

[00:42:31] [SPEAKER_00]: He don't rebound so he's not gonna play

[00:42:36] [SPEAKER_00]: Now when Kerr needed Jonathan commingah

[00:42:39] [SPEAKER_00]: We did get to see the

[00:42:43] [SPEAKER_00]: Uber athletic and commingas defensive versatility and his ability to finish at the realm

[00:42:50] [SPEAKER_00]: Are what the warriors need to offset someone losses that they receive during the off season

[00:42:57] [SPEAKER_00]: Here's a problem

[00:42:59] [SPEAKER_00]: Now he's not getting his money

[00:43:02] [SPEAKER_00]: So he was complaining about plan time last year and not being developed correctly

[00:43:07] [SPEAKER_00]: And now we go into this year and now his money's not right

[00:43:11] [SPEAKER_00]: Good luck to you my darling, Virginia and good luck to you my guy

[00:43:15] [SPEAKER_00]: Alright, let's talk about Steve Kerr's coaching philosophy

[00:43:18] [SPEAKER_00]: He wants to coach the beautiful game, okay

[00:43:22] [SPEAKER_00]: Steve Kerr to me is the closest thing to

[00:43:27] [SPEAKER_00]: Premier League soccer that we got in the NBA so listen bear with me

[00:43:34] [SPEAKER_00]: They want to play this beautiful moving every it's almost like a turn style and everybody's just

[00:43:43] [SPEAKER_00]: But let it can you know the ball is just popping here there everywhere

[00:43:46] [SPEAKER_00]: And you don't know who's gonna take the shot and all this other stuff and then all of a sudden

[00:43:52] [SPEAKER_00]: There's stuff standing 27 feet away from the 3.0

[00:43:56] [SPEAKER_00]: And the ball is going into hoop

[00:43:58] [SPEAKER_00]: The thing about it is that you also have now Jonathan coming in a you also have Moses moody

[00:44:04] [SPEAKER_00]: You also have Brandon Posoninski you have guys and oh trace Jackson Davis those guys want to play picking role

[00:44:14] [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, that's what they want to play

[00:44:17] [SPEAKER_00]: Jonathan coming in wants to get down here

[00:44:21] [SPEAKER_00]: All this movement and oh if this space if the

[00:44:27] [SPEAKER_00]: Second-side guy

[00:44:30] [SPEAKER_00]: Crash is in then you're supposed to take up that space and that's how we keep the floor open for stuff and all these other things

[00:44:41] [SPEAKER_00]: One of the criticisms of Steve Kerr

[00:44:45] [SPEAKER_00]: Is that he's been a like married to his system

[00:44:50] [SPEAKER_00]: And didn't adapt to the like players that he had around him

[00:44:56] [SPEAKER_00]: Go see James Weisman

[00:44:58] [SPEAKER_00]: Right now we could talk about James Weisman being like disappointment or a bust

[00:45:05] [SPEAKER_00]: But I don't know if we did him any favors as far as the developmental path in Golden State

[00:45:11] [SPEAKER_00]: I think we can all agree on that

[00:45:14] [SPEAKER_00]: And as we're looking and seeing what Caminga and Moses moody has gone through

[00:45:19] [SPEAKER_00]: It's funny

[00:45:20] [SPEAKER_00]: They draft a player that fits Steve Kerr system and he flushes right away

[00:45:27] [SPEAKER_00]: Branding pod draft the guys that fit his system then is there a trade?

