 run it up to run it back. Yeah. Run it up to run it back. Run it up. Run it back. Good Monday morning and welcome to run it back on Fandall TV. If you know there should there are three of us because one of us probably had a little too much fun at the Super Bowl last night Chandler Parsons. But Shamsherani is here. Stadium insider Lou Will from Atlanta Shams let's just get into the Super Bowl situation. I know you were at the game. Did you love it? I mean, Michelle, for me it's number two. So I got no qualms about it. I'm not over it. It's not like it's too much for me. It's still fresh in my mind. I might feel differently. You know, all my fit there's six at that point. I bet you know what, I just want to watch at home. Could be the case. TV timeouts are definitely running long. But it was fun to spend time with a lot of the Fandall Fandall TV family. And we had we had a great view of the Patrick Mahomes touchdown. It literally happened right in front of me. So I was I was happy that I was there. It reminded me a lot of being right in front of when Ray Allen hit that three pointer against your spurs. Yeah, I mean, these are these are not good memories. But memory is a great experience. I'm glad I got to go. Was it how did you stay for half like were you paying attention to halftime? Do you use that as a bathroom break? How did you handle usher? No, of course, I'm gonna watch. Of course, I'm gonna watch usher now. There are a few songs I definitely didn't know. I'm not gonna lie to you. But you know, a lot of his classics I was there for. Oh, it was like an ATL reunion. I love it. It wasn't a song that he played that wasn't the classic show. Come on, man. Hell, there were some new music. I don't I don't know if I've heard. Yo, none of those songs were new songs. Yeah, you got to come. I never heard it with me, man. You take me to a concert, man. Take me to a concert. So it was it was a completely different experience for me because usher Jermaine do actually Jermaine Dupri is a mentor of mine. So this was a personal thing for me. This was my crew of people doing the halftime Super Bowl show. So I enjoyed it there. I enjoyed it thoroughly. So maybe that's why I know all of the songs, but all of those were classics, man. I thought it was funny because Jermaine Dupri was dressed like Rev run in like a summer outfit and it threw me off. He's getting a bad he's getting a bad run today. Yeah, it's talking shoe combo is getting a bad run today. I needed a second. I was like, is it that? Is it the dayquillers? Am I not seeing this right? Would you do Lou? Did you? Did you chill? What was your what was your Super Bowl set up? I wouldn't say it was chill, but I hosted family and friends at my house. We had ourselves quite the time. And you know, we're the type of people we prefer to watch on TV. Enjoy the commercials. Enjoy the halftime show. We were enjoying each other. We were. We had our fair share of beverages in the air for us. And we just had a good time. Refreshments, if you will. Yeah, it was a good Super Bowl. I enjoyed it. Unfortunately, Vegas, I think kicked my ace. So we'll we'll try to come back from that sometime this week, but we'll see what happens. And by the way, I didn't even have fun in Vegas. Like this is just strictly just being in Vegas did this to me. Screw that place, man. Screw that place. All right, let's get to some basketball because there was there was some NBA that happened over the course of the weekend. It's hard to believe with so much going on, but the Warriors do not look now. The things are happening. They have won four straight six of their last seven. They're at 500 again. They're sitting in the 10th spot. They've beaten Philly twice Grizzlies, Nets, Pacers, Sons on Saturday. Lou, you were the first one in our text thread to sort of bring up the fact that is this happening? Is this the beginning of something for the Warriors? Absolutely. I've always said it. They hadn't played their best basketball this year. But if there's going to be a team that's at the bottom of the barrel when it comes to the Western Conference that makes a run, it's going to be to go to stay Warriors. They're battle tested. They're a championship caliber team. They have what it takes to turn that switch on. And right now we're seeing them play some really good basketball. They're putting themselves in a position to be in that 10 spot right now going into the All Star break. It looks like they're going to move up more than that if they can continue to play like this. But you know, I think the difference has been Draymond Green. Draymond has found his rhythm and being an anchor for them on defense. Offensively, he's giving them looks. They're back to the dribble handoffs, playing fast, making sure Steph get a bunch of, bunch of possessions where he can come off of screens and shoot threes and and Jonathan Caminga. Jonathan Caminga is giving them a lot of energy as well. And so this is going to be a team that's going to be dangerous coming out of the All Star break. They're starting to put together a good run. Just like the chiefs. Dang it, Shavs. Tell me about your takeaway from the Warriors right now. Draymond Green, I think that's my biggest takeaway. There's seven and four since he got back in the lineup in mid January. There's six in defensive rating during that time span. Six in offensive rating during that time span. They've been really the bottom half of the league throughout the season in those categories. But since Draymond Green's been back, we've seen him rejuvenated. And I think you spend, if you're Draymond Green, about a month away from basketball, you worry about your conditioning, you worry about your game shape. But he came in and he's looked good. He's played heavy minutes on some nights and he's gone back to that facilitator role. He's been really playing point guard at different points. He's the de facto point guard. The maestro of this team, getting Steph and Curry going, getting Jonathan Caminga going. Those two guys have essentially become the one to punch of this Warriors team. Jonathan Caminga playing that supporting role as far as that number two option for Steph Curry, because a lot of the season, Andrew Wiggins has been up and down. Clay Thompson, we've talked about his struggles at different points. He's at a big game recently, but then there were also points Steve Kerr has not been afraid of benching him down the stretch of a game. And so now that that aspect they're working through, they're trying to figure out his role to meet Dramon Green being back, unlocking Andrew Wiggins and Jonathan Caminga. Those two guys had some horrible stats together. The number said you can't play them, but Dramon Green has essentially unlocked that. Well, we'll