 What's the world y'all welcome back to call game Kenny frill whatever you want to call it man the last 30 to 35 hours in the NBA world have been Ridiculous, and I'm here to talk about it before we do that here's some housekeeping things I won't be able to post an episode of the call game recap over the next couple days because I have a work trip I will be going to LA to film some things and because of that. I won't be able to do these recaps I mean unless something ridiculous that if something ridiculous happens I will almost have my phone and I will do a selfie style But that's only on extreme circumstances big trades or whatever my trip to LA is related to this thing I told y'all they call games expanding and when I'm in LA We're filming with NBA players. It's all I'm saying. It's all I'm really saying I won't give away anything else, but I'm filming NBA players and every time I'm next to an NBA player I realize how short I really am I'm clocked in at like 5 7, but when you stand next to somebody that's an NBA that's 6 6 6 7 You really I picked the wrong profession to be in basically because of my height anyway I want to talk about this last 30 to 35 hours because here are the three major events to happen in the NBA that have Adam Silver Probably making calls trying to do damage control So it starts off Charles Barkley who's supposed to be this component of the NBA He's supposed to be a backer an analyst comes out and basically said on national TV in front of everybody He hates the NBA right now He hates the product that he has to watch every single night Adam Silver probably not happy about that Then the same night LeBron James calls out the NBA and Adam Silver for for a putting on an all-star game when it probably ain't the safest Probably ain't the best for him. And then lastly today. We had this whole virus thing dealing with Kevin Durant Adam Silver is probably doing a lot. I mean a lot of damage control I want to focus on today and not really talk about Charles Barkley in LeBron's takes and and I mean Maybe I will eventually depending on what LeBron decides to do because that's a big F if LeBron decides to set out I don't even know what's gonna happen. Anyway, let's talk about the Kevin Durant thing and everything I'm gonna say is my opinion because even right now Things are a bit murky because I don't really understand what the NBA was going. Okay, so this is my understanding of it So Kevin Durant they have to lay scratch it because they think he has been in contact with somebody that might have the virus They aren't sure if the person has the virus, but he might have the vibe They might have the virus so Kevin Durant close close proximity your lay game scratch makes sense to me That's being cautious. I think that's what most people would do Most most people think is the right idea, but halfway through the first quarter. They're like, you know what Kevin? We think you good bro Go who go who and they loud enough for a quarter in the half And I'm like, you know what Kevin the person that we you are in contact with does have the virus get him out of here And Kevin Durant calls out the NBA for being fake cautious because at the end of the day That's what it is And this is my personal opinion if somebody has been in contact with somebody that they believe might have the virus Steer on the side of caution and not allow this player to play But I always have to realize that the NBA is a business and that's why we will have an all-star game And that's why Kevin Durant was probably pushed to play a nasty televised game I wonder if this was Reggie Perry instead of Kevin Durant if the NBA tackles it a little bit different Because let's be realistic the average NBA fan they they see that Kevin Durant is not playing today Maybe they turn off that game. You know what I'm saying? I I don't understand what the NBA was thinking and now Kevin Durant can't travel even though We don't even know if he doesn't if he does or doesn't have the virus He's gonna continue to have to test and test and test anyway It's just a weird situation and let's let's get to actual talking about the basketball that was on the court The Toronto Raptors get a big and I mean a big time win that propels the frog I think they were the 10 C going into this all the way up to the 60 That's how close the race is right now in the Easter and Western Conference But it's a really really big win Nick nursing company had this goal to basically run the zone for a majority of it and not allow these Isolation heavy players to isolate at the end of the day when James Harden had the ball they sent the W a double and and James Harden did a great job of finding his teammates and not allowing the Offensive become stagnant because he was getting double But the Raptors did not allow him to get off shots the fact that I don't know how many shots in the end up with He ended up with eight shot attempts Is that an all-time low as far as star James Harden I'm sure he's done it when he was coming off the bench and stuff But star James Harden that is extremely extremely low and that is because of the defensive plans from Nick nurse and the Toronto Raptors Like I said, this