[00:45:33] [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know this is not the this particular podcast, but these pieces don't fit they just don't

[00:45:42] [SPEAKER_00]: I'm having a hard time and I love the Golden State Warriors

[00:45:47] [SPEAKER_00]: I love stuff, I love the way he plays the game when Drainman is not crazy and not trying to kill people

[00:45:53] [SPEAKER_00]: I love that, I love the way he plays the game

[00:45:57] [SPEAKER_00]: But there comes a day where like bro this is not working

[00:46:01] [SPEAKER_00]: And we need to switch it up

[00:46:04] [SPEAKER_00]: And I think that day it's come

[00:46:07] [SPEAKER_00]: Now, Drainman is still Drainman

[00:46:10] [SPEAKER_00]: Which is polite way of saying that expect at least one of suspension this year

[00:46:17] [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe he should go sign up for a weekend at Rashid Wallace's anger management for champions camp

[00:46:26] [SPEAKER_00]: So I'm gonna paint you guys a picture Rashid Wallace is one of the greatest power force to ever have played this game

[00:46:32] [SPEAKER_00]: Rashid Wallace also got a ton of technical files

[00:46:36] [SPEAKER_00]: He got a lot of technical files in Portland

[00:46:40] [SPEAKER_00]: He got a lot of technical files in Detroit

[00:46:43] [SPEAKER_00]: He just got a lot of technical files in Washington DC

[00:46:46] [SPEAKER_00]: He just like getting technical files a lot

[00:46:49] [SPEAKER_00]: Drainman green also, lots of technical files

[00:46:55] [SPEAKER_00]: So I want to just take you to a place where you oversee the ocean

[00:47:01] [SPEAKER_00]: Now the wind, oh not in Drainman's case

[00:47:05] [SPEAKER_00]: But you get to deal the wind is working through your hair

[00:47:09] [SPEAKER_00]: The sun is coming down, it's like orange and peach and whatever

[00:47:14] [SPEAKER_00]: Now you got some land in on

[00:47:16] [SPEAKER_00]: You're looking like retrospectively into the sea

[00:47:24] [SPEAKER_00]: And then Rashid Wallace comes on and says

[00:47:29] [SPEAKER_00]: Do you have a problem with dumb referees?

[00:47:34] [SPEAKER_00]: Do you have a problem with coaches that do not allow you to express yourself the way you would like to express yourself?

[00:47:45] [SPEAKER_00]: Do you have a podcast that you can go trash people on and then when you get in front of the media, you tell them no comment

[00:47:56] [SPEAKER_00]: Then when you should come to Rashid Wallace's rehab camp for champions

[00:48:04] [SPEAKER_00]: I'm telling you man, I'm telling you this is big, is box office, Rashid Wallace, you welcome

[00:48:11] [SPEAKER_00]: Go ahead and put your name on that

[00:48:14] [SPEAKER_00]: You can go grab a little problem child

[00:48:17] [SPEAKER_00]: You're probably children in the NBA

[00:48:20] [SPEAKER_00]: And you can go and like a rehab thing

[00:48:23] [SPEAKER_00]: And you can actually put it on TV and the NBA will pay you because they're going to need content

[00:48:31] [SPEAKER_00]: Because we try to go digital on this situation

[00:48:35] [SPEAKER_00]: So I'll say this

[00:48:38] [SPEAKER_00]: It's hard for me to think that they can't achieve their win total this year

[00:48:43] [SPEAKER_00]: But there's a lot going on, 44 is a big client for what they're trying to do this year

[00:48:50] [SPEAKER_00]: But I like playing this game a lot, I take what they've done in all seasons

[00:48:54] [SPEAKER_00]: So personally I think they'll be able to go with that 44

[00:48:58] [SPEAKER_00]: And now we get to the Lakers

[00:49:01] [SPEAKER_00]: And we say this for last because

[00:49:04] [SPEAKER_00]: Well, this is my team and this is who I'm going

[00:49:09] [SPEAKER_00]: Go off on, alright, the Lakers

[00:49:12] [SPEAKER_00]: Last year, 4735

[00:49:15] [SPEAKER_00]: But the sports books have projected the Lakers at 43 and a half wins

[00:49:21] [SPEAKER_00]: Logron James is still defined by the time

[00:49:25] [SPEAKER_00]: He but he and Anthony Davis need to stay healthy and to surpass this win total this year