get to some more of the Dramon because he's he's back in a couple different ways. But the ceiling loo realistically for this Warriors team. Are we talking all the way? Are we talking Western Conference finals? Like how are you seeing this playing out? Listen, they got a lot of they got a lot of really good basketball to play to put themselves in a position for us to be talking about that. You know, right now they're sitting at that 10 spot. They're a game out from the Lakers getting to nine. Dallas Mavericks have created some some separation two and a half with two and a half games up on the Lakers in that eight spot. So they got a lot of ground to cover. So for them to be in that position, they're gonna have to play some really good basketball. But if you ask me if I'm a Minnesota, I'm the LA Clippers, and I'm playing great basketball all season. And I get rewarded with a Dallas Mavericks or Los Angeles Lakers or Golden State Warriors to deal with in the first round. I don't think that's fair. I don't think I don't think that's right. But that that shows the strength and numbers that the Western Conference have in the teams that that they have over there and what they're capable of. But the Warriors ceiling, I think they sneak into this playoff position. They make it really difficult for somebody to advance. Yeah, never count them out. Alright, so let's go back to Saturday. Dreymon and Yusuf Nurkic with a like a reunion of sorts, if you will. In the third quarter, you got Nurk taunting Dreymon. You got Dreymon responding after the game. Both of them talked about it. Here they are. It's sad. He didn't learn anything, man. It's just a matter of time. I'm gonna knock somebody else again. So take everything back what I said. You don't deserve a chance. He tried to get in my head and it didn't work. If he wanted me to walk around quiet like him, I'm never gonna do that. Quiet guys don't win. I don't know what that means. Lou, what do you think? I mean, I kind of love it felt like a very real response. But what did you think? I think everything is deserved with these two and the history that they've shared in this season, you know, Nurk got hit in the face. I'm probably not gonna like a guy that's ever hit me in the face. And like Dreymon said, he's gonna be who he is unapologetically. And he's gonna continue to move forward like that. And so these are probably two guys that's just not gonna like each other. And every time they compete against each other, you're gonna see some chirping, you're gonna see a little chippiness. And that's what it's just gonna be. You know, this is the personal thing at this point. So I feel both guys, they've said their piece, they're both standing on business. And you know, that's what we that's what we're gonna see coming from those two guys. Oh, I'm excited about it. It makes me want them to play each other over and over and over again. Because when you say that guy doesn't learn anything, and didn't deserve a second chance, I'm like, Oh, this might go on for a while. Michelle, you know, you know what's kind of ironic about that? Huh? Is that with when Dreymon Green, when that incident happened, and you know, the league does their investigation, which Lou knows about, you talk to the players involved, you talk to people involved, the referees, etc. When they talk to you subnurking, he told them he didn't believe Dreymon Green should have been suspended. That's what I was told in the moment. And again, he did competition. And what happened the other night, you subnurking probably doesn't feel that way anymore. He probably believes, you know what, I think Dreymon Green should have been suspended. So it was but it was interesting in the moment when it first happened, you know, whatever it was a couple of months ago, you subnurking was actually on the side of Dreymon Green shouldn't have been suspended. I don't know how many people were in that lane, but he was. He's trying to be cool. Like I don't want to be the guy that says he's got to be punished. And now here we are. By the way, the big sentiment that he had was he's going to do it again. So I guess now we wait and we see if in fact that's what's going to happen. But Lou, I want to talk about Jonathan Kominga. It feels like it wasn't that long ago where he was sort of upset with his role and what was he supposed to be doing on this team. And he has been amazing since then he's averaging just under 24 points a game, 59% shooting, he's got the rebounds going as well. Do you think or let me ask you this, because he's obviously somebody they can build around. But what was it that sort of unlocked whatever it is Kominga is doing now? I think he just got an opportunity to play. You know, they were they were going through a lot of different things, trying out different rotations and different game plans. And he was one of those guys that benefited from that. He was one of the guys that benefited from the chaos that they were having early in the season. You know, he put his head down and just continued to work, put himself in a position to be successful. And you started to see the fruits of the labor of that. And you know, he's becoming the player that they always thought he would be. He was going to be the young up and coming guy that was going to give them a different look that was going to be able to add on to, you know, these these legendary careers of Draymond, Clay and Steph. He's playing at a high level now. Do I think he's a guy to build around? As long as you got number 30 in the locker room, everything is going to be built around him. I don't see anything different happening in a foreseeable future. As far as them building around Jonathan Kaminga, but he's definitely one of the great pieces that's come out of all of this. And I'm glad it's starting to happen. Yeah, I'm loving this. I'm loving watching this happen. All right, let's let's take a closer look at the West because we still got a few teams in there that maybe maybe not people are buying full. But top four teams right now. T Wolves Clippers Nuggets Thunder. T Wolves are leaving the other three by about a half game there. I want to ask you, Lou. First off, which of these do you think ends up with the best record in the Western Conference? Um, I think, I think Minnesota is real. I think it's time for us to give them, give them, you know, the credit that they deserve. They're putting together a really good season. You know, they're about 50 games in now and they're the real deal. You know, they're putting themselves in a position to be really taking serious. But I still like I still like the Los Angeles Clippers at number one. I still think that they put together the best second half of the season because of the firepower. You know, they