 What's the word? What's the word? What's the word? It has happened after 16 I don't know 16 years of Grinding making the playoffs getting injured in the playoffs choking some three-one leads Chris Paul is Finally in the NBA finals the Phoenix Suns on the NBA finals for the first time since I think they said 93 when Charles Barkley and MJ were going at it. That's a long drought Before the season they were on a 10 game 10 seasons route of missing the playoffs and it's just one so year They are in the finals, which is a W. We're gonna talk about that in a second But before we go any further. I want to give my roses to the LA Clippers The fact that they were in this series Took it to six Is a blessing it's it's a success if you ask me of course this team was built to take over LA We the new kings of LA that's a fact, right? But due to them circumstances I can say that this season for the Clippers was a success I was in the building with kawaii liner got injured I was there And a sentimental not just around the league but amongst NBA fans and everything is oh, they're about to get eliminated They're going against a one seed Donovan Mitchell was hooping even though he got some little bit of an injuries Mike Hanley is coming back and this team took two games away from the number one seed to advance to the next round That is a w And then they go into the conference finals against the only healthy team left and we go talk about that in a second Against the only healthy team left and they take two games and made it a little bit scary You know the phoenix sons are up 3-1 and then they come out and they they win a game in game five You know, so I would say this season is success What happens if we ain't see what kawaii liner? I would hope for for the league's sake or for the clippers sake that kawaii liner does the unfinished business thing And he just resigns because I honestly do believe that this year's version of the clippers is significantly better And was more built for championship run the last years It's just unfortunate that kawaii liner got injured Zubat's got injured and sergi bako Who they signed is supposed to be a big part of things that people are forgetting whereas was also injured, right? Let's talk about this health thing Um, because I've just seen a lot of people saying that the phoenix sons had the easiest path to the championship And guess what you're absolutely right. I'm not going to dispute that But at the end of the day, I think it was oh somebody find this clip somebody find this clip and tweet it at me After the stuff curry and the warriors won a championship There was a clip of him in a post game interview where he said sarcastically. I'm sorry I'm sorry that everybody else got injured I'm sorry that we beat the team in front of us I'm sorry that we got lucky and we stayed healthy throughout the season At the end of the day the phoenix sons could only do one thing and that's play against the team in front of them And that's what they did. That's exactly what they did. So was the path easy. Yeah, sure But they did it And now they're about to go into the finals Where the eastern conference teams both of the stars are down as i'm recording this video I don't know what's going to happen with yannis's knee. I don't know what's going to happen with treyans ankle Bone bruise But the the sons are the healthiest team left They miss cam johnson today. Sure But they're the healthiest team left And that that might be the determinant factor of who ends up being NBA champions this season Let's talk about this health thing Because we've seen Nothing but injuries injuries injuries and there's a lot of things that play into this right Short and off season 100 did something to the bodies There's no offensive butts about it, right? The fact that we had not just one or two like every season I feel like we have one or two maybe three players go out and injury unfortunate It's just how it is But the fact that we can put together an all star roster of players that miss playoff games Is something that adam silver needs to be dealing with this off season And like I know they say they want to start the next season on a normal path again But this is making a short and off see I don't really know It's cool to see parody Nobody wants to see injury. You know what i'm saying? So short and off season They had the second half of the season where they were trying to fit so many games into a short amount of time And at the end of the day we have to remember that these are still humans Playing a highly physical Game at the highest level And they're humans they have bodies that that can break down and we saw a lot of teams and a lot of players break down I love the idea of parody, but I don't want to Get parody And have to sacrifice Great talent in the league, right? I've been having a ton of fun in this playoff run 100 percent. I've not missed a single game I've never been games. I've turned off when it's a 20 point 30 point game for show, but I haven't missed a single game But I can say that I would I would have enjoyed to see more carry urban I would enjoy to see more kawaii Leonard I would enjoy to see james hard and even though that team was a super team I just want to see good basketball at the end of the day And I think we might have been robbed of that to some extent with all of these injuries, right? But at the end of the day Only thing that matters right now is the phoenix sons are in the NBA finals Devin Booker two seasons ago Actually the beginning of last season was looked at as a guy to be putting up empty stats And right now he's an all-star player On a team that is in the finals That's incredible. That's an incredible arc last year Everybody talked about how Deondre Aiden was a mistake at the number one pick because he had he got suspended for 25 games and now He's the guy from that draft class. It's in the finals first You know, there's a lot of different narrative things that have completely died And like that that's a good thing That's a really really good thing But let's talk about this game because what I'd love to see is is not only is chris paul is in the finals right now But it's the way we get to that point, right? Sons are up by I think at one point 17 And then we had a little streak we had a little run paul jorstar hit us some shot Mook was incredible today and just like that a 17 point lead went to a seven and that's when overdrive happened for chris paul I don't know how much this has happened throughout the playoff specifically But we've seen these moments from chris paul all regular season long But i'm happy it happened at the highest stage where he just took over completely took over a game He could not miss paul jorz. First of all paul jorz had chris paul on skates four times this series Beverly even gave chris paul a yank yank in that first half But he kept getting up Good to paul jorz crossed chris paul over hit a shot and then in the very next play chris paul came down to hit an a1 3 You know i'm saying resilient But we had talked about the fact that this man is an actor I love chris paul y'all know this he's my favorite player of all time outside of their groves I've said that a million times you know this if you're a fan of the channel He's an actor The boogie thing the flopping That's