[00:49:34] [SPEAKER_00]: Because there aren't any moves in the Aussies

[00:49:39] [SPEAKER_00]: Let's talk about it, little bit

[00:49:40] [SPEAKER_00]: The bronze James last year, average 28.6 points again

[00:49:45] [SPEAKER_00]: Revalued to gain is 6.9 to 6

[00:49:49] [SPEAKER_00]: Entering is 22nd year

[00:49:51] [SPEAKER_00]: Anthony Davis

[00:49:53] [SPEAKER_00]: 24.4 points again, 10.5 rebounds

[00:49:57] [SPEAKER_00]: He remained healthy, that was the key to Anthony Davis last year

[00:50:03] [SPEAKER_00]: That was the key to LeBron last year

[00:50:06] [SPEAKER_00]: And they still won 47 games

[00:50:11] [SPEAKER_00]: My whole thing is, do you think you're going to get the same injury

[00:50:13] [SPEAKER_00]: Fortune that you had last year?

[00:50:16] [SPEAKER_00]: Like me, Nish

[00:50:17] [SPEAKER_00]: They're cute, Dician is obviously, I think personally they it was a steal in the draft

[00:50:22] [SPEAKER_00]: They added Dalton to connect the sharp shooter who was out of Tennessee

[00:50:28] [SPEAKER_00]: He's had a tremendous story when he south to co-state

[00:50:31] [SPEAKER_00]: Just a couple of Jukeles and whatever case ain't be this is a dead eye shooter

[00:50:37] [SPEAKER_00]: He's got a lot of new people, a new movement, he can shoot it

[00:50:38] [SPEAKER_00]: So just stepping out in the three, he can get it off the bounce

[00:50:43] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I like Dalton connect

[00:50:45] [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know if he'll get a lot of plant on this year

[00:50:47] [SPEAKER_00]: We'll see, I know that Christy is in front of him

[00:50:51] [SPEAKER_00]: I know that Gabe Davis, they obviously invested a lot in last year

[00:50:55] [SPEAKER_00]: But didn't get any return on their investment

[00:50:58] [SPEAKER_00]: No, and they're hoping to get something this year

[00:51:01] [SPEAKER_00]: And then you also have the barricade that is the Angela Russell

[00:51:05] [SPEAKER_00]: And Austin Reeves in the back court as well

[00:51:08] [SPEAKER_00]: So Dalton connect is the only owing

[00:51:11] [SPEAKER_00]: That could be a point where you can put him out there

[00:51:15] [SPEAKER_00]: Now if he's out there, I'm definitely thinking that Gabe, Vincent is out there

[00:51:21] [SPEAKER_00]: And maybe even Jared Vanderwilt is out there

[00:51:25] [SPEAKER_00]: And then maybe you have you offensive up with the four five position

[00:51:29] [SPEAKER_00]: But Dalton connect is going to have to show that he can defend

[00:51:34] [SPEAKER_00]: Because the sharks will be in the water and they're not going to be able to smell blood

[00:51:38] [SPEAKER_00]: They are going to put him in every picking role situation, imagine a bull

[00:51:43] [SPEAKER_00]: And they are going to try to play him off the court

[00:51:48] [SPEAKER_00]: Distinguting no problem, he will shoot four gook percentage

[00:51:52] [SPEAKER_00]: The problem is will he be able to play defense

[00:51:54] [SPEAKER_00]: The X-actor is Austin Reeves now

[00:51:57] [SPEAKER_00]: If you listen to JJ Reddick who's the new head coach of the lake

[00:52:00] [SPEAKER_00]: Or is this that he has big plans for Austin Reeves

[00:52:06] [SPEAKER_00]: According to Zaglow, Reeves is more than a role player

[00:52:11] [SPEAKER_00]: He's developing into a legitimate offense creator

[00:52:14] [SPEAKER_00]: He's going to take a lot of pressure off the brunt and AD