is a very big win for them because they they figured out that they had a matchup nightmare Or Pascal Siakham pretty much being guarded by anybody on the Brooklyn that's no matter who he had on his back on that block He can do a spin move he could do whatever he needs to do and he could get them buckets And there are portions of this game where I thought he was gonna struggle I'm like, I guess he did struggle missing two to three in a row But they kept going back to and he kept going back to and he ended up hitting some big big shots And he shot nine for ten from the free throw lab which helps but the big thing here is Cal Laurie Yes, I said a Cal Laurie start off the game like one for six one for seven And there were Fred Van Vleet also shooting bad This was like a recipe for a game where the Raptors lose but Cal Laurie picks it up He ends up scoring 30 ends up playmaking ends all over the place offensively and defensively now What people really want to talk about between this game the Bulls game with the with the magic the New Orleans Pelicans and Enina Pacers This was a weird day for officiating, right? Cal Laurie ends up doing his best Nelly impression because he gets hit so hard his eyes starts to bleed And now that I say that I'm sure that majority of the people watching this video Don't understand a Nelly reference because y'all to be y'all are young bro I realized that a lot of people watch these videos are actually really long you're really young But anyway, the officiating is this is my take on officiating at the end of the day It is a man-made job and because of that they have eyes like us, right? So there will be missed calls there will be phantom calls But my only complaint about it because I know that with the end of the day some games will be lost to officiating It's just the way it is as long as it is a man-made job. Some games will be lost to officiating But here's my opinion on it. It has to somehow become Consistent on what's a foul and what's not a foul And I don't know how you do that because at the end of the day every game is officiated differently because every group of refs See things differently and even just not groups every individual ref sees the foul call differently It's just it's just a truth and there has to be some form of consistency because NBA players don't know what's a foul It was not a foul nowadays, and that's why you get the complain on every single call Anyway, this is a very very big win for the Toronto Raptors on national TV I did a video on my main channel that'll drop tomorrow while I was talking about the Raptors quite a bit They are they are way better than what they have performed this season And they're starting to get production from like Aaron Baines who was god-god awful for the first half of the season And though Aaron Baines production is just like setting hard screens and playing defense. That's what they need That's what they need and it's been successful and they're going on this nice little streak and this is beautiful Another game we want to talk about when it comes to officiating Was the Pelicans versus Pacers games because I saw a lot of Indiana Pacer fans hitting me up like wasn't that a foul by Lonzo ball the answer in my opinion, I guess we'll find out on a two-minute report tomorrow I don't think that was a foul that looked like the rule of verticality and y'all know right here with the Indiana Pacers was That was his thing so Lonzo ball ended up doing it against the Pacers unless today was the day of the ball brothers Wasn't it Lonzo stop all of the bleeding from the Indiana Pacers Bench hitting I think four threes in the fourth quarter and the biggest one and then getting that defensive stop to no No, this last couple weeks for Lonzo ball has been really really good And again, like I said stopping to bleeding because the Indiana Pacers one on this huge run with their Bench unit Aaron the holiday brothers, you know, I'm saying it was go to the dotsy and everybody They went on this huge huge run to basically come back a game that I thought was pretty much over going into the fourth quarter I need to stop doing it stop turning off games But I did go back and rewatch this he stopped the bleeding Brennan Ingram hit a big shot here and there But the big question I've been seeing is why didn't Nate Borgren End up putting his starters in on that last possession Why was it four Bench players and one Miles Turner and not Malcolm Brogdon who's already hit a couple Couple game winners for them. Why not some bonus who's an all-psychologist player And I understand your idea of putting them in the game because at the end of the day If they're in a game you get a better shot than what you got for Miles Turner Right even though the Miles Turner shot was close to going in You probably get a better shot if it's Malcolm Brogdon or if it's DeMonte it's a bonus And here's my opinion or probably what Nate wanted to wanted to do was grow trust with his Bench unit Because honestly as a Bench player There's like this probably this notion in your mind that no matter how good I play at the end of the day My starter is going to be in when it matters the most right But in this