 What's the word y'all welcome back to the recap feels good to say those words man I do all explanations to how this went from a near-daily thing to it not being that and I'll say that for the end of the video Cuz I know a lot of people here don't care really they just want to hear me talk about basketball So let's get into it talking about that late night game And I speak for everybody that tuned into that game when I say we need a seven game series right here right now Phoenix Suns versus Utah Jazz they match up so well together a seven game series needs to be on the horizon Now the bad news about it is I know we still have a month and a half left for the season But this is the one in the two seats So if they're gonna be matched up in a seven game series It has to be in the conference finals and well the nuggets the Lakers the Clippers These are teams that uh want to have a word that might prevent the Utah Jazz and the Phoenix Suns from seeing each other in the Conference finals, but they match up so well together I need it to see two top players under 25 go out one half forty one half thirty four in a win It's just amazing and one of the main questions I get is Kenny How did Chris Paul become your favorite player of all time? Well today was a performance like that now imagine him doing what he did today Amplify that significantly and imagine 11 and 12 year old me watching him do the things that he does Yes, that's how it happened. That's how it happened because when he was his point is prime You know what we're not gonna go there. We're not gonna go there, but these are the performances that I absolutely love Shout out to the Phoenix Suns for pulling this one out One of my least favorite things about basketball or NBA basketball Specifically is the way things end right for three and a half quarters. We have both teams running these free-flowing offenses What kind of we we see in screening rows the Chris Paul pick and roll DeAndre Aiden was dominated Rudy Gobert because he struggles regarding those things and then we get to the fourth quarter It's close it's three minutes left and everything we just did for the three and a half quarters Don't matter because it reverts to give the ball to my best player and let him do his thing And that's just the way the NBA basketball goes, but it just feels we if I'm if I'm a coach and again I know way less about basketball to money Williams So I'm not I'm not telling him how to do his job especially since he did get the win I would continue to go to Chris Paul in that pick and roll I mean it worked out again because they got the win But it's just reverts to these things and this is something that me and DeAndre Fox talked about on a recent interview of how that's just The way NBA basketball is not asked them how why and he didn't really have a real answer It's just it's how we play it. You know, it's just it's just how we play it because at the end of the day I guess you trust Devin Booker taking a shot over Jay Crowdy even though Jay Crowdy was great You trust Donovan Mitchell taking a shot especially today Over anybody else on the team because they were really struggling from beyond beyond the arc So I just understand that's how it is But it does kill the game a little bit them fouling up by three does kill the game a little bit by Understand why you do it because at the end of the day you don't care about the fans at home They're viewing experience of your money Williams. You care about getting the win So fouling Donovan Mitchell when you're up by three for him to hit two free throws when you have one of the clutches players and the free Don't light and here's your basketball on your team. It makes a lot of sense But a game like this and this feels this was harsh to say or feels terrible to say because the Utah Jazz have been so dominant this entire season But a performance like tonight is one of the reasons that that many fans. I'm not speaking specifically for myself but many fans find it hard to really trust them as like Really the guys right when you when you talk about the number one sees historically you like this is the team that is the best in the league I'm pretty confident this team is gonna go on and win the conference and go on to the finals And I know majority and I'm being honest with each other which all majority of NBA fans out there Don't believe that the Utah Jazz is that team especially when you think about well the Lakers will be healthy again one day I like I even asked my friends who we co-hosted a podcast to Because I'm always interested in these type of things too I asked them if you who do you trust more the Utah Jazz to the Denver Nuggets in the seven-game series They went Denver who do you trust Utah Jazz versus the Phoenix Suns in the seven-game shit. They went Phoenix I think a lot of people are are I Not mistaken, but don't really trust the Utah Jazz and today is one of those performances Why because if you have have a game or you can't hit a three which they really struggled with it reverts to Donovan Please hit some shots. This is this is the only thing We have right now and it's very James Harden Houston Rockets is from few years ago where they go oh For 27 and three-point shots where it's like okay Nobody else can hit their shot So we really just need our star player to create offense for us And it just lacked the the movement that maybe some of the other sets from other teams have and I think that's what people Really believe like when it comes down to a seven-game series Do we trust that the Utah Jazz is going to be a 45 percent shooting three-point team for not just one series Not just two series not just three series, but a whole four series to go on to win the championship That's just I think that's what the main concern is for the Utah Jazz. We know that the defense is real We know that Donovan Mitch was good. We know the really go better defensively is good We know that my colleague can do some things, but do we trust the all of the outside things recently? No, even though they they're what eight and two in their last ten They've been very very good. They're six man in the year candidate Jordan Clarkson hasn't been good in the last Ten doesn't really matter too much But those are just the things Phoenix Suns look really really good And I just wish that we can get a seven-game series of that and I'm not counting it out around my possibility But it is it would be it would be very very tough for Some of the other games we had or the Knicks going against the Celtics This was one I was heavily invested in because y'all I hate to break the news to y'all Every as long as y'all have known me whether it be on this channel any amount other channels I've always been an objective