 Well, there's no more Monday night football, but I have three words for you wizards at spurs. You're welcome. Run it back starts now Welcome to this lovely show that we like to call run it back on a happy Monday morning I'm gonna introduce the panel today, but then I want one thing that you guys did from the weekend That was fun. We'll start with stadium insider shamsherania go Seriously shams worked on my inside pass on the athletic Okay boring uh chandler steady plug-in Uh, not surprising at all lost every single bet on the nfl game yesterday. Oh, not surprising at all and eddie g Chandler she said fun. Uh, I recorded a new episode etc as a kd. We talked about chandler parts. Let's check it out You two plug-in fools. I swear that none of that's fun. That's all work You guys need to look up what the definitely fun is but we did watch basketball We watched crap tons of basketball and there was a lot saturday was a crazy day to begin with as well But this one pelicans bucks. How about yannis? His second 50 point game of the season this one in a win over new orleans Chandler i'll start with you how by the way before we get started He has fifth now for mvp favorite on the fandall sportsbook, but how impressed are you by his actions? Yeah, i'm super impressed The way he's kind of kept this team right there in the thick of things in the eastern conference without You know their second best player and chris milton who now is back, but he's on a serious minute restriction Trying to get his legs back bobby portis being out as a huge hit to them But i'm super impressed the way he just kind of goes about he dominates games I will say his way of venting is is doing the whole boring. I'm the tim duncan thing You're not boring. You're you're one of the more exciting players You can't shoot but you dominate the game physically no one's seen someone like you arguably since the brawn really with the way You go coast to coast you dunk you dominate a game like that But you can tell he's kind of getting frustrated with the you know the lack of respect or whatever Whether it's the mvp race or these other guys getting more shine than them I feel like this is kind of his way kind of getting it out there But last night was crazy 50 points in 30 minutes is hard to do I don't care how depleted you know the pelicans are who you're playing That's impressive and to go 20 of 26 from the field. He gives he gets to his spots He rarely takes bad shots. He sometimes will settle for some jumpers, which obviously isn't his strength, but He's right there in the mvp race for me, but it's it's he's just He's all about business. He goes about it. He dominates and more games like this and we're going to be talking about him a lot more You know eddie that 50 actually came with a three late in the game Some say that could be defined as stat padding. What would you say? Some is me I'll be the guy to say it. He absolutely stat padding I mean the the commentator crew knew he was he looked at the scoreboard and knew he had 47 He shot two threes in 20 seconds of each other up 19 and then up 22 in that game against the team Missing their three best players against a team that the energy of that game was just off He went and got the ball for this final three and I don't blame him if 50s on the board go get your 50 I don't blame him at all. It was great at the end of the day. He took advantage of a Of an opportune matchup a depleted team and did exactly what he should do He should score 40 to 50 points against this team and he did it and Look, those threes are probably the two biggest the two most difficult shots of the night for him And he drained them both 30 foot three from yanis not expecting that I tip my hat to the 50 But let's call it what it was. He definitely stat padded that last couple minutes, but that's fine I'm pro stat pad. Don't take me out the game when I have 59. I don't care for a 40 Let me in there and get my numbers if I'm a rebound away from a triple double. Let me ricky davis It I'm pro stat pad. So good job on yanis, right? I wouldn't everybody be pro stat pad What is the point otherwise jaylin? I mean I seriously I don't get why we see it negatively Paydom did this a couple weeks ago and he said exactly the law Crawford text him. No one remembers 46 47 48 So it does 50. That's a headline that packs a punch. We're opening We're probably would open the show anyways if you had 47 or not with this game But 50 Packs a bigger punch Yeah, Chandler's never sat padded in his life, you know, no I know he's an honorable man. Chandler Parsons. That's what everybody says. Uh shams. I am I'm so excited to finally get to you on this topic because you have some news concerning the bucks, right? Yeah, I mean we're on the cusp of the Super Bowl and I think we're finally at the 10 yard line of the j crotter saga I'm told the suns have given permission to the bucks to meet one-on-one with j crotter ahead of the trade deadline I'm told this meeting took place over the weekend between j crotter and the bucks and and they've been seriously engaged in conversations Uh sources tell me that the bucks recent offer most current offer offer is jordan awara surge abaca, george hill Uh second round draft compensations for crotter So we'll see between now and the trade deadline on february 9th next thursday Can they can these two sides get a deal done one-on-one? Do they need to find a third team? That's really been the issue to hold up this whole time is the the suns have wanted a three four Back in the in return for any trade. They have not been able to find it They've tried to get jalen mcdaniel's kj martin on and on they just have not been able to get that package with Whatever the bucks have to offer the heat and hawks they remain in play But the fact that the bucks are the only team that have gone this far You know, it gives some credence that I think milwaukee is in pole position to get him Good lord. This is the longest or deal. By the way, what is a meeting like that? Even consist of like you haven't played in a long time. Do they Chandler do you think they talk about like how have you stayed in shape? And what are they? What's the discussion to have yeah for sure and I wouldn't even be surprised if he's doing private workouts for them Or you know the video or something because this is a guy that hasn't played all year long Who's I don't know if he's a flip the switch on kind