have a strong, strong basketball team from top to bottom with the guys that they put on the floor. They got a great rotation in their secondary and those guys coming in off the bench. They put together one of the best what one of the best months in basketball of everybody else in the NBA. And so I think that continues after the all star break. So I still like the Clippers coming out of the West. All right, Clippers coming out of the West. When you look at those four teams, which of them do you have the most questions about? Four teams I have the most questions about is going to be OKC simply because they're just they're young and they're still trying to figure it out. You know, Minnesota is young as well, but they're right there on that on that bumper where they have veteran guys, they have guys that have seen some different things. And you know, I think OKC, they're putting themselves in a position to have a great run as well. But they lack experience when it comes to deep playoff runs and you know, just and the lack of depth that they have, even though they have all of these young guys that's playing at a very high level, playing really well. You know, this is the first time we're going to see chat fight through 82 game season where you start getting to that place where, you know, you don't want to travel as much. You're not familiar with traveling and playing these games and and dealing with the the the headaches of being on the road when you when you're getting tired, when you get 60 and 65 games in. Some of these young guys hadn't experienced that yet. When on the flip side of it, you know, the veteran teams, this is when they play their best basketball because they know what's expected. And so OKC is going to be that team that I'm going to question a little bit out of the Denver's out of the the Clippers out of the the Minnesotans. They're going to be the team that I would get a little weary about coming into the second half of the season. Seems fair to me. Shoms, we've got post trade deadline outlook. Do you have anything you could share with us about the teams that we're talking about right now? So we talked about the Thunder getting Gordon Hayward at the deadline last week, but they also did something else over the weekend. Bismek, Bihambo, they've signed him. They're adding front court depth. And I think over the course of the entire season we've talked about the Thunder their youngest team in the league, one of the best teams in the league. What what can they do? Are they going to make a major trade to add another piece of veteran piece of the team? And you know, I think we've discussed it and Chandler Parsons has been a proponent of that situation as far as you can't add a veteran player right now to your core, but they've done some stuff around it. Getting Gordon Hayward to come off your bench. Bismek, Bihambo, that's a guy that's not going to require playing time, but he's going to play a good role. And when he does play, what he did for Memphis, 5.7 rebounds a game. So they added some pieces. Another move we didn't really get into that much last week. Minnesota added Monte Morris. He's the guy that they believe can can provide a reliable ball handler. So you saw them make moves. Two teams that didn't make moves. Denver essentially stood pat. They have some youth coming off that bench. We'll see how that does in the playoffs and the Clippers. They tried to move PJ Tucker. They couldn't get a deal done. And so how will that PJ Tucker dynamic play out the second half of the season? I expect them to be a professional. He still got a player option for next season, but that is something to keep it on as well. That's hurtful when they try to move you and they can't and you're still there. That sucks. That's just my two cents. Okay, collect the Cavs guys. I keep waiting for this thing to pop. And yet here we is hottest team in the league. Nine straight wins, 17 of their last 18 second best record out in the east. There are two games ahead of the Bucks, three games ahead of the Knicks. I don't know when this thing starts to sort of even out or if it starts to even out Lou, but has anything changed your mind about what this Cleveland Cavaliers team is capable of? No, we always knew that they were going to be a good basketball team, but they just couldn't stay healthy. Now that they have all of their pieces back, you know, we're starting to see that, you know, they have everybody in their natural positions playing really good basketball. They plan at a fast tempo and putting a lot of pressure on teams out in the east and it's being done quietly. You know, it's not a lot of talk or not a lot of attention around the Cleveland Cavaliers right now. We're not really talking about them being one of the hotter teams that's playing basketball right now. And I think that works for them. That works for them to fly under the radar, continue to build, continue to keep guys healthy and on the basketball floor and giving themselves an opportunity to win games. It's it's kind of fun to watch like they're just quietly getting things done. I want to talk about the Knicks too because they debuted their two new guys. Boyan Bogdanovich had 11 points. Alec Berks threw in 22 against the Pacers. Talk to me about the ceiling of this Knicks team, Lou. I know OGN and Obie's out for a few more weeks, but did the trade moves they made do anything for you as far as how far they can go? Yeah, I think it gave them some depth, especially with Julius Randall being out a few more weeks with with with the shoulder injury and, you know, by by Young Bogdanovich, he's one of those guys that can flat out go get you a bucket. Alec Berks is one of another guy that can go out and get you the bucket. So I think that gives them the depth that they need to to survive Julius Randall being out and continue to build, build for it. I think this is going to be a team that's going to have home court advantage in the East and that's going to be big to start to playoffs, you know, in your home court and your home court being Madison Square Garden and having that energy. And so I think these two guys are going to be very instrumental in that and carrying them over until Julius Randall gets back. I love that. No rest for you, Shoms. I know we just got through the trade deadline. We're already looking ahead now to summertime to see what what teams are going to try to do what are you expecting the next to try to make some moves for a superstar come summer? Well, right now I think you have a team full of depth across the roster when OG I don't know if he gets back. I think it's only going to reveal itself even more how deep this team in and once Julius Randall gets back, but they've got eight first on draft picks. They've