 The Spurs, Thunder, and Kings are all better than the Warriors. And Russell Westbrook is the best player on the Lakers, just like we scripted. Run it back starts now. Happy Monday morning. The one who has every single team playing tonight. It's going to be fun. My name is Michelle Beatle. I'm joined, of course, by Insider Stadium Insider, Shyam Sharani, Chandler Parsons, and co-host of the Etc. podcast. Eddie G. in the house, guys. We have tons to talk about. Shyams, I'm going to start right with you because obviously the big story in the NBA for, I guess, two weeks now is Kyrie Irving. There's been a list. So where are we on the Irving saga? So the Nets have delivered a list of six items that they want Kyrie Irving to accomplish before he returns to the team. So you start with an apology, basic condemning the film that he tweeted out. They want him to go through on his $500,000 donation to anti-hate. They want him to go through anti-Semitic training. They want him to go through sensitivity training. They want him to accomplish a lot of these a lot of steps. Also meet with Jewish leaders, ADL leaders. And then at the end of all of that, they want him to meet with the owner, Josiah, I'm told. And at that point, demonstrate to Josiah that he is in their mind fit and that he demonstrates that he understands what has occurred and makes it clear to them that it won't happen again. And so there's a meeting between Kyrie Irving and Adam Silver this week to discuss potential next steps on this situation. Nike also server ties with Irving last week. So it's unclear where this goes. Will Kyrie Irving go through and actually go, you know, follow through on these six steps remains to be seen on that. To me, when this list came out, it triggered a different reaction that than I had all of last week. You know, and I'm curious what you guys thought. So he got the apology, it came after he'd been suspended officially. But Chandler, this list and what he has to do next, jumping through hoops a little bit here, what do you think? Yeah, I'm not sure how to feel about the list because if it's me or I think any other player, I'm just going to simply do these things. I love basketball. I want to play the game. I miss my teammates. I miss the I'm doing this. Kyrie Irving is he's on a different wave right now. And initially when they hit him with the five game suspension, I didn't know what to think. I felt like that was just kind of a, you know, give us a grace period of time to kind of figure out what we're going to do with them. Can we trade them? Can we buy them out? We're going to really cut this, you know, you know, generational talent. And to me, you know, he's just seemed very, very, very unapologetic. I mean, even the Instagram apology, I think what he needs to do is he needs to hold a, you know, state of emergency press conference. He needs to be genuine. He needs to be sincere. He needs to damn near cry, explain that he didn't even watch the whole movie. He was confused. He was doing this and actually show that you're a real person. Not have someone ghost write some Instagram apology for you that just doesn't feel genuine. So I don't know. I still just don't think these six requirements, like he's a 10 year old is going to like, is going to make him change or make him be, and I get it. He's very good. They want him back. They're counting on his talent and Katie's talent to win games and very quickly compete for a championship. So I think it's kind of, you know, Brooklyn cover in their ass a little bit and making sure that, you know, you can check these things off, but at the end of the day, Kyrie is Kyrie. And I don't think even once he completes those things, he's going to magically change into this person they want him to be. So I think he'll do it and I think he'll end up playing again this year, but I think there's still going to be issues there later in the future. Yeah, there's a really fine line here between, you know, being reprimanded and, you know, like showing face, doing a little bit too much. I think the public reception of this has been like a list, like a 10 year old, I kind of feel like Chandler. Like you would imagine he would end, he'll eventually do these things. I think some of these things were also assumed. It's a little different to see it on a sham Sharoni and Tweet and list it like that. But, you know, it's interesting. The one thing I'm a little concerned or maybe not concerned isn't the right word, but the little iffy about is that the very end of it, it appears that Joe Psy gets to be judging Jerry about the sincerity of whatever Kyrie has done and not done. And maybe Kyrie had it was going to have a different path into his retribution here, then now it's this firmly laid out set of circumstances for him. It's a very strange situation. And, you know, the team is much like any other job. You can fire, you can suspend, you can anybody who is subordinate. But I'm very curious to see the public reaction of this. And I know that this next organization, they pay attention to the chatter. They've been a very reactionary organization over the past few years. So if there's a lot of outcry about this for Kyrie, I'm wondering, do they take a step back? Do they make it a little more vague? Do they keep it a little more in-house next time as they bring