of guy and go right into the season this late And just kind of be that impact player, but listen, I think this is great for the bucks They're giving up and they're offering guys that don't really have a real role Ibaka wants out anyways these other two guys aren't really assets for the future or this season And jay crowder is that championship caliber resume guy that can come in and does all the little things He's the pj tuckers of the world that every team needs guys like this that could knock down shots That can switch pick and roll that can guard one through five And that can really relieve pressure defensively on the wing for guys like chris milton that's coming back And yanis that's going to carry a huge load offensively in the playoffs jay crowd This is a perfect fit for a team as most definitely a contender That's missing a guy like a jay crowder that would kind of you know, we'll see if he's in shape We'll see if it's you know I think the sooner the better for jay crowder to get more reps to kind of get there all start weekend to get familiar with the guys in the system But yeah, this is a perfect situation. I think for him if he's still in shape and ready to rock Yeah, I think it's a great move for them Yeah, I think it's a great move for them and even if you're not the biggest jay crowder fan You're talking about moving three players that they're not going to play either way including sergi baka who they've already decided They're going to move on from and and mutually so They add to their wing depth what they need desperately obviously with chris milton working his way back And I think it opens up their lineup versatility now you have four plus Perimeter defenders with jay crowder drew holiday chris milton and whomever the other the fourth you want to play is whether it's Grayson allen or I forget his name, but yeah, so you get this lineup that you can play and you don't have to use your bigs You don't have to use bobby portis who's out hurt right now You don't have to use book lopez who sometimes isn't right for the perfect matchup It changes their versatility and if jay crowder can get in the shape in time for the playoffs, they'll be great I like it for them and and it's just adding another piece It's just opening up a little bit more versatility for them To play either big or small and match up against whoever else in the east they need to match up with And just finally we get to see there's such a curiosity that's been built around this on the other side of things though That was the pelicans eighth straight loss. They're now tied for eighth in the west channel All right, this is a team that started out so strongly and we thought oh man, they've got a real shot at this What's going on? What is wrong? I mean, they're obviously banged up and this is a team when they're fully loaded and they're healthy They're they're my league pass team. They are so fun to watch They're young. They're explosive. They're athletic like I really enjoy watching The the pelicans play This team they're thrown out there the last eight games. That's that's not the pelicans You need a xion playing only 29 games brandon ingram Who I think is their best player still their best go-to score playing 17 games That's a recipe for disaster and these guys these young guys are getting thrown in the fire They're getting good experience and the western conference is so jumbled up there We're they're going to get in the they're going to get in the playoffs and if they're healthy That's a team that I do not want to play And they can definitely make some noise, but this is just a team that's going through it And nothing seems to be going their way, but once they get their guys back I expect them to kind of go on a run here in the in the second half of the season because You know, they're too talented. They're too excited and it's just all about health with them Zion's an all-star starter like we we know what he's capable of but by the time he'll be out Even his next reevaluation period in about a week and a half. He's gonna have missed two Basically one month of the season and so this is this was a pretty serious hamstring strain that he had So to miss one month going into all-star break, you know, we talk about players And if they're going to be available for the all-star break We've seen the approach that the pelicans have taken with Zion Williamson And and how they brought him along because it's not only making sure that he recovers from the injury itself But also conditioning basketball shape making sure his his conditioning is on point Everything that goes with being Zion Williamson. How how unique his physique is that six six Being able to jump the way he's able to jump Without him in the lineup. It's a big blow as much as they've tried to Negate the the pressures on Zion Williamson throughout his career He's a big focal point of this team if he's not in the lineup This team is not a contending team period And I think they're just trying to make sure that he's going to get back in the lineup I would be Very surprised if if they would just clear him for all-star weekend I think this is going to be a process where we'll see if he's going to even be able to go then Yeah, it's frustrating. This was a team that was the ones that it feels like a week ago And dealing with these injuries, you lose your top three guys for the time you lose them for There's almost no recovering from that now Brandon Ingham is back and and you're slowly working him back up to full speed I you know, we'll see CJ McCullum at some point soon But would not shock me if we don't see Zion after the all-star game And it's probably the right move. I mean, they need to get him right and they need to have him ready for the playoffs And and you can sneak an extra week week and a half by sitting him out the all-star game You got to do it Makes it real interesting out there in the west as well for the starting lineup for that all-star team I think you know the modest subbonus is deserving. I think lord marketing is deserving The the the coaches and the league will have their hands full figuring out who gets that spot if Zion does it I just hope the hole doesn't get too deep for them when they do finally get it all back together Memphis Memphis for a while there that Shannon sharp curse was real y'all But it has finally been lifted because they beat the Pacers 112 100 jaw with 27 10 and 15 