got a ton of second round picks. They got a ton of draft swaps. So they're going to be aggressive to see what all star all NBA type of player becomes available. They have a guy in Jalen Brunson who from the guard position they feel they can build around that can be their lead ball handler, their lead guy in the back court. Do you pair him with another big man potentially another wing that's an all star all NBA caliber player? We'll see where those conversations go, but they want to see what this team as currently constructed with OG on an OB with boy on bug downage Alec Burks, Julius Randall when they're all in the lineup, they want to see what this looks like. And we're going to be able to get to see that second half of the season and the playoffs. I'm excited for it. You know who's not excited? The Bucks. Man, oh man, oh man. Since Doc Rivers took over they are two and five Lou. Is this thing going to straighten up or is this what we're looking at now? They just got to become a more defensive minded team. You know, obviously they have all of the star power they want and they can now score anybody. They got a lot of guys that can put the ball in the hole, but they got to become a defensive minded team. This is not the ease of old where, you know, you can just roll the ball out and because you have star power, you can win games. There's a lot of good basketball being played right now and Milwaukee is going to be one of those teams but until they become a team where defense is important to them they're going to have their struggles. You know, they were struggling before Doc Rivers so I don't want this to start being the thing about him. You know, I mentioned once you, when you hire a coach like Doc Rivers your criticism level is going to go up because he's one of those superstar style coaches where he's going to be criticized for things not going right. They had issues before he got there. That's how he even got the job and so this team has to correct some of their things. You know, I think they tried to fix that and bring in a Pat Beverly to give them some depth to go with Jay Crowder coming off of that bench for defense of mind of guys, some D and three guys and I think they did a good job there and we can't press the panic button as well. You know, they're still in the third place in the East. You know, they're still playing a really good basketball at two and five since Doc is taking over but that takes time because Doc is going to have to put his system in. He's going to have to put in some of the things that he believes that's going to make them successful and those things are going to take time and it's going to be an adjustment. Okay. Just stop buying it. Let's just say the Celtics are in the Eastern Conference finals. Who's more likely to be facing them? Cavs, Bucks, Knicks. It's tough. I think the Cleveland Cavaliers are playing a really good basketball but again when we start talking about deep playoff runs when we start talking about getting to that level you need superstar caliber guys. I think Cleveland has that. I think the Knicks have that and Brunson and Julius Randall and I think out of those three teams who would you take? Would you take a Giannis and a Damian Lillilir team? Absolutely. And so I think it can go one of three ways. You can really you could really flip a coin on that because everybody's playing really good basketball. But if I'm a gambling man and if I'm a bed man I'm putting my money on Dame Lillilir and Giannis and Chris Middleton to back them up to come out of the East or to compete against the Celtics in the East. All right, I'll take the field. You take the Bucks. This feels good to me. Let's just say M.B. comes back in time. Do you see a world in which A. he comes back in time and it can be effective enough for Philly to make a push there in the end? I think Philly's in a bad situation with this Joel and B. thing because even if he does come back you're talking about a time when teams are really gearing up to turn that corner and that's going to be a time for him to just try to get his feet back in the water and get going again and try to work himself back in the lineup. By the time he comes back they're going to be playing through Tyrese Maxi and when he gets back they're going to have to adjust to playing through him again and so I think by that time other teams are going to be rolling. They're going to understand what their positions are what their roles are and what's needed at that point I think that puts Philly in a difficult situation. Yeah, it's an all-around bummer coming out of Philadelphia. We had a ceremony. The Kobe statue the first of three was unveiled. The first one is the number eight pointing up at the sky. This is after the 81-point game against the Raptors in 0-6. There'll be another one where he's wearing number 24 and then there'll be another where he's with Gigi. Lou, you played with him. How do you feel about this first one? I think it's amazing. I think they did an incredible job. One of the better statues I've actually seen usually they don't look like the player. They're always a little off somewhat but I think they got this right. And you know, Kobe Bryant should be celebrated in the space that he's in. And I just, I really like this tribute. That's actually really good when you see him side by side. Shams, what stood out to you about the ceremony? Well, I think it's just the pose that they used. And I think Kobe gave a lot of different poses you could have used. I mean, there was the one where you threw his chest out. There was one where, you know, a few late in games when he would fist bump. I mean, there's a lot of moments his fade away. I mean, they could have used so many different moments. You know, obviously in Dallas, Dirk Nowitzki got the fade in Chicago. It's MJ with Air Jordan Dunk. Like they could have used a lot of different poses for Kobe. And I think using 81 is very fitting. Yeah. So now I'm wondering, what do we think 24 will be Lou? Do you have any in mind? Um, my guess is it will probably be that one champion, the last championship that he won where he jumped up on a table, had his arms stretched out. Oh, yeah. Um, I think that could, I think that could possibly be one that's an iconic moment that we always see when they show the highlight reels of Kobe's career. And so I would, I would lobby for, I'm sure it's already made, but I would lobby for that to be the next statue for 24. Yeah, I'm with you on that as far as sometimes these are just really bad misses. And that first one looks really good. Rob Polinka, when he found out that there were going to do three statues, thought that it made sense just because of the importance that Kobe has to the city of Los Angeles. Do you