 What's the word y'all welcome back to call game now today would be one of those days where I just don't upload an episode because out of the Nine games seven of them are blowouts the Warriors are still playing the Kings as I'm talking But they're up by a dub going into halftime Steph Curry got 23 again all the doubters What y'all that um this would be a day that I would normally not upload because there was nothing interesting bro from the Mavericks and calves that game was born from the 76 to Hornets that game was born We got the next versus the Hulk listen the only reason I am doing this video today is to talk about the next mostly But that's what I want to say to y'all when your team is doing well, please just don't tweet at me saying you better talk about them Tonight, I usually hit on every single team don't I come on y'all be better Be better. Be sure to leave a like on the video subscribe if you are new let's get into the episode Okay, okay, let's talk about the next they are four and three at this point and Nick's fans are on cloud now Which makes sense, baby. I ain't seeing y'all TV be above 500 or competent or fun in a long time And you know what? I am envious of this I am jealous that that your team is looking so good because my team doesn't we look at the big market teams in all of sports We have like LA we have New York. We have like some places in Dallas or some place in Texas like Dallas and and One thing I could always say is that at least my bulls are better than the Knicks Well cuz Nick's basketball is cool. I talked about them a few episodes ago the title the video was literally is Nick's basketball back Today was a bigger game though It was a more impactful game because you went into Atlanta Hawks who again are a playoff team at this point And you guys look very good. This is the same I'm just basically gonna repeat what I said in that episode. This is where coaching matters This is when coaching showed his point where the one of the reasons why I love Tom Thibodeau And I could have told y'all Nick's fans this because I had years and years of Tom Thibodeau as my coach here Chicago One of the reasons why Tom Thibodeau is loved is because he don't give a damn about the politics that can really be in basketball If you are helping us be successful, you're gonna get those minutes I don't care if that means benching our best player if my backup is looking great The backup is getting those minutes and the Knicks don't have a star player other than Zula's Randall course So when they close out the game with Emmanuel quickly on Austin Rivers, it does not matter It does not matter that the starter didn't get those minutes because Tom Thibodeau cares about one thing and one thing at The most and that is winning basketball games. So it's cool to see Emmanuel quickly Play so well. We're gonna talk about some more rookies later in the episode like Peyton Pritchard When when people were talking about this 2020 draft class one of the biggest things was like this draft class It's not as good as some of the previous ones and I understand what they're saying There's man Not there's not top-end star talent like some of the previous years with Zion and Jama Rand Then Luca and Trey young and so on and so forth But there we've seen so many rookies so far the season come in and play a pack full minutes already We're a week and a half into the season two weeks and we've seen rookies that were lowered down the depth are lowered down the NBA draft Be successful Emmanuel quickly list I've been rooting for him because he came on our podcast and he was just a cool dude and I was like, okay He's playing in New York. I'm gonna be watching them and today was probably yes 100% his best game from the steals from him just playing well and his nickname is IQ Come on, bro. It don't get much better than that. Nick's basketball is good. I have to talk about Julius Randall Just being I don't know what it is man. Cuz I remember Going into the year that he signed with the next was that two years ago me and my guys on our podcast We did a video we were ranking the top power forwards in the NBA. I had Julius Randall I think at like number seven my boy Pierre who is a Nick's fan by the way had him at like number 3a and then Pascal at 3b So like we were kind of high on Julius Randall because when he was given those minutes and with the Pelicans would Anthony Davis was out Julius Randall had moments a lot of moments where he's just really really good He's putting up 20 and 10 nights with six assists and and Tom Thibodeau has got him to the point where he's looking like that player again And it matters now because with those Pelican teams, they weren't good enough to win many games with this next team I guess that's it bro. Is Julius Randall about to be an all-star? That's their players that are playing very good this this beginning of the season that are making all-star cases And you know how things work something that happens like this all the time where players start off high and then they simmer down But the way Julius Randall is playing and the way Tom Thibodeau has allowed him to be Julius Randall where he could get aboard He's gonna go coast to coast regardless sure with his high usage his turnovers are kind of ridiculous But he is playing very well. I got to give a lot of love to RJ Bear who I'm gonna say it He deserves more foul calls. There were a lot of times in his game where I'm watching I'm like he's going to the Pain hard. He is getting fouled. He's just not getting those calls just yet He wasn't super super efficient, but from the three-point line obviously But this is a very very good game for the Knicks and Knicks fans on cloud nine and I respect that you should be you deserve this right now For the Atlanta Hawks, I'm not looking too much into it. Yes, they does they should win this game Back down of us has to play better, but this is still a team that are missing quality rotational pieces. No Galanari no Rondo No Tony snail no Chris dawn. They are still missing quality quality players and it every time that Brandon Goan checks into the game. I'm just reminding that they're missing quality players because Brandon goan should not be getting NBA minutes I'm sorry, Brandon if you're watching this video, there's no disrespect But at this point for a team is trying to compete and be a good team Brandon go which is not a backup and then that will be fixed once Chris Dunn comes back from his injury Whenever the hell that is we don't even know And that's one thing I