They've been on a weird a bit of a weird funk, but they're still sitting second in the west So no big deal there Chandler. How much confidence do you have in this team going forward? Yeah, this this team is fun and a lot what these other teams it's these guys being healthy It's jaren jackson being able to play a full season and being You know full speed come play off time It's Desmond Bay and getting back in the lineup and kind of being that shot maker for this team But a team like this they added some solid role players, but I do think they're better. They're a year older They've created this identity of of arrogance and toughness and trash talking Which you know, you can either love it or hate it, but this is them This like this is dylan brooks through and throughout he's gonna bark. He's gonna talk He's gonna irritate This is who they are and when you look I've never seen the western conference standings like this like I've never seen a team a half game out of the play-in, but a game or two in home court advantage So I think this is young. They're exciting. They're fun And again, there's four or five teams that at this point I wouldn't be surprised if they came out of the western conference But they do need to pick it up. They've been going through a tough stretch here That the shannon sharp curse is is real But I just didn't get back on on the winning side here And john's got john's got to continue to have games like this and dominate especially with desmond bain Who's their second best player? Is out They need y'all to do this and they need dylan brooks to somehow find a way to kind of be more efficient He can't be going two for eleven. He can't be having these games for his four for sixteen He's too good of a player He's too smart of a player to to be having such inefficient games like this and they're gonna need him on both sides of the bowl Yeah, look, it's it's good for them to get to to play a team in the eastern conference They're seven and eight in the west since john marant declared that they're fine out west Which is just odd and peculiar and funny But I mean the western conference is tight like tanlor said look, they're fine We haven't seen them fully healthy pretty much all season long And in the small stretch that we did they were incredible They were the one seed and they look like one of the best teams in the league Their battle tested they'll be ready John marant looks great. He killed my parley yesterday by hitting the over on his rebound But like chandler mentioned dylan brooks hit the under on everything He has they have to figure out that position And they're starting a lot of and their closing lineup because yo I know that they love him for their culture and when he does on defense a little bit of a hack But when you get away with it, you're not a hack. You're a defender I'm I'd be shocked if they're not all in on some of those guys that look like they might be available at the deadline Like shams reported today dorian finney smith or even an og and an obi or they want to shoot as high as pascal siakam They have all their draft picks. They have a slow young guys and and they have some nice contracts They can trade out They can make one more move and really look like the best team in the league going into the into the playoffs and be a True championship favorite and I think they should take their shot I think it's time to you know strike while the iron's hot and uh make a run while they can Yeah, they went 0-1 5 on that road trip lost even at us for for three to five weeks and even in the first half They were down 19 points. Uh, just something about their edge. They're swagger just seemed a little low I'm curious from Chandler's perspective. Like when you are dominating last year They dominated the western conference this year. They started off so hot Like does that wear on you you're getting other teams best chances every every night you're getting everyone's best swing It's clearly the last weekend week week and a half has worn on them to a degree But i'm curious from a player perspective How much does it wear on you to to really try to be dominant every night and then you have moments like this where you're not Oh, no doubt like teams like this teams like dallas when you have such good years like last years You are you've created this bullseye on your back and there truly are no nights off and Especially with the grizzlies. I mean, this is a team that has embraced this culture. They are the new bad boys of the mba. They've kind of Selfishly and individually created this rivalry with the warriors by all this trash talking and stuff like this This is this is what they do and this is who they are So you best believe and you're making comments like that and that you're good in the west and that You know, they're a dynasty and all these other comments. They've made That's gonna piss people off It's gonna piss players off and they're gonna want to beat you and they're gonna want to have their a game against you And they're gonna want to talk trash right back and and so it's I get it and I think they're capable of Of having it under control and winning a lot of these games But yeah, for sure when when you when you don't throw stones if you live in a glass house And I feel like kind of they're getting the best punch from everybody now Yeah, I love it. So by the way, I as a fan seeing the standings like that because for so long It was people by now had already sort of gotten away from the pack. I love it I love the fact that we have no idea who's going to be in the finals this year, but there was a God, I love a conspiracy theory. Look at that. That's a beautiful little piece of art right there There's not it's not clear cut yet. It's still changing a lot um The internet Was nuts all about jaren jackson jr Something about cooking the books at home and there was like some stat padding or something like that if you will But I don't want to call it that because it wasn't but read it as usual never disappoint eddie I'm sure you got into this. What did you think about the whole thing? Well, shout out to uh kevin o'connor at the ringer who did the due diligence of watching all of these videos And decided that no there wasn't There wasn't some Literal stat padding here, but look there's been home cooking the books forever I remember this happening with russell westbook his triple double season and just Getting the