agree, Lou? Yeah, very fitting. You know, he had a Hall of Fame career in eight, had another Hall of Fame career in 24. I think both of those moments in his careers and both of those stretches of time should be celebrated. And, you know, also with the third to include Gigi as well, I think that's very classy and I think it's very fitting of the Lakers organization for them to do that. Very much well deserved. Yeah, I like that. Shoms, we got some scoop from you. I mean, you weren't just all about the Super Bowl and parties. You were still working reporting that Spencer Dinwitty is going to sign with the Lakers, became official yesterday. What more can you tell us? So Spencer Dinwitty, he's going to join, he's joining the Lakers. It'll be a significant role that he's going to have. He seriously considered several contending teams, including the Dallas Mavericks. They went to the Western Conference Finals with Spencer Dinwitty a couple of years ago. He played a big role at that point with Luka Donchich and Jalen Brunson. And I think his heart was really in Dallas. There was a lot of back and forth between the Lakers and the Mavericks. But he picks the Lakers and the Lakers really see this as a move that's bigger than any trade they could have gotten and they're able to bring him in while keeping D'Angelo Russell awesome Reeves together. They can use lineups, interchangeably with all three, potentially have two of three, all three guards potentially in the lineup and Spencer Dinwitty being 6-6, providing that defensive versatility I think was important. Another guy that can manage the ball, handle the game well and play with LeBron James and Anthony Davis, make them better, feed off of them. And so the Lakers recruited him, especially on Friday night, when they played the Pelicans, he sat with Rob Polinka at the game. He met with ownership, Joey and Jesse busted the game as well. So there was a lot of recruitment that went into this, spent time in the locker room, D'Angelo Russell, LeBron James, guys praising him, reaching out to him. So $1.5 million deal for the rest of the season for Spencer Dinwitty in LA. All right. All right, Lou, you liked the fit? You like what this does for them? I do. I thought they needed some depth at the three for them and also a shooting guard. And I think they have put themselves in a position to go out and get a guy that can go get a bucket for them that can guard. That's going to give them depth at that position that I thought they needed. So moving forward, I think this works for the Lakers. I think this is a good fit and a good call from Rob Polinka. And Shoms, do you have anything else on any of the other potential buyout candidates? Kyle Lowry, he's decided to go sign with the 76ers. And this is something, it's a return home for him, but this is something where it allows him an opportunity now to play back a point or potentially start at different points in that sixers rotation. They're still without Joel Embiid. And so when will he be back at some point in that late March, early April, window potentially? And you hope that when he's back to being 100%, being the MVP Joel Embiid, this team is still in the fight. This team is still in the race in the Eastern Conference. And Kyle Lowry can definitely bring a level of winning. He's done at a high level, scoring, playing the right way. And so I know that's Lou's guy. So I'm very, very curious, Lou. What do you think about Kyle Lowry being back in Philly? Yeah, I like this. I spoke with Kyle yesterday about it. He was really excited to be returning home. You know, obviously he's a Philly guy. He had an opportunity to go to a couple of different teams. And he just felt like this was the best fit for him. This has gave him the best opportunity to compete at the highest level, to compete at this juncture in his career that made him most comfortable. And so he thought this was the best fit for him. He waited it out. He was in Miami this entire time, just waiting to see what scenario could work out for him. And he landed in Philadelphia. He's excited about it. So I'm excited for him. I think this gives them another ball handler, another guy that can put Tyrese Maxi naturally at the two position where he can run off screens and do what he needs to do to win basketball games. Good for him. Happy for him. All right, we'll take a quick break here. When we come back, more, run it back on a Monday. See y'all. Run it up. Run it back. Run it up. Run it back. So we had a whole bunch of interviews during Super Bowl Week. A lot of NFL players came through and they wanted to talk hoops. One of our favorites happened to be the rookie phenom for the LA Rams, Puka Nakua. Here he is. Puka Nakua. I did. We get to talk basketball. Yeah, we do. We get to talk basketball. By the way, in case you were living under a rock best highlights, best name Puka Nakua had a hell of a breakout year. Okay, no press coverage. I mean, look, that's a valid question. But we got you here. We're going to talk some hoops. We'll get to some football at some point as well. But in Utah, you played high school ball? About 100%. Tell me about your game, your position. I honestly, not a lot of tall people in Utah. I think I might have played the four. In the whole thing. Yeah, so scrappy. Yeah, exactly. But I think I was like, I like to say I'm versatile. I got some students out. Defense is probably my strongest. So I play with speed. But basketball, I play a wide receiver. I got lateral agility. I don't know how consistent my shot is. But I'll knock it down at the free throw line for sure. Okay. There you go. Now I looked up, count on the gimmies. I'll get the gimmies. I'll get the gimmies. I looked up your high school stats. You had a handful of games with 20 plus points. Did you in high school, did you have games to, you know, aspiring NBA player or was it always football? Shoot, I played for X and Malia. I played in the Ditas, Gauntlet and stuff like that. I wanted to play at U basketball. Everybody always told me I was better at football. So I just, I stopped putting extra time to get shots up in the gym. I was like, let me get on the football field. And I'm not 6'7 either. So they're like, hey, you can't play the four for us. You're 6'1. And I was like, all right. That makes sense, coach. That's valid. Makes sense. And is basketball or any of that training or your childhood plan, has that helped you on the football field at all? A hundred percent. Like I think as a receiver, press release, like a release is at the line. It's like, that's your crossover. You're a double up. Like I try to get cooped to play with me all the time because like those are the same movements. Like if I, and then especially running, like some of our pivot routes, like our