them back? Five games is next week. So there will be a time where they're going to have to confront this in some way, shape, or form. Very curious to see how that goes. I feel like this list, it got for lack of a better word. It just felt silly to see it numbered out like that. It's sensitivity training. What have you, you know, I have my own opinions on some of these things. I'm not going to sit here and say you can't regulate what a person feels. Now the CJ McCullum statement that came out and president of the Player Association and it said he didn't watch the film. Didn't say maybe he didn't watch the whole film. He said he didn't watch the film. I think was a very interesting sentence and I think a lot of us had started to assume that I don't think this dude watched this whole thing. And I think maybe somebody told him a nugget or he watched. I don't know. But it's just weird to me that there's going to be like a moral police moment where Joe Sy is going to decide and I don't know how you decide if someone's got something out of their heart or not. Good luck with that. But you know, Chandler, you touched on it as far as him playing another, I guess specifically another game for the Nets, whether he plays in the league or not is another question. But does he play another game in Brooklyn? What do you guys think about that, Shams? You're nodding your head. I mean, he's got to follow through on these steps or he's got to follow through in some way shape or form. And clearly there's some element of a kiss the ring moment with Joe Sy and all this, right? I mean, we saw, you know, some stuff out there about he hadn't spoken to Joe Sy. We saw now that there's this list where at the end of everything he has to go meet with Joe Sy. He has to show Joe Sy, demonstrate to Joe Sy, get Joe Sy's blessing in order to go back to the team. So there's, there's a kiss the ring element here to this and knowing Kyrie, seeing kind of the actions that have taken place the last year. I mean, I think they're definitely, it's fair to say there is skepticism across the league on whether these steps will be followed through upon or whether he'll be back on the court for the Nets this season. There's no question that that's way up in the air right now. Yeah, it's fully up to Kyrie Irving. If he wants to swallow his pride and if he wants to, you know, be smarter, he will do these things because at the end of the day Kyrie, you know, I've known him for years. He's a Hooper. He loves basketball. He loves competing. He loves performing and I think he's going to miss that and whether it's another five games, it's going to take him to get there. I think he will play and I think he, I think he will be back in a Brooklyn Nets uniform. And it's funny because I feel like if this was Nick Claxton or Joe Harris, they're gone. They're cut. They're traded. So this just shows you obviously that Kyrie Irving is a generational talent. He's a multi-all star. They want him to figure this out. They need him to figure this out without Kyrie Irving. They have no chance to win a championship this year. And I think Kyrie knows that as well, but it's pretty simple. Like we said earlier, these, these tasks, this is stuff that he needs to do clearly to better himself in the first place. But also it's not like this strenuous, you know, punishment. Just, just do your, just do it and go hoop, bro. Like what are we, what are we doing? Yeah. I'm with, I'm with Chandler and that like, I think at the end of the day, Kyrie just wants to hoop. It's, it's, it's not some insane, it's just funny seeing the list written out like that. I think the Nets went through this with Kevin over the summer as well and that, you know, he's told me, I don't think it's breaking news, but he's told me like, look, in the day, I wanted to play like, I didn't want to miss games. I didn't want to miss camp. I wanted to play basketball. So I was going to figure out a way to play basketball. I think the same as with Kyrie, but you do have to wonder if he's a little miffed with the way this has been carried out in the public realm and the way it has been, and the way he's been very publicly reprimanded. And as Shyam said, essentially asked to kiss the ring and we know Kyrie is not of that ilk to just show up and kiss the ring. Now I'm not saying he's kicking over tires and throwing things around the building, but it would not surprise any of us if he had a little bit of bite back about this situation. So I'm curious to see if he does it. I think there will be some steps. I'll say this in encounter to what Chandler said. Yes, if he was a lesser player, he probably would already be gone. The other part of this is if this had remained more private, would he have already been traded because he's talented enough to have hit the open market and be traded? That's what's interesting to me. If the nets could have gotten rid of him before this was a thing, would they have? I mean, they should have exploited. They explored a little bit this summer. You have to imagine they would have this time as well. And look, and the team's doing okay without him. So it's not like just this list. I mean, I'm telling you, this list made me feel weird inside. It felt very condescending and patronizing and, you know, treating a grownup like a child. And at the end