benefit of the doubt with a lot of rebounds I remember this happening to anthony davis with blocks even going so far back as chris paul with steels And some turnovers it it's been going on for as long as the league has been around That's part of having the home court You know his his numbers being that far apart the splits is interesting But you know, maybe he's a little more charged up in front of a yogatti in them out there in memphis I don't know but uh The my thing my takeaway from this is his defensive player of the year candidacy isn't built on his blocks Or just it's it's really his effect on the defense as a whole and he's he's been incredible Now I still have nick clacks in ahead of my race, but i'm biased and i'm getting Uh kind of lonely on that island there, but that's fine. Uh jaren has been great and and whether he got an extra block or steel at home this season It really doesn't matter you you can see his effect on the defense without looking at the box score Yeah, I will say this Quickly this usually happens when it's someone's a rebound or two away from a triple double or a double double And you'll see, you know, I'll throw the ball ahead and somebody will take two or three dribbles Do a move and score and you'll see you got to sit that guy got an assist for that So like that that will only happen at home because the away scorekeepers and whoever's working the clock They don't care about your you know your defensive player the year chase or or whatever your triple double So I've seen it obviously people aren't adding points But you can you can definitely you could throw jaren jackson a block if if it's really a steel And you know, he's trying to lead the league in blocks. You can definitely pat stats and kind of sneakier ways But I don't think there's anything here and and memphis in particular. That's just kind of stuff in his stats But I've definitely seen it like an assist given the benefit of the doubt or you know If I tip the rebound they've been given the tips to that person all game long But then all of a sudden I get it off a tip. That's my rebound things like that will happen But I don't think there's anything counts Accounts by the way five blocks last night at home done done Okay, take a deep breath. We've put it off long enough Time to go back to saturday night and lakers Celtics all the Celtics beating the lakers But it's the controversial no call heard around the world the Lebron layup forcing ot refs admitting Afterwards that they did miss the call with what was almost a sarcastic Post in my opinion darvin ham calling the best player on earth can't get a call It was it was nuts, right? There was so much going on in the end of this game channeler. All right Is Lebron not getting calls that other players are getting This is tough and I don't even know where to begin on this. This this was an awesome game This was a crazy game and you never want to see a game End like this where it's such an obvious Foul that was dismissed and I will say this NBA referees. They have the worst job in the world Every time they blow that whistle There's a half the court is pissed at you and thinks you're wrong and then half the courts, you know Twirling the finger for the review This was a case where there was a ref right there kind of the replay looking right at Lebron here This guy the white guy in the corner here. I mean, this is an obvious foul. I will say this reaction It was a lot, but I think this This is a combination of them being frustrated at how their season's gone And when you're in a situation like them where you're two games back of the playing you need every win And I know like last night The bingos didn't lose this game because of that 15-year penalty at the end of the game It's never one play you can look back and see a bunch of miss foul calls that happens everybody Do I think teams are being targeted or Lebron's like getting his respect? No I think the ref just honest made an honest mistake and he messed up It just happened to be magnified because it's the Lakers and the Celtics on national tv But it's a tough job. I don't know why they do it. It's a horrible job They're always going to be wrong for half the court and right for half the court This was this was just tough because the Lakers and everything they're going through this season With the blow of that whistle they win this game Lebron's makes one of those free throws. So I see the frustration I see how angry they are, but This happens every single night. This happens in multiple games It's probably happened in a lesser, you know, Houston versus Orlando game the same night and we're not even talking about it Because it's not the Lakers and Celtics So it does happen every game. It's just sometimes you're on the better end of the whistle and sometimes you're not Oh, we got a magic tweet. Oh, I love magic tweets So matter of fact, I'm gonna just say I'm just saying Michelle. I'm sorry. I love Lakers. Like they just entertain me so thoroughly every single night Whether they're winning whether they're losing it doesn't matter They're just entertainment every day either Anthony Davis has a great outfit on or he's playing a great game either Lebron is throwing a complete absolute tantrum or Patrick Beverly is bringing a camera to the referee And losing a point that acts absolutely cost the Lakers in that game They needed that point desperately at the end of overtime and they just entertain me through and through. Yes Look, I got Frank. I got flamed for calling Lebron dramatic He was on his hands and knees screaming about this foul Like what else am I supposed to call that? That was insane He absolutely got hacked like do not get me wrong That was one of those hacks like it probably made a noise like the ref heard the hack And didn't call it it was it was absolutely absurd But look they had five minutes to win that game They had five they had a five minute game after that and they could not keep up and they got spotted the other team a point so yes Like Chandler said they didn't lose the game on that call that call hurts But they had five minutes to get it together and win that game would have been a big win Couldn't take care of business. It sucks. I I saw the Lebron tweet I saw like the four different instances of that happening over the last month I I get it. They've had some bad calls You know is Lebron getting the type of calls that other guys get