return routes, like that's a, if you've got a good basketball pivot, like you know how to put your foot in the ground, like you can run routes for sure. For sure. If you lace them up right now. Here we go. Give you 30 minutes in the NBA basketball game. How many points you putting on the board? I think I'm, I think I could get 15 for sure. Here we go. 30 minutes. There we go. 30 minutes. If I'm gonna play, do I get something out? Okay. No. So it's 30 minutes of yours. How are you getting them? You making jump first? No, no, no. I'm, I'm, I'm fast. I can jump. I can dunk. I can dunk for sure. Still. Oh yeah. I mean you're ready to go. Yeah, you're right. What are you talking about? I think, yeah, I fit like, I'm to your left. Maybe if I get a wide open corner three, I'll take one, but like, I got it. It's got to come in the rhythm of the game. You think you can catch me passing NFL? Yeah, 100%. I like that. All right. See? Cool, cool. At least she sees it both ways though. I see you go with me. Wait, you clearly give somebody a heads you go. The quarterback, he's got to make it easy for you, but I, you got it. Yeah, that's what that does for me. I know what y'all got. I've seen a lot of them move, but y'all be doing that. Let's go Happy Loophies right now. Finally. That's two days in a row. That's where I sit and I can play an NFL. I am, bro. Like you tell, like, that's why I got Joe coming in. Oh my Lord. I'm like, if you just throw a jump ball, I get the five yard bump. I get the physicality of it, but like, I'm so much taller than the cornerback. Like I can just catch a lob like a jump ball. Red zone stuff, but I think the physicality of Mamie, like contact balance like is, would be a little bit different. When you have pads on you, a little bit heavier stuff. I struggle with all that. Yeah, I think that's the consideration, but like you guys go high point of rebound every, like you take the rebound, that's going to high point of ball. It's also illegal to touch me when I go for that rebound. Yeah, that's true. Yeah, minimal contact. Can that touch me when I go get that rebound? I guess that's part of the hard thing. And then yeah, landing is not easy. Landing is going to be a problem. Now growing up in Utah, does that automatically make you a jazz fan? No, I was actually born out here in Las Vegas. So I didn't, I got to pick my sports team. So that was, that was a nice part of growing up in Las Vegas. I did become slowly a jazz fan, but I love watching basketball anywhere. Who are your guys going up? I love watching football. I'm a LeBron stan, like LeGote James, like I'm out there in LA now. So like I'm at the side, I love watching him, but I used to be, I love Russell Ressberg. I love watching him play to you, the energy that compassion, the passion he plays with, and he's just going full speed all the time. I feel like I, when people ask like, what it looks like when I play football, I think I would be very similar to Russell Ressberg. Speaking of, speaking of Brian, earlier this year, he called you Puka Danchi. Big time compliment coming from him. Have you had an opportunity to meet him? No, I've been to a couple of games. I've been to court side, like when they played the Knicks, they ended up losing, but he saw me right behind like the court side season. He's like, hey, you caught the touchdown. He was, he was at me after the browse game, but man, I'm telling you, I'm jumping up and down. They're losing the game. Everybody's like, what are you doing over here? I'm like, LeBron, you're just talking to me. You got that icon down. Yeah, I was like, he saw me. Oh, how did you not meet at that one? That feels like the one that should have been. I know, they ended up losing. So yeah, I mean, it's the same thing. Y'all, when it came to the game, it was different. We play 82 times, 5,000 weeks. We get over it fast. By the way, the video, that went pretty viral of you, you're shopping with your girlfriend, right? And you're, by the way, nothing wrong with this. I think most of us who are bored while somebody's shopping have done this, but you're busy watching highlights of LeBron. That was they, that was the night LeBron hit the game winning fritos against the Warriors. You look miserable, by the way. I know, but why the hell am I here? We, that was shopping for her today, that day. So I wasn't miserable, but it wasn't my shopping. Good answer. Those other days, you give her your credit card. Oh, on. You stay here. See you at home, babe. Okay. See, I do be playing the game, but see, I get my gaming at the late night hours. Every, the sweats be on in the middle of the day. So that's why I stay on to that lobby. Wait, wait, wait, how long have y'all been together? Two years. He's still got it. He's still got it. Yeah, he's still got to do shit like that. Yeah, yeah. He has to try. Yeah, we've entered a new world as I got into the NFL. It's like the whole thing. There's a guy on the Warriors, Santos. I don't know if you've seen this dude, but a lot of people think he's your doppelganger. I don't know if you agree. It's kind of weird when somebody else tells you that something, but I'm cute. I got my hair up right now, especially when I get with the clean shave face. It's kind of there. If they need somebody to come off the bench and get five rebounds for them, use five thousand. And 15 points. I'm telling you, I could run up and down the court and get layups made of me. Dude, this would be the year they need you. I could do it. I would set great ball screens for Steph Curry. Clay Thompson, you can come pick and pop anytime you want, dog. There you go. Got you. That's pretty good, actually. Yeah, it kind of does look like me. Okay, let's talk football for a little bit. You obviously had one of the best rookie seasons of all time. All time. Congrats on that. It was fun to watch. What was your expectation going into it? You weren't a first-round pickie. Like, so how did this happen so quickly? Shoot, I guess the environment I landed in definitely allowed me to thrive in it, but my older brothers went undrafted in the NFL. To be drafted was like, I just want to make sure I make the team. I'm going to do everything I can to make the team. And then I remember they threw me a pass in OTAs before we got the pads on. And I just remember thinking like, that was such a clean catch. I transitioned. I made a move on the safety. And I was like, holy cow. That clicked in my head. I felt like, yeah, it was a moment of like that. What I'm doing is working. So just one day at a time from there on. That's awesome. I was a late second-round pick. Draft day was kind of an experience for me. It didn't really go my way, but I was 17 years old. You were a fifth-round pick. Did you keep tabs on every