[00:52:21] [SPEAKER_00]: All right, culture philosophy for JJ Reddick

[00:52:23] [SPEAKER_00]: Inphasizes shooting pace

[00:52:25] [SPEAKER_00]: He says he wants to play fast

[00:52:29] [SPEAKER_00]: Take a lot of threes

[00:52:32] [SPEAKER_00]: And let LeBron and AD operate in space

[00:52:34] [SPEAKER_00]: The lake is often narrating was 13.9 last year

[00:52:38] [SPEAKER_00]: But Reddick system could boost that with sp- if the space improves

[00:52:44] [SPEAKER_00]: Now here's the thing

[00:52:46] [SPEAKER_00]: We all tell the jokes and listen

[00:52:50] [SPEAKER_00]: Okay

[00:52:51] [SPEAKER_00]: I wouldn't be somebody who was truthful

[00:52:55] [SPEAKER_00]: We also got LeBron James Jr

[00:52:58] [SPEAKER_00]: LeBron James Jr with the 50 fifth overall selection

[00:53:02] [SPEAKER_00]: Y'all can go ahead and laugh now

[00:53:04] [SPEAKER_00]: He needs a lot of work

[00:53:09] [SPEAKER_00]: There's no question, there's no, you know, I'm not saying he's not talented

[00:53:13] [SPEAKER_00]: I'm not saying that he's not worthy

[00:53:14] [SPEAKER_00]: All I'm saying is that he's going to need a lot of work

[00:53:17] [SPEAKER_00]: Because he's not very big

[00:53:20] [SPEAKER_00]: They say the handle is not as great as it needs to be

[00:53:24] [SPEAKER_00]: He's going to have to defend

[00:53:26] [SPEAKER_00]: He's going to have to shoot the wall

[00:53:29] [SPEAKER_00]: And he's going to have to learn how to move or move without the ball

[00:53:33] [SPEAKER_00]: This takes time

[00:53:36] [SPEAKER_00]: You know what I'm saying? If you'll die of this here

[00:53:38] [SPEAKER_00]: And he's still blowing

[00:53:40] [SPEAKER_00]: That's all I care about

[00:53:41] [SPEAKER_00]: The RON AD play 60 plus games

[00:53:45] [SPEAKER_00]: It's a short bet that they can

[00:53:47] [SPEAKER_00]: They play 65 plus games

[00:53:49] [SPEAKER_00]: It's a short bet that they'll be able to go over 43 and a half

[00:53:54] [SPEAKER_00]: Also, here's the other thing

[00:53:56] [SPEAKER_00]: Atlanta has their pick

[00:53:57] [SPEAKER_00]: Best believe that the Lakers in less injury

[00:54:02] [SPEAKER_00]: Fortune does not smile upon them

[00:54:04] [SPEAKER_00]: They will do everything in their power

[00:54:07] [SPEAKER_00]: To be good this year

[00:54:09] [SPEAKER_00]: So I don't look at 43 and a half being a problem

[00:54:11] [SPEAKER_00]: For them whatsoever

[00:54:12] [SPEAKER_00]: Even though the West is stacked

[00:54:14] [SPEAKER_00]: And we'll have you. They're going to pick off somebody's

[00:54:16] [SPEAKER_00]: We know our franchisees

[00:54:18] [SPEAKER_00]: You know when they go back east

[00:54:19] [SPEAKER_00]: Like Brooklyn and Washington

[00:54:24] [SPEAKER_00]: Detoured people like that

[00:54:25] [SPEAKER_00]: But I think what we're also going to see

[00:54:29] [SPEAKER_00]: Is that hopefully

[00:54:31] [SPEAKER_00]: With the emergence of the young talent

[00:54:33] [SPEAKER_00]: It's like Max Christie and we'll have you

[00:54:38] [SPEAKER_00]: And hell

[00:54:39] [SPEAKER_00]: What the hell we're going to give from gay events

[00:54:42] [SPEAKER_00]: And what are we going to give from gay events in this year?