Lebron's kind of in that joe and beads on where He flops a ton and he gets hit a ton and there's just really no right answer for him and Hold on. It sucks, but it's you know He that reaction was my bare part of the whole game. I mean at one point he's like the good job He's so it's so over the top and by the way, I don't know what you're talking about Lebron flopping He told us just this season that he was going to learn how to flop So I don't know what you're talking about or accusing him of shams. I mean like everybody's reaction What was what was better? What was better the thinker or like the end of the game sitting out the final play with the towel over his head and just Like I will say they were great. I could watch my friend. Hold on get ran over by the mailman right now And I would not react like that. I That was one of the crazy Oh It is way more it's so impressive that he cares that much on a regular season game that he's doing that Does he does he care that much or is this just part of the drama that is Lebron James? That's a lot Yeah I mean by the way, I personally think that you gotta be it's tough to script that though It's very tough to script that like in the moment Would have been better I just think that's listen. I love the passion. I was texting Eddie after like I love the passion. You're very very dramatic I I personally love the passion. Um, but I think you know brutal loss Like Chandler said miss calls happen at the end of the games It's it's crazy that this is like the miss call heard around the world And that probably is because it's Lebron James is very rare that we we have seen Lebron James Like like miss calls on him right because I think the the the topic early on in his career midway through his career It was like, you know, he didn't drive like he would have gotten the call or he would have made the layup You know, he shied away from the moment, you know Lebron went right to the basket He didn't sell for a jumper. He went right to the basket got hit on the arm The ref was right there and still he didn't get a call Um, so I I definitely understand from a Lakers perspective how frustrating that is You know from the Celtic standpoint what I saw is that Jason Tatum struggled down the stretch And Jalen Brown, which we saw during the finals like he stepped up as as their closer He had 11 points in OT I think he's showing me a lot in the last year and a half that like when push comes to shove when they need buckets down the stretch Of games like Jalen Brown is as reliable as anyone on that team And I think that just helps them out even more on nights when Jason Tatum might struggle down the stretch My favorite thing though is after the game Tatum being asked about everything that was going on And he's just like man, there was just so much I have no idea and I loved it Because what else are you going to say to that by the way the pat Beverly thing was also just some Ridiculousness on top of what was already over the top bringing the camera out showing the ref automatically getting Do we expect shams any further consequences for the use of props here? I mean, I I think there's presidents that listen if you come up to a rep Whether you say something derogatory whether you you touch them whatever I think this probably falls in the line of of showing up the ref in some ways Yeah, I mean, I do I do think that that's very very possible. I think that's something that the NBA is discussing now We'll see today if there's a ruling, uh, but listen, I thought this was funnier More than anything. I know on the telecast they were saying like it was totally wrong and I don't think Hini is crime committed. I thought it was just laughable and funny. I don't think we've ever seen that before Yeah, I don't I don't think this was wrong at all. I think this was pure comedy This is one of the funnier things I've ever seen on a basketball court and he made some huge plays as you know that game And this is funny that he had this tip dunk knocked out of me And this is so quickly Between this and the dame the broken watch That that is straight comedy this year and he's bringing the heat But he really did make some big plays down the stretch there and put them in position to win that game But this is just such a mood point to me like there was probably a play in this game where LeBron got away with Oh my god, you know, I mean, it's like this is This is just a tough and yeah pat bev. I think just he wins MVP of this game. He's quick That was the most unexpected play of all time. Yeah, that was crazy I love the ref's reaction. He's just the ref like puts two and two together finally. It's like, wait, what? Hey, get out of here. Like, what are you doing? It's you can see his face go from I love the refs. I'm with you Eddie the refs face going from why do you have a camera to realizing why has the camera To grabbing his whistle and blow it's it's just such a good few seconds of comedy But and you know, it's all happening in la for that crap like you couldn't have scripted it For ridiculousness, but thank you more national tv for the Lakers, please Yeah, no, I I'm I'm all in all the actors are watching. Okay. We'll move on to some uh some mvp talk and write Oh, no, we're gonna go to break. We got to talk a little Miles Turner when we come back Sorry, we spent so much time on the Lakers and how could we not all of that when run it back returns Well, well, we've got some news over the weekend people getting paid shams. What do you have for us? So Miles Turner and the Pacers they've agreed to a renegotiation and extension. He gets a new found money two years $58 million. It's really a win-win for both sides He's getting 17 million this season because the Pacers had salary space on top is 18 million So that's 35 million this year and then he gets 20.9 next season and then 19.9 in 2024 25 So he gets some money up front the Pacers have him under contract through 2025 And I think there's a lot of security for both sides He's not going to be on the trade market this season from everything. I'm told so don't expect Miles Turner to go anywhere But this summer depending on how the Pacers are feeling how he's feeling He could very well end up being back on the trade market to me that contract that he just signed after the season will be Arguably the best value contract in the nba only 20.9 million on the books for next year 19.9 the year after that. So