receiver that was picked before you? Oh, I love that. Do you have that chip on your shoulder? I definitely do have that chip on my shoulder, but there was no sore for that. I'm a competitor at heart. So I know like when you go out there and we're in between those white lines, you know, I'm going to let you know that if you didn't pick me on your other team, that was a mistake. But I just, I feel like I landed in the right spot. I'm blessed to be where I'm at. But I know the guys who went before me. What's that feeling like to finally get that call, that relief? Man, it was, I was sweating bricks, man. I had five other teams call me the day before, like Saturday was the third, the day of like the fifth round, the last couple of picks. And like, they're like, hey, make sure you're watching them. Like, I've been watching the whole week. I've been sitting here like, ready? What are you gonna say to that? Okay, can we, that lion's situation. That's a tough game to go into because America had fallen in love with them. Y'all knew Matthew Stafford was gonna get booed, right? Like nobody was kidding themselves. No. Yeah. Come on, come on. I mean, I'm like, look, I'm a fan first. I boo things. That's what we do. But I'm reading things. I'm like, does he think they're not gonna boo him? How was it? Was it weird? It was that as a competitor, like in a sports fan, like that was the best environment to be. Yeah. Like to go in a way, a way territory and have everybody rooting against you and to feel like, okay, the 53 guys we got in the Rams uniform, like that's who we're rocking with and we're, we're going ball. So the ball, all out. You say it? You say it? This video says F in every team around here. True, but it was a fun. It was a crazy environment. It was, it was fun to watch. I mean, it was just a tough, and you guys got hot. Like this, this is not the Rams team that started the season, the end of the season, because I think a lot of people thought, oh, nope, they don't have it this year. What was the change? Uh, I don't know. I guess I, I don't know what it was like in the year before. But I know when we came back from the buy, just like, I feel like we're on our team really connected. I don't know everything. Everybody got some time away from each other. So that's sometimes that's actually dice during the season. We got that little week, a week away and then we came back and everybody had a singular focus. I feel like we all plugged into the same outlet. We're all tuned in to the same channel and we ever start moving in sync. All right, you brought these. Tell us what these are. Yeah. This is Pepsi Zero Sugar, a wild cherry. It's like a beautiful logo. That's right. The red and the blue complement each other so well. Does it mix well with tequila? It does, actually. So that's why I brought them. I brought these people. All right, here we go. But this week, this week on Saturday, I'm going to be out in front of the horseshoe. Oh. Sip City secrets. So if you guys got some secrets, something you need to get off your mind, you can come bring it over there to the big Pepsi vault. We'll be out there. What? When you confess and share your secret, right? Are you going to give us a little share? The share is nice. What is it? Got a dabble in it. Hold up. People are going to go into this. It's soda chalice. Bip their secrets. Yep, confess your secrets. It's going to be written and invisible. You're going to have to worry about everybody. It's going to go in the vault as well. Yeah. It's like a confession. Yeah, it's a confession. You get it and it'll be locked up in a way and then you'll have a chance when you confess your secret. It doesn't got to be anything too crazy. I know we're here in Vegas. You've got time. Yeah, I talked to him about it. You'll get a code and you'll get a chance to win some Pepsi gear and some Super Bowl gear as well. And then also I'll be hanging out there if you guys want to come and hang out. I don't know. I'm sure there's a lot of other things going on too. He doesn't have to kind of time in one day for all his things. You know what? I finally got some sleep last night, Pugas. I'm actually feeling fresh. That's good. I love to do that. I feel good. I worked out this morning. What? I worked out this morning. Who are you? You got the Baccarat? I worked out in months. You know what? I played with Saekwon two nights ago. Absolute maniac on offensive amounts of money and he didn't win. At least you guys had a good time, right? Anyway, well, I'm not saying the value. I'm just saying what he started with, he doesn't have that currently. Pugas, it's been a pleasure. You were absolutely joy to watch this season. Good luck next season. It's just going to get better. That's what we're here to say out loud. I love that. Fun one in the league tonight, Lou. At least on paper we do. We've got Bucs. We've got Nuggets. Talk to me first about the key matchup in this one. For me, the key matchup is going to be Jamal Murray and Damian Lillard for this one. All right. Looking at, yeah, Jamal Murray didn't play great his last game. They've had a few days off since the last time they've played. I'm sure he's ready to get back on the court and have a better outing. And then obviously, the Milwaukee Bucs with their struggles, a lot of this is going to be corrected by the playup. Damian Lillard, he's going to have to lead them. And Yanis as well. But I like this. I like the matchup of Jamal Murray and Damian Lillard to really go at it tonight. And I think whoever gets the best of that matchup is going to give themselves the best opportunity to come out with a win tonight. It's an interesting one because neither team has really been crushing on the defensive side of things. So we'll start with Milwaukee. Struggling defensively. Tell me what you think Yocitch's stat line is going to look like at the end of this one. Well, he has a triple double no matter who's out there. You know, so I think he's going to. I think he has another triple double night. Like I said, these guys, they've been able to be off for the last two or three days since their last basketball game. Going into the all-star break. These type of breaks, these type of lows in your schedule is really important. It's really instrumental for you to be healthy going into the break and for games like this. When you've got big matchups, they're going to have fresh legs. And so I really like Yocitch over 27 and a half. And he's going to have at least 10 assists and 10 rebounds to go along with it. And on the other side, how about Giannis? Is he going to have a big night? I think Giannis has a big night as well. I think he's still geeked up on his brother, the Nazis, the crazy highlight that he had this past week. That was something