of the day, all he had to do was if he would have just done this last week, we literally would not have to be talking about this still right now, but he's a stubborn, stubborn dude. And we're seeing that sort of how that playing out now and it's bizarre. Well, keep your eye on that. By the way, I just want to remind everyone, I know it's not a football show, but Brett Farr committed crimes and it's not being covered a fraction of the time that this has been covered by regular news, but that's neither here nor there. But we do get to talk Lakers. You guys excited? I could tell. They've lost two in a row. They're two and seven, 14. Yeah, we have 10 minutes in is, you know, something. Okay. Behind the scenes, like this is obviously they, they're probably grateful for all the other drama because it's taking the heat off them for a second. But what's going on behind the scenes in Los Angeles? Shoms, I think there's a real struggle right now as far as rotations and as far as where's the offense coming from because LeBron James has struggled from three point range. Russell Westbrook has really been their best player the last four games ever since he's come off the bench. He's looked like a totally different player. The way he's moved up, moved athletically, the way he shot the ball. So that's been a positive ad looks hobbled when he's on the floor. So when you factor those three in from their quote, unquote big three and around them, you saw Darwin Ham yesterday after the game call out basically their entire supporting cast. They haven't gotten the level of production that they want. And that's a major problem for this team. This team went through a couple of games where they shot the ball. I think well outside of the realm of possibility for them and they've come back down to earth. They're back to what we saw when they, when the season started, Thomas Bryan and Dennis Schroeder are getting close to return. But this team needs offensive help bad because they don't have it right now. They just don't think about what he just said. Thomas Bryan is coming back like that's going to put them right back in it back in it baby. They need help. They need help bad. And you know what's funny? They should be one at eight because New Orleans absolutely smoked that game. We're missing the three thousand and letting Ryan put that tree. But listen, I think they did figure out something with Russ. Russ is now at least faking it or the embracing that role and he's playing well. And you know, all this does is just ship the blame now to guy like to ad or to LeBron or maybe Polenka is the next to go there. Yeah. All it's doing is that is just they're still a bad team just because Russ is coming off the bench and playing good. There's still a poorly built team is they still have zero shooting their backcourt got outscored 57 to six yesterday that they're just, they're just not a good team. The granite Cleveland is hooping right now and they pretty much had no chance before they even got to the arena yesterday. But this is just a bad team. And with Russ going now, I'm happy for Russ, but they're just now going to deflect the negative attention and the blame game on ad being heard or they still now back to the shooting or LeBron's like it's just going to go somewhere else. But I'm happy for us, but this this team is just they're bad. Like they're they're really, really bad and I don't see a move out there that can even put them better than bad. Yeah. At what point do we question the roster construction? Like, yes, it's not been up to par. Yes. LeBron is looking like he's approaching 40 because he is and he wasn't just going to be the best player in a league forever. Only just 18 years. Sorry, but at some point we have to consider like what is this roster? Lonnie Walker has been great in his role, but you're pairing him with Patrick Beverly at all times and then at some times you're putting Russ within that mix as well and you're asking these guys to make three Patrick Beverly shoot 22% and three this season. He's ever four points again and he's still playing over 25 minutes again. Shelly, you've played with him. He must look like Jordan in practice. I cannot believe he gets on the court for this team. I don't care how much he's yelling and pumping guys up and whatever it is he's doing. He's not look great on the court and they continue to play him irregardless. It's it's it's very interesting watching this team and he's just not what they need. He's not like a Jamal Crawford bucket like like that. They need a scoring shooting. You know, player that can get to the rim that can make shots and Pat Bev is great. He brings value and he can play hard. He can play defense. He's scrappy. He you know, he does all those little things that every team needs. Except the Lakers. They really have no they need more like Lonnie Walker's they need they need more Lonnie Walker's. They need buddy heels. They need they need anybody that can space the floor and knock down shots. And like I said, man, this is it's they're just going to continue to blame everyone else. But this is a poorly built team that has no shot at winning. I'm not going to lie, Chandler, you just described Taylor Horton Tucker who was traded for. We also got rid of they got rid of Caruso who was like very valuable. They get rid of Horton