game this Bench players without playing the starters and he grew this trust in his Bench unit Then like if I am playing good as a Bench player No matter the circumstances if I'm having a really good game I can trust that I will be on the court when it matters the most and I think that's kind of what it was I think this is a long-term plan for coach Nate. I think he's playing chess when everybody's playing checker Sure, they end up losing the game here But at the end of the day does this increase the confidence of Aaron holiday Does this increase the confidence of one of the backup bigs and Goga Badati Probably to know that at the end of the day Nate was Nate was willing to let them be on the court even though they have guys like All-star guys and it's a bonus and potentially Malcolm Brock. That's my opinion I know that you want to win that the game, but there's maybe a long-term plan Nonetheless not the officiating game the Bulls end up losing to the Orlando Magic and this was I'll quickly talk about this The Bulls don't have a center on their roster right now because window card is out an injury and Daniel Gaffer just Ain't that right now in his year number two. Um, and anytime the Bulls will go against a skilled center he's probably going to dominate and Nick Busavitz put on a um a very good performance his career high performance For me as a Bulls fan, it was cool to see the little mini comeback that we ended up having Unfortunately, it wasn't a win. Patrick Williams putting up 20 points for his first time in his NBA career super exciting But at the end of the day, we were missing window Carter Lord marketing got injured halfway through this and then we were also missing out of Porter So I can't complain too much. I l does hurt always but again I can't complain too much the next game that I actually got to watch like I said This was the day for the ball brothers and Lamello put up a 34 point game Since he's been a starter his his numbers are ridiculous His shooting splits are ridiculous. The biggest question about Lamello was can he hit the NBA three? Through the first 20 or so games Yep, he sure can now they didn't end up losing this game because the Utah Jazz don't miss three corners at all But this is just such a promising thing when it comes to the charlotte hornets. Um, there's no way There's no way that when who was it when uh, pj wilson pj wasa comes back to the lineup that Lamello goes to the bench somebody else is is getting benched whether it be terra rosea or whether it be um, vante Somebody's getting benches man. It's been playing way way too well And the best thing about it is not just the fact that he had he had uh 30 34 He didn't turn the ball over at all I know it's a lot to talk about a player that called L But he's a ricky player and he just had the best game of his career by donovitz Remember when we talk about the jazz we're saying that by donovitz haven't put it together On the last couple weeks last week and a half Stellar stellar this utah jazz team is hitting all-time numbers from the three-pointer They have like five players on their roster shooting over 40 percent from three. Is that sustainable long term? I don't know. I mean it's it's 23 games into the season It's not a hot streak, right? They got like five players shooting over 40 percent from three. That is ridiculous Especially on the volume that they're shooting. So big big wins. Um, I've spent a couple seconds on his the end of ross who hit a game winner today Where al-horford had his best game as a okc thunder and then people on twitter trying to figure out what's next for al-horford because um He's playing good this year But the only problem is he's got like a 2 plus 1 and 27 million I know there are teams out there that could use center play, but not for this price Not for that price good game from him It took everything for the timbles to win this one. There was no say gives alexander. They I mean The thunder had like eight players total Lou dork didn't play, you know what I'm saying? It took every it took every single shot from the timbles to get this win But a win is a win and then the last game the one I stayed up for It was a good game between the Celtics and the Clippers at the end of the day But it was hard for me to be invested because there was no paul george and no jaylin brah I'm happy. I did watch it But this is one of the games that I think rusty buckets on twitter talked about a two We're like it could be a good game between two good teams and you literally don't have any takeaways And I think that's oh the takeaway kimbo's cool You know what I'm saying? Like is that my take? Yeah, kimbo walker look good today after starting off bad That's my take like it was just one of those games man. It's just one of those games Lou wins also had a good performance, but that's it That's it. If you enjoyed it leave it a like I'll see y'all soon man I will recommend follow me on socials if you want to keep up with what's going on Behind the scenes to call game stuff because I do want to post a decent amount with to be on instagram or twitter or what's going on Um, but that's it. Appreciate y'all. I'll see y'all soon. Peace