 What's the word y'all welcome back to call game Kenny for real MLK date addition man You know basically what it is you wake up depending on what the sleep schedule is like and then there's games all Day long so no matter what I knew I could turn on the TV and watch some basketball now I'm gonna say I did pick and choose I did pick and choose whiz games I thought would be worth watching and to keep it a buck I shot like a hundred percent the games that I didn't why I didn't turn out to look like good games Before we get into today Slayton talk about everything of course I want to honor Marlo the king junior follows great work throughout his lifetime it goes without saying that I am super appreciative of his work and the work of other civil rights activists during his time period of course none of this is Possible without the work of Dr. King. So may he rest in peace and and the basketball NBA community Put together a great slate of games on his day Get to the one that everybody's here to hear me talk about the Milwaukee Bucks versus the Brooklyn Nets When you thought the Brooklyn Nets couldn't look any better from their first appearance here They are winning another game, but this game is not against some Orlando Magic team that is losing like four starters This is against one of the best teams in the league and they came out and they performed This felt like a playoff game from the very beginning and especially in that fourth quarter I just wish I wish that there was like fans in the crowd and I think that the TV Cast does a good job of making it feel like an NBA game with with the sound effects and everything But I had to turn all that off because the call was absolutely terrible But I don't want to go there this felt like a playoff game from the very beginning The best part about it for for what the Brooklyn Nets did was that Deandre Jordan had his best game pretty much of the season And people are tweeting at me Kenny I thought he said Deandre Jordan is bad. He has been bad, but that I mean he was always you know I'm saying he had a really good game today And that was one of the reasons they were able to put together a win another reason is because well James Harden The Kevin Arant are two of the best at what they do it goes without saying the one thing that I Saw somebody asked me on Twitter, which I didn't I didn't answer if you're watching this video My apologies because I didn't want to pose a question to the audience here on the call game audience Is Joe Harris the best shooter James Harden has ever played with because I was just off the top of my head I was just thinking you know I guess I could have went through the rosters and I'm more specifically talking about his time in Houston because y'all know They's running that five out offense for a lot of it. He had PJ Tucker. He had Gerald Green Yeah, he had Robert Covington at the last year So he always had good shooters, but has he ever had a shooter of Joe Harris's caliber and off the top of my head I think the only guy I could think of was Ryan Anderson But they weren't even like a championship quality team right Anderson was playing with so I think it's the best shooter all Lesson I think this is the best shooter that James Harden has ever had on this team and Joe Harris again I told y'all people are gonna start realizing that Joe Harris is more than just a catch-and-shoot guy He does so much more on the floor It does help when when Jeff Green is basically not missing I think the only miss he had was late in the shot clock one second He threw a shot up and it was an air ball so he was incredible Of course Kevin Arant doing incredible things and the best thing about this is in the first half James Harden had Six turnovers and I don't think he had a single turnover in that second half So we were talking about his turnovers in that first game against Orlando and it's starting to cut down And he made Deandre Jordan look like a quality NBA player And that was the one thing I was hoping for in that first game and you know team chemistry again They haven't even practiced together yet still they haven't practiced together yet still they just rolled the balls out like go to work And they are going to work. This is a scary team, man They're very scary team now don't if the Milwaukee Bugs did lose this game There's nothing Milwaukee Bugs fans should be worried about Whatever because you watch this game the let's be honest the reason they lost his game because they just didn't shoot the ball Well, it's very very simple. There was no Strategical changes. I mean the last shot attempt. This is a play that coach bud has drawn up endless amount of times When they need a basket the end of the game and it very rarely works Even though the Christmas or shy was was halfway down and Janice was open under the rim Maybe if they would hit that extra three seconds Things would have been different either way either way This is not a game the Bugs fans should hold their heads because they were super competitive in this one without them actually shooting the ball Well, it's it's getting to the point of kind of scary like I'm starting to get the sample size for some players Right, you know when players start off struggling to start the season. There's four or five games I'm like they're in a slump. They'll get it together I'm getting kind of afraid that these are your Augustine may not be the player that they wanted him to be when they signed them It's rough bro over seven tonight specifically, but it's not just about tonight It's about this entire season so far. He hasn't provided the value off the bench So I thought he would have provided when they signed them So that's a little thing But but I do enjoy watching both of these two teams man They have so between these two teams they have so many great isolation players from James Harden to Kevin Durant to Chris Middleton they're all I would say that's three of the top ten Isolation players in