Tucker. It's like at some point, Polinka's got to go man. He's he's not doing the job. Yeah, we haven't really talked about whether he goes right. It's all the focus has been on Russ trade. Russ Shams is that still on the table and our other guys on the table? I mean, is there any reason to think that they shouldn't just blow this whole thing up, including an Anthony Davis? I mean, if the season goes on and you're in a position where you're so far out of the play in and playoffs, I mean, you you have to look at everything LeBron James is not trade eligible this season because he signed at the extension in the off season. So he's not going to be in the trade picture. But if you're, you know, staring at 10 and 30, I mean, you have to look at, you know, you have to look at different trade options. But I don't think the Lakers are there yet. They want to make the clouds. They want to be in the play in and the play in does give these teams hope as far as trying to get to that stage and, you know, they're not going to be that far out of the play in from the majority of the season. So I think that will continue to be something that the Lakers can focus on. But a Russell Westbrook trade. I don't think there's anything hot there. I think that will probably heat up closer to December, January, just because you have to still see what teams out here really want to sell. Because right now everyone's still trying to compete for at least a play in. Just want to remind you guys it's Monday, November 7th and I once again want to reiterate this Lakers team is not making the playoffs. It's just not happening. I just, I don't, I don't see how it's even remotely possible. Would you guys blow it up at all if you could and would it be Westbrook or would you try something else? I mean, for me personally, you're not going to get enough for Westbrook. So I'm really going to explore this Anthony Davis trade and like, I think you're going to get more there. You're going to get more building blocks. You'll get more young pieces. You'll just simply get more than you'll get for Westbrook and Westbrook. Now at that number, I think you just ride out the momentum here. Hopefully something better comes up. But yeah, I think it's got to be a D. He's younger when he's just they obviously they're going to know more about his health than anyone else. So you always got to roll the dice with a D. You got to factor in him missing games. We even talked about this during the preseason that, you know, this is a guy like Ja, like the Xion that you have to factor in him missing games. And now sure enough, here we are where he's getting injured all the time. But for me, it was funny. I was watching that game yesterday and I can't help but LeBron just seeing like his fifth ring in his hometown. Like how do I get on that team? Like I'm like, how do I get there? Nope. Nope. Too late. But that ain't going to. I think Chandler's right. You have to consider the Anthony Davis situation. It's it's not ideal, obviously, but he'll be 30 in March. He obviously has a history of injuries. There's some complaints about the shape he's in this season. His back continues to linger. And at the end of the day, he's your best chip. He's the best available option you have. You know, what's funny is when they traded him for all of the kids, you know, Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball, Josh Hart, and then all those picks, it was like, hey, there's a doomsday scenario where things go really bad and those picks. It's like the pelicans could win this trade. If they asked the pelicans for Brandon Ingram right now, straight up, no picks, no nothing. Pelicans are hanging up the phone. We don't we're good. You keep your guy. You got him. You got exactly what you wanted. They probably couldn't get a pickback for him. So it's yes, you have to explore that. But what even is the Anthony Davis market right now with all the things going on is what two years left on his deal? It's they're in a tough spot, but that's their best course of action. If they want to surround Rob with something and maximize these two years he has coming up as he waits for brawny. As he waits for brawny, like that's the weirdest storyline for me of all of it. We're going to stay in the state of California because the Warriors went on the road six games lost to all of them sitting there at three and seven. She's a you know, I think everyone assumes they're going to turn it around shams, but what is the plan here to get out of this thing? Well, I think in the immediate future, they're going to change the rotation up. Steve Kirsten yesterday, they're going to start to play Jonathan coming or more. They want to play their young guys. And so it's kind of a continuing clash of eras, right? You have the the old guard and Steph Curry, Clay Thompson, Jermaine Green and a couple of those guys just haven't played up to form. Some of that you can attribute to they haven't been there much for training camp. I mean, when you look at Jermaine Green, Clay Thompson, Clay Thompson didn't play his first game until right before the regular season started. Jermaine Green, we know with the punch of Jordan Pool, he was in and out of training camp. So you have guys are still trying to get their legs Jordan Pool hasn't played up to that contract extension that