a very tradable deal. That's going to have a lot of interest around the league He got money. That's all there's nothing else to say. We don't need to talk about it It's just congratulations to you send loans shams. We will see you mañana Have a good rest of your day, but you guys don't go anywhere because it's time that man has a family and a star studded Episode we have for you today. We will start with a little Jared Allen Jared Allen he's so It feels like he barely even jumps when he dunks I know it doesn't look like he's jumping at all Beep big man on big man crying first man all first time all star last year. That's that's tough I mean my moses had nothing for me. He didn't try to jump. It's just Shouldn't let him get that far big fella. What's the point? Why jump? You're just gonna make a fool yourself. How about yannis? Over the entire Pacers tape It's funny that all three of them were there and all of them maybe could have fouled Maybe could try to block it could have tried to take charge and all three of them were on the same way Get the hell out of the way. It's like not not one hand nothing. No, nobody tried Yeah, that's how you step that's how you step back like a pro Oh, you're gonna you're saying that's stat patting when the the other teams in on it The ultimate controversy To to I mean he was almost falling and still found a way to dunk that ball damn near backwards. That's that's insane I know I get I get nervous when they fall though. I don't want I don't want any bad injuries Especially to the to the stars as we get closer and closer to things. I bet I uh nas read Let's see Oh my goodness Hey, this kid has absolutely Yeah, this kid has been balling. He does it all look at it in and out Uh, that is nasty. Chandler, can I ask you a question? I'm always wondering. Why do some guys choose to wear shirts? You know what usually it comes like an entry Michelle I can come to some sort of like a shoulder injury and then he probably played good in a game or two and now I've always wondered because we have stanley johnson here and he always wears shirts and I you know I don't know how to ask that you have to have a medical. I think reason in the beginning But then I think you just run with that Okay, seedy. I asked the hard-hitting questions. Do you do that on et cetera informative? Yeah, I think so I say a livers Don't know who you are, but this is a body Yeah, you told me star studded michelle. What am I looking at right here? You're looking over at isaela livers over bruno fernando show some respect Why not why not Oh, you know what that guy just had a moment. I'm not taken away from that I respect the energy from both in a clear tank game. Like I respect that This is an exhibition and they're playing hard. I love that is a clear tank game that you're right. You're right This next one is not it's not about who it's about who on eddie. Eddie you're out. Oh my You are I mean at this point it's to be expected, right? Let's give some respect to my god methu and the kings like the beam up over there Yeah, we really can't get that deep though. Like what are you doing, buddy? That's your the defense player here. Nobody understands What a disaster There's like a little hint of shame afterwards watch him cover his face like Like, you know, this is you're right like here goes. Oh like he's hiding from the cameras, but you can't He did not want the ball to hit him in the face afterwards I mean, it's a good face. Look whatever eddie thinks about it's a good face and you don't want to ruin that I got that's all I got. That's all I got for you guys Oh, we're gonna take a quick break. Um, well, we come back did envied maybe finally That's yokich in this big old mvp race. We will discuss all of that next when run it back returns I mean does he know that he can take a couple steps forward on that one You don't need to do it from there. That was a of course kairi in a dagger He had 21 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter and that went over the nicks I you know what? I kind of want to start with eddie because I want to see if you're still learning things What'd you learn about kairi on saturday if anything? I didn't learn anything. I he confirmed my biases if anything. I told him uh, like a month ago You know, I think he's I think he's gonna win that jerry west clutch award the inaugural award And he just kind of nodded and smiled and said it's only right He's the only player in the league that scored 20 points in the fourth quarter four times this season He leads the league in fourth quarter scoring. He's ridiculous And it's it's it's kind of crazy how he can have a bad game and just turn it on like that in the fourth quarter I think he shot 9 to 27 that game and he was obviously very slow going in and then he just opened up And it went from there at 21 points in the fourth quarter close game is insane And uh, let's stop calling nicks net's rivalry because they have not won in quite some time against against That's a big brother over there across the bridge in brooklyn In fairness though, we still refer to lakers clippers As a rivalry and it's the same sort of lopsidedness chandler. Did you learn anything about kairi? I mean, this is what he does and and this is kind of his time to shine and he's he's doing it with kd out He's taking over. He's making huge plays. He scores He's probably my favorite player to watch the way he does it is is unbelievable Uh, his the the way he can handle the ball the way he shoots the ball the way he finishes at the rim He really is a special talent and with all the stuff that he's dealt with this season to be playing the way he's playing It really is impressive. And I think he's grown from that. I think he's matured from that Um, and he is a huge huge piece of this team obviously in the success that they're having and that's a tall task Kevin Durant goes out and the onus falls on you and you know, a lot of the other guys in your that roster have been inconsistent all year long To come up big like this to have 21 points in the fourth quarter again Uh, it's super impressive and but i'm not surprised. This is what he's been doing his whole career and he's an absolute star So I know eddie mentioned that it's not really a rivalry because they've won nine straight against the nicks even in the west coast I want to say clippers are nine and ten or or ten and oh over the lakers However, there's