to see. He was really excited for his brother. So I think that was the last time I seen him play basketball. So I'm ready for him to get back out on the floor. I think Giannis has a big night as well. All right, Nuggets won the first meeting who wins tonight? Nuggets won the first. This one's in Milwaukee. I always like home teams at this time of the year. I always liked the home team at this time of the year. So I'm going to go with Milwaukee. I like Milwaukee to protect home court, get a big win against the Nuggets, a very much needed win. I think out of these two teams, Milwaukee is a little bit more desperate for a win. So, you know, give me Milwaukee at home. That's fair. That's fair. We've got a big one in the West as well. Timberwolves and Clippers. First, tell me about the matchup we need to keep our eye on. I'm excited to see this one. This might be a game that I watched tonight. So, you know, for me to watch, the key matchup I need to see is going to be Anthony Edwards and Kawhi Leonard. You know, I think those guys are going to do two All-Star guys. I think they're going to duke it out. This is a week before All-Star weekend. Again, these wins right here going into that break are so important because you want to go in with feeling good. You want that momentum. You know, as competitive people, we don't want to lose a game and then take a week off until we can get back on the court to try to redeem ourselves. And so, going into that break, these games are really important. I know how Kawhi looks at these matchups. I know how Coach Ty Loo looks at these matchups. And so, I really like a matchup of Kawhi Leonard. Anthony Edwards really duking it out. I think Kawhi has more firepower with him. So, I give the Clippers the edge for this one tonight. All right. Clippers winning tonight at home as well. I like it. I like this one. I like that game as well. You better watch that game. That's like the best one of the night. We got a little prop party. It's just you and me today, Loo. You and me. So, you're up first with T-Wolves Clippers. What do you got? Like I said, the Clippers have been playing some of the best basketball in the league outside of the Cleveland Cavaliers put together one of the best months, you know. So, I don't see them losing a lot of games, especially with knowing their mindset, going into All-Star break like I keep mentioning. I've been in those locker rooms. I know the points of emphasis. So, I like Clippers here with the money line and I like Kauada be over 19-and-a-half. Big night for them. I feel like we're both feeling Clippers on this one. My prop party also leaning very Clippers-friendly. Paul George over 20-and-a-half points. James Harden with over 2-and-a-half threes made. It was rocking the Montana jersey last night. We don't need to talk about it. I just thought that was interesting. I didn't know he was a fan. He's a Big Time 49ers fan. But look, can we talk about the Super Bowl? Very entertaining football game. Yes, we will. I enjoyed it. I enjoyed it. I loved it and I'm glad it was a good close game. We'll talk about it also when we come back because we'll take a look back at the week that was that killed us all when Run It Back returns. City is talking about basketball. Yes, we do. But today we're talking about everything. Football helps basketball. Basketball is honestly my favorite sport. I play basketball in high school. Were you good? My game was comparable to Baron Davis. Young D. Rose. I was like the athlete, that athlete baller. I was sneaky bouncing. Sneaky about that? That's real bad. Right? Yeah. Dwayne Wayne. As someone I looked at, I want to be that guy and then Russell West for it. Russell West for references. Why do you make everybody Russell West? Because it's football. I'm going to hit you with this counter move, try to make you fall, get the crowd. Ooh. Time is job-marant. Did you know, Ja? I just feel proud to be one time, just to go to the game. Really? To be honest, we watched him. Really? You remember feeling money from the Memphis Grizzlies and all that? Why do you always get to bring that up? I didn't know, it's on my list. George Nieng and Tyrese were the first two guys I met. Did he dress weird back then, or is this new style then with Tyrese? Was LeBron your goat, or is MJ the goat? LeBron. LeBron. Easy. When LeBron came back, that's what it really got to be. LeGote, James, I'm jumping up and down. They're losing the game. Everybody's like, what are you doing over here? I'm like, LeBron, he's talking to the team. You made eye contact. Yeah, I was like, he's so old. I was like, you can't get to Mike when you don't have the championship that Mike is at. 30 minutes in the NBA basketball game. How many points you're putting on the board? I think I could get 15 for sure. Here we go. 30 minutes. There we go. 30 minutes. I'm playing Detroit Pistons. I have a nice 15. Nice 15 with it. I love it. I'm coming off the pinker roll, and I'm praying. If PJ Tucker can sit in the corner here and just shoot a lot of the three, I can do it. I think I'm only getting like five points, four points. See, I like he. I mean, I wouldn't say I won't get buckets. No, to play 82 games and play in the NBA, I'm not that guy. They need somebody to come off the bench and get five bucks, maybe use five thousand. And 15 points. And NBA players playing NFL. You can run a guy. Catch the ball. And then get out of there. You can, bro. I'm not going in the middle of that. They will break the body. Yes. Do you play football? Never. I don't like contact. I'm 6th. Here we go. You fold it. I can't just, you can't just throw it up like a lob to get posted up. If you tackled him, how many days before he'd get out of bed? Like I was going to say, it's just a fire. You're going to have a burrito. Yeah. You're the quarterback. You better hurry up. And I'm going to run around and I'm going to see if I can moss you after the show. Run it back. So that's happening after the show. Check out social media. That does it for us. Peace. And then it happened, Lou. You guys actually went back there and played around a bit. How'd it go? It went well. I didn't catch a ball. Joe Hayden turned into Joe Hayden against me. Dang it. I'm not 6th, 10, like Chandler. So I, but I did find my position. I realized I was a better quarterback than I was a receiver. So I put that ball in a perfect spot. Chandler was able to get a good highlight out of it, but it didn't go my way when I tried to catch a ball. But I had fun. Shout out to Joe Hayden. I love it. I love it. Shoms, next year we're getting the trade deadline moved. So you can spend the whole week with us. I had FOMO watching that. We missed you, but we're back. And now we're five days a week. We'll see y'all tomorrow.