a league and they were going at it. Which is a beautiful beautiful thing It was a great game on national TV a game that I watched parts of but not the full thing of it Was the Atlanta Hawks beating the the Timberwolves It's one of the games I opted not to watch the full thing But what I was watching what I could say is the Andre Hunter looks really really good this season and that's that's very good That's very promising because he could be a He's like a long-term person for this team You know like when you have so many louder picks in the role like the Atlanta Hawks have when you're on a Rebuild a team let's be honest all of them are not going to turn out to be on your team by the end of their Ricky Contract and not get that second contract the way the Andre Hunter has played this season He looks like a long-term player that can play well alone. That's where young We got a maybe not so great for a young game again, but he did get to the free throw line more and that's where his game thrives and For the Timberwolves it is very very rough and I know that the Warriors especially they got the win today You know they're in playoff contention and they still got the Minnesota Timberwolves picked us top to protect it And at this point I think that they are tied for the worst team in the league record wise They can't defend a thing and their offense sucks too You got to look back on that trade and be like was it worth giving up two first-round picks to get D'Angelo Rossu Now I know they couldn't predict it that Carthony Towns was gonna break his hand or that he was gonna catch the virus But I guess even with them to the first of all the sample sizing them playing together has been super small over the season That they've been together, so I don't know. I don't know. Hopefully Carthony Towns comes back and eventually You don't end up giving up a pick You know I'm saying it's it is kind of rough The Spurs and the Trailblazers game I watched this entire game But there's not much to say about it the Trailblazers are still missing so many players and the Spurs went by committee I can't say Devin Vaseo looked very very good today And this is like my first time watching one of the Spurs games from start to end with no interruptions So it was a good win from them quality when I think they have four to five players with 20 plus points And a lot of them be in their vets Now another nationally televised game the Grizzlies. Oh my god the Grizzlies now the last time I had an episode Y'all know this is all off the top of the head, so I'll be forgetting some stuff Maybe I should be writing notes throughout when I'm watching these games I wanted to show a lot of love to Xavier Tillman, and I still don't know if it's ex Xavier Tillman or Xavier Tillman somebody in common-sex 11. Do I pronounce the X because I've heard of both ways I literally have heard of both ways when I listen to the Grizzlies call is my way when I listen I don't know. I don't know. Anyway, but what a game what a game Bro, the Grizzlies are must watch TV, bro They was close to much must watch TV when Jamarrent was down And now Jamarrent is back the play he made to find I forget who exactly Was in the corner because again this game happened hours ago the play that he made the hang time is Ridiculous to get that shot off in the corner This team is just so nice and Xavier Tillman to be basically like the oldest rookie in the draft class He's come in got his first career start and he looked really good over the past couple games Dylan Brooks shot one for ten, but I promise you his impact was there because defensively he was all in all In Devon Booker's back Devon Booker couldn't do a damn thing today and a lot that is due to Dylan Brooks now Like I said with DJ Augustine I'm you starting to get a feel for some of these players and whether or not a slumps and whether or not this So that so far this season Devon Booker hasn't been Devon Booker And I'm not just looking at this game where he's 5 for 21 and he was dreadful I just went throughout the entire season that he has not looked like Devon Booker just yet And I know that has a lot to do with with probably Chris Paul coming in here because I mean that Dramatically changes some things about the team Chris Paul and his old age He completely changes the way you run your team of basketball and and maybe I mean for the better because again This team is in the playoff race right now without him. They kind of worry, but not really At his old age He's not running gun up and down the court anymore and the Phoenix Suns last year were top 10 pace and this year They like bottom three So I know there's some adjustments because like Mikel Bridges runs the floor amazing Devon Booker runs the floor amazing DeAndre Aiden is amazing in the the court open court But they haven't really been able to run like that because of Chris Paul is in their point guard So I think that a lot of Devon Booker struggle struggles this season because he's still playing solidly You know I'm saying he just ain't been as good as last year what made him an all-star He'd probably be an all-star still this year because they're a playoff team right now But you give them saying he just hasn't been as good this year as last year And this game particularly was was really really hard for him because there were so many plays down a stretch where Devon Booker was like I gotta do this for us when DeAndre Aiden was having probably one of his best games of the season He had a play. I don't maybe us. Tyus Jones was on his back in the post and Instead of getting the ball to him Devon Booker chucked up a shot like just plays like that Like like DeAndre Aiden is a guy that should be getting a lot more touches than what he did in this game Specifically especially with him having as good of a game He did especially with the way the Memphis Grizzlies were defending him He had a lot of situations where the smaller defender was on his back And