still people want to call it a rivalry and people still refer to new york as a nicks town chandler So what do we do if we don't call it a rivalry and will that ever change? Will it ever be a next town? Uh, I don't know if it'll ever be a next town. I don't know if la will ever be a clippers town But listen, it's still a rivalry because they're going to the same restaurants. They're going to the same bars Love like it's it's it's it's not like there's animosity and it's not like it's very one-sided The nets have dominated this and the clippers have dominated that one But you still got to see these guys. You still you still have the same circles same friends same girls You're talking to it's still some sort of rivalry because you have the same occupation the same job And you see these guys outside of playing them one night, you know in another city So it's fun. It's exciting. I wish you was a little bit more competitive on both fronts in la and new york But it's obviously it's still gonna be it's it's gonna be a rival, you know For a pretty long time. Yeah, it's fun and It's fun and I would love for them to play a playoff series Like I think the city could use that they do it would it be great. Look, it's always going to be a next town They play at the mecca They you know, the orange and blue is synonymous with the city and you know a lot of people still view the nets as a jersey team And it is what it is But the nets have their own thing going out there in bookland and they have their own energy and and look They keep beating them. They just you know, you want to you want to dominate a rivalry You went on the court and you know, I know last year their local tv viewership Kind of crept closer and closer and it is what it is Manhattan will always be a next town and that's them and The nets are building something in brooklyn. They're building their culture They've been there 10 years now give them another 10 and you know, maybe maybe they can compete with that In a sense, but they have some of the biggest stars in the league right now on that team And it's still a next team with a lot of loud nicks fans in there that night for about 47 minutes or so and then it got pretty quiet But uh, yeah, I mean, I'd love to see a series and I hope we get to see it I would love to see a breakdown of all the same girls that they're talking to and if eddie You could get on that for me since you are east coast correspondent. I would appreciate that very much. Thank you Uh, look tonight. They're playing the nets. Lakers are the brawn and ad not gonna play. Um Here we go. We're gonna start questioning it Chandler or eddie actually i'll ask you do you question resting these guys so that they could play the nicks tomorrow night? um A little bit because of the reaction from the other night and the fact that lebron is still posting about it and I get that they have to rest. I mean, maybe stagger them. Maybe try to win this game And maybe you're just tipping your hat to the nets and saying the nets are too much. I don't know I I think these guys just want to enjoy a carbon and a little sister and zero bond and just see the city That's just my thoughts. But hey, i'm all for it. Enjoy it. We'll take the Lebron and ad less lakers in park place tonight. That's fine Yeah, usually when this happens, this just shows that they think they have a better chance to beat the nicks than the nets, which is pretty obvious, but um Maybe it's giving them more time after, you know, such a such a stressful game against boston Who knows what it is? But I mean, I think it's the lakers where they are They need to win games. They need to win as many games as possible But they also do need to be healthy going down the stretch. There's still a lot of basketball to be played Um, but in a situation like this, I know teams They they they sit you on a more realistic loss versus a team that you think you have a better chance of winning Well conspiracy theorists would say they're sitting lebron because he's what 117 away from the record and then they go home So i'm just saying looks like maybe that's what they're trying to do which ps Wrong priorities wrong priorities. That's all I have on that. Uh, this game was a saturday night game I think it was the first on the docket at least the big one nuggets Sixers. Oh my goodness joellen b with 47 and 18 It was a win over denver yokech ended up with 24 eight and nine. This will be I hope a topic moving forward Did did mb'd finally catch yokech chalder? Is it possible that we can switch the narrative to now just these two? It seems like it's a different guy every week and now you see kind of luka and tatum taking a step back and It's these two guys and it's fun and it's rare to see two sinners Battling it out and being the two most dominating players in the league and to me. This was a statement game for joellen b He knew this was national tv. He knew everyone's talking about yoke. It's three in a row Well, he's the clear cut favorite and mb'd has just been carrying that filly team with tiris maxi out a lot of the time And he was on a mission to start the game. He went straight at him Anytime he got a chance to an iso. He was kind of going right at right at yokech And if there's a flaw in yokech's game, it's it's defense and and joelle really went at him And just any way he could pulling up jumpers posting him up driving pie him With nasty dunks, uh, you shouldn't be able to do that at that size So he just kind of put on an absolute show a performance and Joelle's hilarious. He's gonna troll. He's gonna he's gonna make jokes He is a big huge personality and games like this on national tv It's tough to now look away from him and it's looking like a two-man race for now But who knows like I said, there's a lot of basketball to be played yeah I appreciate the pettiness. I appreciate the competitiveness I appreciate that he went at him with the dagger I appreciate that the sixers continued to go at him over and over and over with pick and roll And just getting him involved in every action on the floor I mean to me, that's what separates the two players and it separates yokech from the other top players is A lot of clips he's getting scored on it's not to say that these guys don't get scored on but You know, they're attacking him in a way that they don't attack joelle and beat They don't attack yanis and the kumpo, you know So it's like you have