hate because Chris Dunn is one of my guys So to see him not being able to hoop right now is kind of depressing But you got Rondo and Rondo when he was playing looked significantly better than anything Brandon Good we could give you I'm not thinking too much about the Atlanta Hawks win Let's just praise the New York Knicks on this start because I mean they've had a Relatively tough schedule the first seven games of the year. So to have them be four and three is great. Are you happy next fans? I got y'all. All right, let's get to the next game Which was the 76ers winning against the Hornets same thing. I've said all the time 76ers take care of business Beat up on the bad teams. I can't wait to see them go against the really good teams The he got a must-needed W and it was in good fashion. Great to see see this is what I mean by saying This was gonna be an episode that we just we didn't talk about Let's talk about Celtics versus Raptors now. I've said everything I need to say about the Raptors or why I think they have not Been successful this year. So I'm not gonna repeat that go watch those previous videos But there was this conversation on Twitter and you know what? I'm getting to the point where I'm in love with NBA Twitter as much as I am I hate NBA Twitter because there are so many bad takes on there So many people just express the ridiculous opinions for the sake of having a ridiculous opinion And and one of the things that people have been debating is Jaylen Brown better than Jason Tatum now at the end of the day The answer is no, but if he was who gives a damn they're in the same team They're in the same team and this was Jaylin This was Jason Tatum's turn coming off the game window, of course This is his turn to get his 40 piece and that that is amazing We got to talk about Peyton Pritchard another one of those rookie guys that were they were low in the draft And I remember specifically what I do since I don't watch college basketball the day after the NBA draft I read publications from like CBS Sports Bleacher Report where people are grading draft picks and I take a little mental notes Emmanuel quickly got a bad grade by the way when he got drafted and Peyton Pritchard got a bad grade and both of them Look very very good today him putting up 23 and ate a sis. Wow And I was happy to see Tremont waters get the get the start because short kids stand up Time Lord get a more minutes next game has to be I'm not talking about Mavericks versus Rockets I'm not talking about Yannis putting up 43 but shout out to Yannis of putting up 43 And let's talk about the last game that was interesting again two out of the nine games today were interesting And that is the Pelicans versus the the Pacers where Malcolm Brogdon called game You know, that's what you've been waiting for in this game I'm gonna take over from late fourth quarter and overtime because if I'm keeping it a full buck for you the first three quarters I was in and out of this game because y'all know so many games going on you can only pay attention to so much So once you start getting close and it was end of the game I decided to tune in a little bit more and one thing in overtime. I know Can Stan Van Gogh need so it's okay So they start over times I was on the bench and then he tried to sub Zion in and he was sitting on the Scores table for like what was it four out of the five minutes because they couldn't get a dead ball Or it was a free throw and he could have get in which is crazy to think that Zion was not on the floor to start over time And it has me thinking is this a conditioning thing because let me see how many total minutes he ended up playing He ended up playing 35 minutes Maybe it was a conditioning thing that we give him a little bit of breather to start the overtime that we have him close Out and they weren't able to do that and I've been seeing a lot of Pelicans fans upset with JJ Reddick's play thought the first couple games of the season which makes sense He's not looking like JJ Reddick But like he said himself there's there's been times in his career where he started off the season kind of rough It usually comes around when you're as good of a shooter as JJ Reddick is you don't expect to fall off a cliff because at the end Of the day you stir an elite shooter if he brings nothing else to the game He will be an elite shooter eventually and this was maybe one of the games were The idea of JJ Reddick on the floor is better than JJ Reddick being on the floor You get I'm saying cuz I don't know I think I think he was one for eight or one for One for nine on the day So the idea of having him as the floor spacer on the team that lacks that makes sense Stan Van Gundy, but you with him not actually shooting. Well, it's like yeah, I should have got more touches in my opinion Down to stretch and I understand Brandon Ingram being the their guy He's he's their guy at the end of the day and this is something they're gonna have to figure out how to balance because Great duos in the league end up balancing this way. We're like sure Brandon is our guy, but maybe it's not his turn Maybe we should bully ball Zion wisdom because because so bonus found out Zion should be getting a lot of touches. He should be getting a lot of touches now over time and again He was sitting on the scores table and and who Am I starting to found out and so there was times where Justin Holiday was guarding Zion Where he wasn't getting the touches and I understand Brandon Ingram is the all-star Brandon Ingram has closed games Even this season alone. He's already closed games for them So understand him getting those shots, but there it's there has to come a period of time where maybe the shots are falling And we're like, okay, let me go to my second option and look at our matchups And our matchups say just a holiday can't guard Zion Williamson He just can't and he deserves to get those touches They look like the younger team in this game and shout out to the Pacers for for taking over and again Malcolm Brogdon for call the game I don't want to focus all of the pelicans because they were the losing team So let's talk about VO having one of his best games in a season and of course Malcolm Brogdon Call the game and that's it like I said the Steph Curry and the Warriors out by 20 right now It would be just my luck that the the Kings that have a comeback and all of this wouldn't matter But I saw to Steph Curry man. I did see his son. Why say I get an early minutes in this game. Yes, sir All right, that's all I got call game