the only part about chris paul's game that I hate is the flop And I say that about marcus smart. I'll say that about anyone's model jenobily and a surprise like anybody That's a flown flopper and gets away with those type of things. I just I just hate that part of the game Right. I hate it and that was kind of a boiling point for the clippers, right because then you get patrick baverly Doing something just being ridiculous. Listen. I made a tweet five days ago Say it's hard for me to dislike patrick baverly and here's the context of that Patrick baverly is a nuisance on defense He can have an incredible incredible impact on winning basketball when he is locked in and not just running around He is also from my city. He grew up in in k-town, which is 10 minutes away from where I grew up So like I try to root for the hometown heroes the people that made especially we think about the journey Had to play overseas for four seasons to finally make it into the league But for him to do the things that he did right here push the chris paul in the back cheap shot thing unacceptable man Did you lose a fan today in me? Maybe I say maybe I might forget if they even push chris paul But like man, that's that's why i rooted for that's why i rooted for patrick baverly. He's from where i'm from I know the struggles that he went through and vice versa And this man come out here making me look like a fool making me take that tweet back down Oh, I didn't take the tweet down because I don't really tweets, but you're giving i'm saying Again clippers Congratulations on the season But the sons are headed to the playoffs and the good thing about this is they got at least what at the minimum They have six days of rest at this point because the 2-2 series over there I don't I don't know if milwaukey's gonna win two in a row or atlan is gonna win two in a row So this might end up being a you know a little seven game series between them and that just means more rest Um chris paul looked amazing today, but I don't know maybe he still got some injury with that shoulder Um and the devil bookers knows situation. I mean he's a broken nose It just takes time to heal but that'll feel a little bit better. We got to mention j crowder I don't know how i'm eight minutes into this or however long and I haven't mentioned j crowder My boy pierre said it best if j crowder has a game where he's hitting the shots gg's the game is over Right, he's one of those players that like you don't expect to do anything crazy But when he does do something crazy, you'll take that of your one with run with it Five threes in a series where he had struggled to shoot the ball Um mccaron bridge is only a tip to one three, but hey, he was there. He got four says nine points Cameron paying almost so part of this game Um Just a couple back-to-back to back plays where he like turned the ball over took a bad shot And then chris that's when chris paul came in and started to hit the overdrive I'm just so excited man Right, so but but it's hard for me to look at this and think about next season Because I can see some general managers around the league seeing what the phoenix sons did this year Be like we can be the next year's phoenix sons for example if i'm looking at teams out here This the bulls could try to convince themselves that they might be next year's phoenix sons Hey, we got a young team with a young guy that could get buckets We just need some stability and they might go out there and try to spin on stability when in reality In reality, it's not the same. It's really not the same Um, but some teams I think some teams can look at that and be excited and be like Hey, this is the the pelicans can be looking at the same thing. We got two star players two all-star caliber players We just need some type of stability. We need a coach first of all. They got to figure out a coach And they need like a good good vet The problem is you don't get many chris pauls as a good good vet and free agency or in the trade market You know, I'm saying so you can try to convince yourself that y'all the next sons, but in reality, you probably aren't you probably aren't um There's a lot of luck that goes into having a championship run and the sons have had a lot of luck and that's okay Because they're still there They're in the finals When there's 14 other teams in that conference that wish they were in their spot Wish they had the same amount of luck, but they didn't get that luck. Um I'm excited. I'm excited for game one whoever it may be bring them on The sons are in the finals. Wow a magic going back two seasons And telling yourself the sons would be in the NBA finals in 2021. What do you think you would say to your time traveling self? Would you believe them? because I wouldn't Even last year after the 8-0 run in the bubble I wouldn't have believed that they were about to be in the finals Go back and watch my video when they traded for chris paul. I was happy for cp I was excited, but I think I even said in that video He's gonna go another year without competing for a championship Wrong take believe it or not a guy that talks about basketball every day every day was wrong about something People always tweet at me stuff when I'm wrong. I'm like, bro. I have like I'm I'm not a perfect. I'm not perfect here Um, but hey, it happened And um, they got a couple days of rest now. We just focus on Atlanta versus Milwaukee. We'll see We'll see. Hopefully you enjoyed it um People take things way too seriously on twitter You know, I understand passion especially for passion for basketball. Listen, this is what I do for a living You know, I'm saying passion about basketball is I'm I'm that But some people be passionate about the wrong things related to basketball, right? People legitimately mad at me Because the sons are in the finals and I'm celebrating Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse finals run. It's always gonna be funny, but it's not relevant because we're not in disney world anymore We gotta we gotta figure something else out y'all At the end of the day You can put an asterisk nice to the season if you want to it will not matter In 15 years and we talk about the 2021 season. Nobody's put no asterisk next to it the year The spurs won a championship. I can't remember what season it was And a lockout shortened season where there was hella injuries Nobody's put an asterisk on this season because we're so far past that that time frame that it doesn't matter Only thing it says is that Tim Duncan got an extra championship to san Antonio Spurs have one more championship So you can add an asterisk to this season But I promise you in 20 years when you're talking to your kids Are you you don't you really think you're gonna look back on this season to be like Yeah, the sons or the bucks or the hawks won a championship, but I Put an asterisk next to it. I don't think that's the case Enjoy basketball, y'all Whether your team is in it whether it's not bro Just enjoy basketball because if you do not remember doing the height of the pandemic We went six months without basketball. It was the darkest time ever, bro So yes, like I said, I would have loved to have everybody healthy But they aren't and I think you can still enjoy some of the things even if they aren't I'll see y'all soon