to consider that when doing that I do think joelle is the should be the leader in the favor for the mvp right now He doubled him up in points and rebounds like that's pretty absurd That's dominance and he started it from the opening tip on like chandler said he knew exactly what this matchup was He knew exactly the point. He wanted to prove and he went and did it And and I kind of hate the rhetoric that goes around these two players where joelle would be as a stats guy And nicole yokes is a winning player They both want a ton of games in their time I know nicole yokes has played in the conference finals in the bubble But the bubble's the bubble other than that they both have done the same thing They've came up short every single year of their careers and and and that's fine. They're both great players. They're both winning players And joelle and beat continues to get the better of him when they match up and it it is what it is I think he's the mvp favor I think he should be and I love that he cares about this matchup And I love that in today's mba The two leading favorites for the for the mvp are centers and like true nominal centers They play back to the basket. They post guys ups. They dunk on people all of that. I love this that this still exists I love the idea that joelle and beat takes everything personally. I think that's how it should be So you combine the fact that he's got to hear all the yokes mvp talk You combine the fact that he's not starting in the all-star game chandler First of all, how does that make you feel that he's not starting in the all-star game? And also I think it's almost a good thing for the sixers. You're poking the bear at probably the best possible times It's ridiculous the fact that we're talking about this guy being the favorite as we speak right now And he's not starting in the all-star game I think they do need to change it. The all-star game is is is entertainment. It's for fun And it should be the five best players You know that season starting and no one plays defense anyways the game is very carefree and very lags I'm looking at the starting lineups here and you mb's got to be in there I don't care if there's one guard put tatum at the two kd at the three All right put joelle at the five But joelle and beat as good of a year is donovan mitchell's had as good of a year is kairi erving's had Joelle and beat is a top three player in the world right now And the fact that he's not starting in the eastern conference all-star team is a joke and and he should be in there And again not to take away anything from these other guys because they're having great years But there is no reason that that guy is not starting in the b.a. I don't care about positions I don't care about voting. He's a top two top three top five. Let's say mbp That means he should be starting in the all-star game That's the problem right like who would you replace on that? Yeah, I do think they have to consider what they do here And I think this is going to come up again with all mba You know one of these guys is not going to be first team all mba and that's unfortunate And I do think they have to kind of reevaluate how they do that And I'm not sure why Tatum isn't listed as a guard either anyways toll like but you know, he's a wing Maybe go front court back where I maybe go guard wing center. I don't know But I think he ended up getting losing out to yannis winning the captain spot and getting the guaranteed spot And yeah, it's unfortunate, but he'll be in the game. He'll play a lot He'll finish the game and and you know if he ends up winning the mvp Then he won't be so upset about this anymore. And I think he's on his way, but Yeah, I mean, look, he's more deserving than donovan mitchell, right? He's probably more just he's more deserving than kairi every might be the best player in the world right now And he's gonna watch the tip off of the all-star game, which is just you know, that's up You've seen this before too like siakam. Well, isn't an all-star, but he's all mba like how like I think it's just it's just It's confusing It's the two had the first two or three best months of the season And especially when he comes to starting like the mba needs to get the big picture and realize the same, right? Could be it could be the best Let the fans pick the five best guys, you know Play five minutes of the game sub out whoever you want to sub out I mean didn't j crowder and chet homergan, but they got votes. So there you go. 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Yeah green. He's good Good job Chandler. It's all right. Because today's a brand new day fresh start if you will and maybe we can we can start a new streak Every time eddy. What do you got? I went with josh giddy over the five and a half assist Uh, playing the warriors. I'm just betting against the road warriors. We know what they are and I love josh giddy So please get the six of this buddy, please Are you begging now for your parlay? That's a lot. I lost like 800 dollars yesterday because yama rant decided to rebound like I hate this It's the worst wait. Why your head buddy? Uh, chaylor we got Uh, I like the six years minus nine and a half the magic We know the team they are and philly is kind of hitting that stride right now coming off a big game But also I took the big goals plus two last night and they lost by three So so take this with a grain of salt, but this shouldn't be closed. This should be over in the first quarter No brainer. I love eddies with giddy. I think that's really oh, I feel like that's really low How do you feel about the actual game of eddies? Um before I tell you my pick. Oh, there it is Okay, I took okc plus five and a half Do you feel good about my the actual game itself? Chandler because I feel like okc lately for me Has been a bit of a winner and I'm just sort of going to ride the hot hand This could be the night that all ends though, but what say y'all I don't want to be the one to lose a game. I feel like I always sleep on and they always hurt me So this is a game that I would go the opposite which I think that means you're in good shape Okay, look at us. Just putting each other up. I like that about us guys We've done it. We've done another show good news is we also have another show tomorrow where we can get even Better so until then enjoy your monday night. Watch some hoops spend time with your family. See y'all in the morning