[00:54:45] [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know

[00:54:46] [SPEAKER_00]: But with that being said

[00:54:47] [SPEAKER_00]: I think the Lakers will definitely do that

[00:54:49] [SPEAKER_00]: They'll get over 43 and a half

[00:54:51] [SPEAKER_00]: I don't think it'll be much more than that

[00:54:53] [SPEAKER_00]: But we'll see if there's a trade involved

[00:54:56] [SPEAKER_00]: We will see

[00:54:58] [SPEAKER_00]: We do have one other thing that we want to get to today

[00:55:01] [SPEAKER_00]: And it was something that

[00:55:03] [SPEAKER_00]: FUNCH brought up to us

[00:55:06] [SPEAKER_00]: Late in the game

[00:55:07] [SPEAKER_00]: But it was so good

[00:55:10] [SPEAKER_00]: And we want to shout out our guy Eric Pinkus for this

[00:55:13] [SPEAKER_00]: Because it was a three-teen trade

[00:55:16] [SPEAKER_00]: And the only reason we're doing it is because

[00:55:19] [SPEAKER_00]: It made a whole hell of a lot of sense

[00:55:23] [SPEAKER_00]: To everybody on this podcast

[00:55:26] [SPEAKER_00]: So let's talk about it

[00:55:29] [SPEAKER_00]: So again, this is Eric Pinkus of bleacher report

[00:55:31] [SPEAKER_00]: He had a three-teen trade that he did

[00:55:34] [SPEAKER_00]: I want to say what was it?

[00:55:36] [SPEAKER_00]: He did this yesterday

[00:55:38] [SPEAKER_00]: All right, cool. All right, so the three-teen's involved

[00:55:43] [SPEAKER_00]: Where the Orlando magic

[00:55:46] [SPEAKER_00]: The Indian of Paces and the Brooklyn Nets

[00:55:49] [SPEAKER_00]: Now

[00:55:51] [SPEAKER_00]: The magic would get Dory and Fini Smith from the Nets

[00:55:54] [SPEAKER_00]: They would get Isaiah Jackson from the Paces

[00:55:57] [SPEAKER_00]: And they would also get a two million dollar trade exception

[00:56:00] [SPEAKER_00]: For Caleb Houston

[00:56:02] [SPEAKER_00]: The Paces would get window-carder Jr from the Magic

[00:56:07] [SPEAKER_00]: They would get Jarris Walker from the Paces

[00:56:10] [SPEAKER_00]: Caleb will get Caleb Houston from the Magic

[00:56:13] [SPEAKER_00]: And a 14.9 million dollar trade exception

[00:56:17] [SPEAKER_00]: For Dory and Fini Smith

[00:56:20] [SPEAKER_00]: The reason why I

[00:56:23] [SPEAKER_00]: Look at this trade

[00:56:25] [SPEAKER_00]: And thought anything about it was two things

[00:56:28] [SPEAKER_00]: I was like, if you look at it from one way

[00:56:31] [SPEAKER_00]: If you get Dory and Fini Smith

[00:56:33] [SPEAKER_00]: To the magic, this insurance for Fros Wagner

[00:56:37] [SPEAKER_00]: Fini Smith can knock down the three

[00:56:40] [SPEAKER_00]: So, more do second play the wing position

[00:56:44] [SPEAKER_00]: Play defense

[00:56:45] [SPEAKER_00]: This is good for your team

[00:56:49] [SPEAKER_00]: Isaiah Jackson would be

[00:56:52] [SPEAKER_00]: The big that will be coming back

[00:56:54] [SPEAKER_00]: As far as this concern

[00:56:56] [SPEAKER_00]: I like this deal for the magic

[00:56:58] [SPEAKER_00]: Now you could say hey who's going to play center

[00:57:02] [SPEAKER_00]: There's a lot of things

[00:57:04] [SPEAKER_00]: We could talk about there but they have a lot of centers