I know he ain't a body bruiser like some of the other bigs in the league But if it's Tyus Jones on a seven-footer, but that's an easy easy basket, but this is gonna come a chemistry This is what it's gonna come with them learning how to play together. I'm still very high on this team a Close game just a very close game, bro The Memphis Grizzlies are running out a team full of players that are kind of like young castaways and it's working And it's absolutely working The Raptors get another win slowly chipping away, but the best thing about this game is not just a win But they clamped Luca and when I say they I'm talking about oh gee I'm talking about stand the stamina stand the man is what I'm just gonna always call them They clamped up Luca and Luca was playing it back to back where he's put up 30-point triple double against the Bulls last night So maybe he was just tired, but they played amazing defense on Luca and obviously if you can stop Luca You can stop the Dallas Mavericks. Um when it comes to the Miami he game May I might have by your head one of his better games of the season, which is great Um Kendrick Nunn had a good game when I was watching and it was one more player. Moe Harkless had a good game And what what's sad about this game particularly Is Blake Griffin? He just I don't want to say he's going out man. I just not that I just don't want to believe it I don't want to believe it bro. Blake Griffin has just been one of my favorite players over the past decade or so So he's been drafted and to see where he is right now is is kind of concerning It is he hasn't put together a game so far this year And I think I was talking about it in one of the very first episodes that like so far this season. He's been A spot-up shooter. Basically. He's not doing Blake Griffin type things He the last time he was really good when they had that playoff run when it was like all on his back Think about like two years ago I think it was when he led them to the playoffs and he couldn't really plan a playoffs because he was injured when they went against the Bucks He did everything for that team. He was the point power forward passing rebounding defending scoring And he has just lost all of that. So I hope I hope I hope this ain't what we got Again, he has talked about how later in his career He wanted to compete for a championship and obviously on this team. He's not really doing that So maybe that's in a psyche But bro, I do not want to see him go out like this and right now it is it is Rough it is rough Is that the last game? Oh, no, no, no the Bulls got to win It was it was weird to see Victor on his new jerseys, but he played very very well The Bulls are gonna have to defend They can't outscore all the good team They they won't be able to outscore the good teams and that's kind of what we saw when they went on la trip They can compete they can compete with them, but they're not going to be able to outscore them They're gonna have to defend something eventually this season if Bubble playoff team is on the horizon for Bulls fans. They got to learn how to defend They give them 120 points tonight and I think they're bottom three defense right now So they need to shot exactly for scoring a bunch of points. And lastly the warriors get their win on the Lakers I think there was a five to six seven minute stretch five to six seven minute stretch where the Lakers couldn't get a field go They got to the free throw line a few times But they just couldn't get a field go and that shot by Stephen Curry was so beautiful I got to give a lot of love to Kelly Ubrey This is one of his better games of the season But one thing that people fail to realize is that even when Kelly Ubrey was struggling to shoot When he was shooting four percent from three, what is he shooting now? He is shooting Better than four percent, but when you shoot a four percent from three People had to realize that he was still getting in people's he's shooting Okay, he's not 19 percent is the exact number. Ouch He plays just with this intensity, right? He's not a great defender He's not necessarily a smart defender either But he plays with this intensity that could get under people's skins He get the technical foul for blowing a kiss he gets the the inbound steal We he's pointing it like he plays with this intensity and today they needed that intensity And then the Steph Curry shot was so magnificent Draymond Green if somehow you're watching this video, I would love to talk again That was not highlight related just me and you on a call game show because I can listen to Draymond Green Talk basketball for hours and hours on there There are not many people in the NBA that I feel like I can just learn Everything about basketball from Draymond Green is that guy so every time he is mic'd up. I'm listening So I just can't imagine how many gyms he can drop for not just me but for the audience out there So Draymond hit hit a brother up It could be remotely like the first time we met each other and the last possessive for the Lakers is very weird They get it with like 20 something seconds on the clock They I'm thinking that they've got to go no time out and then they they run a play that just doesn't really work LeBron gives it to dinner shooter then like runs away from the ball completely They get a time out with a second to go and LeBron does get a good look out of the time out They end up losing this game. Um, but similar to what I said with with the Bucks loss It's nothing to be concerned about Lakers fans. Obviously y'all have been playing great all season One loss is not Not going to change any of that but for the Warriors, this is a very very big win after a couple game losing streak All right, that's it man. I need to get back. I need to get my chris paul poster up or thing back up, man It feels so bury in here. You know what I'm saying? If you enjoyed the video, leave it a like I'll see y'all. Maybe tomorrow. We'll see called game