basketball fan I just always have been but in the reason for that is my team has been trashed for as long as I can really remember And this is a year where we're trying not to be that So when I see two of the teams that we are competing with playoff spots for the Celtics and the Knicks going against each other I got a tune in you know I'm saying because I one of these teams is gonna lose Which means that opens up the door a little bit for my Chicago Bulls and like this is this sucks to say because Toronto Raptor fans have been through a lot this last season But honestly I'm actively rooting against the Toronto Raptors to steal my team's but and I'm like a lot of y'all used to me Being an objective fan, but now that the Bulls are involved to potentially be one of the ten teams because again now It's ten teams this year. I can't watch the team surrounding them in and roofing them anymore So we saw the Knicks versus the Celtics who all gets each other and the Knicks continue to do the sting where they They went through three quarters and then just blow a lead I think their last five losses having games they went into the fourth quarter leading The last five the fourth quarter offense is Disgusting and it's not like the Boston Celtics were much better this game But they were better better enough to win a lot of it was was of course Jalen Jalen Brown had big-time games, but off the bench you had Tristan Thompson all over the place I don't know if the box girl really says it says he had 7.8 rebounds. I promise you felt like he had way more than that in this game And his impact was what's felt in a game like this Well when I was watching this game late in the fourth quarter, it's the same thing We just talked about it revert to Give the ball to my best player and let him do something and their best players Julius Randall in a game where Julius Randall Wasn't necessarily great and and his secondary player, which is RJ Barrett was on fire We don't get the get the offensive plays ran through RJ Barrett. We just don't and I know he's upset being snubbed off that 25 on the 25 list. Let me break you some news to y'all for y'all that don't know Those big publications that put together these lists again. I work with one of them I'm literally went and bleach your poor hoodie right now Part of it is bait, right? So people are really upset that RJ Barrett wasn't on this list and part of the bait is we're gonna hold out Or we're gonna snub somebody on a big market team or we're gonna put somebody from a big market team Lower than where they should be or a beloved player like Devon Booker that was lower on the list Because we want people to talk about it. So but like like like Devon Booker is beloved by everybody So in order for us to get a little buzz on the article, we know we don't drop him on that ranking Just a little bit those are the things that go through the minds of the people in those offices I'm just breaking the news if you didn't know So yeah, it was a fun game to watch another fun game to watch was the Brooklyn Nets beating up on the Pelicans again This is game. I have any stake in but I did want to see Zion continue his streak But it did not he only ended with 16 points Kevin right came off the bench and be just was Kevin a rant to a higher extent did not miss a single shot 18 minutes and and my boy my boy who is a Detroit piston fan. He's tweeted at me a few times saying is it okay that I'm upset with with Blake Griffin? At the way it ended in Detroit and my answer to him Yeah, it's okay. You're a Detroit piston fan, right? You're a team that invested a lot of money on this player a lot a lot of time with this plan for him to go out the way It is okay for you to be upset, but I would I would say to you Detroit piston fan that is upset with Blake Griffin Doesn't he personally just look happier? You know what I'm saying? If he stayed in Detroit, he probably wasn't gonna be happy with the remaining years of his contract So yes, he forced his way out of there by being bad for an entire season But look we got good Blake Griffin again, and that's all I that's all I really care about I just want everybody to be happy and play to their fullest potential One of the reasons why we have taken a step back when it comes to the call game recaps is because I haven't been able To watch as much basketball as I really wanted to and a lot of it is because of some things going on behind the scenes Where we're transitioning this this recap will come back to full strength eventually But but I've been working on this called game venture for since October And we are so close to launching where it would be me play in players and people in the NBA industry Interviewing them talking to them just doing overall fun things and we kind of underestimated The impact of the coronavirus when it comes to booking talent and things like that And I've been working very hard behind the scenes to try to get this thing a reality Because at the end of the day though, I do work with BR slash house of highlights I've always been an individual and and this called game venture is Allowing me to do what I really envisioned for myself for the future So I actually have a trip back to LA on Monday I'll be going from Monday to Friday do or more shoots and then after I recap those shoots We officially officially be launching called game on this channel It is a monumental moment for me personally because we've been working so hard on this It's all independent and I appreciate if you guys show some love. I'm gonna spoil it I think the first episode is with metal world peace. We recorded that like a month or two ago Which is crazy and we got some other great NBA players or people in the realm of basketball Booked up and I just I just hope that y'all enjoy it man I hope that y'all enjoy the first couple episodes are a bit weird because I am trying to find myself with other talent You know what I'm saying so bear with me as we try to turn Nothing into something that's really what it was it was me with a budget I was building the set me hiring a production company Me getting talent into the building and overall meet interviewing and trying to be different than some of the other things You see on different publications like BR slash ESPN because I'm trying to be independent here So those are the reason why the key recap has died out a little bit because again They were a lot of games today and I only got to talk about two of them because those are the only two games I had time to really watch today So my apologies for that and hopefully in two weeks when we launch called game Y'all to show some love on it and then this recap can continue to grow on side of it. Alright, I appreciate y'all I'll see y'all soon peace call game