[00:57:06] [SPEAKER_00]: They would go to the top say they have

[00:57:09] [SPEAKER_00]: There's a lot of centers so

[00:57:10] [SPEAKER_00]: It's like oh wow

[00:57:12] [SPEAKER_00]: The reason why I like this the most is because I'm a little selfish

[00:57:15] [SPEAKER_00]: I would love to see Jarris Walker be able to play

[00:57:18] [SPEAKER_00]: And I don't know if Jarris Walker is going to be able to get

[00:57:23] [SPEAKER_00]: Like his full compliment of time with the Indian apacist

[00:57:27] [SPEAKER_00]: Because they're looking to win

[00:57:29] [SPEAKER_00]: And anytime you can

[00:57:33] [SPEAKER_00]: Allow development to happen

[00:57:35] [SPEAKER_00]: Especially when you're talking about luck a top five pick

[00:57:38] [SPEAKER_00]: That's what Jarris Walker was coming out of Houston

[00:57:41] [SPEAKER_00]: These are the type of things that makes sense

[00:57:45] [SPEAKER_00]: And also if you look at where he is on the pecking order

[00:57:50] [SPEAKER_00]: For Indiana

[00:57:52] [SPEAKER_00]: Where window Carter

[00:57:55] [SPEAKER_00]: Junior makes a lot of sense because window Carter

[00:57:57] [SPEAKER_00]: Junior can play the mouse

[00:57:59] [SPEAKER_00]: Turn it roll or he can play the passcode

[00:58:03] [SPEAKER_00]: Not the passcode of Siocaro fully

[00:58:05] [SPEAKER_00]: But what I mean is that you could play double bigs with Turner and window Carter Junior

[00:58:10] [SPEAKER_00]: Or you can have Pascal Siocco and window Carter Junior in there

[00:58:15] [SPEAKER_00]: He does a lot of flexibility that gives that to the

[00:58:19] [SPEAKER_00]: He pays her so that would be the reason to give up Jarris Walker

[00:58:22] [SPEAKER_00]: Is that not only are you getting somebody that you know can play

[00:58:28] [SPEAKER_00]: You're getting somebody who definitely fits your system and fits into

[00:58:33] [SPEAKER_00]: What his role is as a big on Orlando

[00:58:37] [SPEAKER_00]: He could just basically take that role and bring it right to Indiana as well

[00:58:42] [SPEAKER_00]: I like this idea shots off to our guy Eric Pinkus

[00:58:45] [SPEAKER_00]: Because getting Jarris Walker to the net window Carter Junior to the Pacers

[00:58:51] [SPEAKER_00]: As they are Jackson as a backup big is not bad

[00:58:55] [SPEAKER_00]: And then just bringing in another window that can shoot it helps the spacing for

[00:59:02] [SPEAKER_00]: Though Orlando magic and really ideally what you're trying to do is get to a point where Paulo has enough spacing and hasn't up freedom

[00:59:09] [SPEAKER_00]: Because he's a free train running downhill

[00:59:13] [SPEAKER_00]: So with that being said we're going to check up out here

[00:59:17] [SPEAKER_00]: I know that you can hear all the down snoring in the background

[00:59:20] [SPEAKER_00]: So you should, yeah

[00:59:23] [SPEAKER_00]: Anyways, with that being said, the best part of you is you

[00:59:26] [SPEAKER_00]: Make sure that you are taking care of yourself today

[00:59:29] [SPEAKER_00]: Make sure that the people who are surrounding you are bringing nothing but light to your situation

[00:59:36] [SPEAKER_00]: So you can be the best you can be and then go out there and help somebody

[00:59:40] [SPEAKER_00]: Do some goodness, world and we'll see you back on this feed on Monday

[00:59:45] [SPEAKER_00]: Dooses