he signed quite yet. So they're trying to get players stepping up, playing on both ends of the floor because defensively, even the other night against Orlando, they gave up 77 points in the second half. The defense is struggling. James Wiseman is struggling. They haven't gotten anything from him this, so far this season. So I think they're going to make major rotational changes coming up. Anyone, Chandler? Yeah, yeah. Listen, I just think obviously this isn't the start that they imagined or they wanted. I still firmly believe that they're a team that doesn't necessarily care about seeding and they don't really care about regular season. I think they realize that once they're in, they want to obviously not be a bottom seed, but they think they can beat anybody and they're hoping that playing these guys is going to pay off in the long run. But look, I mean, I think step is step and Wiggins has been solid on both ends of the floor, but Choms hit it like Clay hasn't really found a shot. Draymond's always been kind of a liability on offense. And Jordan Poole is just simply not playing up to the standards of that contract he got. So they're not as deep as I thought they'd be just because those young guys aren't really turning the corner yet. But again, I do think that this is all part of their master plan. I think this valuable minutes they're getting will pay off, you know, in June. And listen, are they worried? Slightly, yes. But I think this is a team that has that championship DNA that's getting their younger players this, you know, this burn early on that that should pay off, you know, down the line. Yeah, the Jonathan Weissman thing is an issue. They took him number two overall in their true draft steal. It was supposed to boost what they had already built. And yes, they won a title despite him not playing all the last season. Yes, they still have room and they talk about, you know, bringing him along slowly and organically and all this stuff. But he's just not a benefit for their team. He is not in many ways look like an NBA player. And that's a number two overall pick sandwiched between Lamello ball and Anthony Edwards, one all-star and one future all-star. So that's the issue too. They have not defended well outright. They've said it themselves. Clay is getting older. Steph is getting older. That's your point of attack defense. Two 30 plus guards who aren't the most athletic guys to begin with. They do have real issues. Yes, they've won four titles in eight years. So we aren't as concerned, but that was a trip was bad. That magic loss was bad. There's a lot to be concerned about here. And luckily for them to have time to figure it out, but they might want to get going soon. It doesn't sound like a lot to say nine games. That's 10% of the season. We're almost, you know, the next thing, you know, it's Christmas and they're still playing bad. Now we've got a quarter of the season and then what? So it's time to get going. I just don't think they have an answer right this moment. Dante Divincenzo will be back at some point. He'll help with the defense, but you know, that's asking a lot. They're waiting for Andre Igledala now. Like they're waiting for Andre Igledala to be healthy and be a defensive force. A guy who people were trying to push into coaching last year. So it's a little dire out there. Not all the way, but a little. Eddie, I was not worried. It's tough when you're, when you have a road trip like this because it wasn't a hard road trip and the teams they played weren't very good. So it's not like you can say, oh, our schedule is getting lighter coming up. Their schedule is only going to get harder. And this is how they're performing now. So like that's usually there's light at the end of the tunnel. Like, oh, this is a tough back to back. This was this. This wasn't and they still lost the game. So that's that's also concerning. And they weren't even shitting all their guys. Oh, that's true. They did sit everyone. But when you said it's 10% of the season already, that's that's the first time I went, oh wait, maybe I should be worried. And I'm not even a Warriors fan, but dang 10% makes it sound real. Okay, a team that does not need any of our concern, at least not right now. The Cavs just eight and one. I think it's safe to say surprising quite a few people. Can we list the reasons? Do we want to? How are we going to list the reasons? Eddie, why don't you start this one? Uh, their size that they're actually running pick and rolls with Evan Mowgli and Jared Allen, which is insane to watch. They don't run it all day. They don't spam it all day, but they have clear continuity. A lot of people compare Evan to Chris Bosch coming in. He may never have that offensive package, but he's figuring some of it out and his ability to handle the ball at that size to work with the big fella. And then they even do high low Chandler. You played in this league 10 years ago. People don't run high low anymore. I'm too big out there. Um, they they also do a really good job of setting those guys up off pick and roll. They'll put them on the weak side of the ball, run their pick and roll and then find them in space and then let them to operate. They have a ton to like out there. I didn't even mention Diamond Mitchell and Darius Garland and the things they do. Keras, maybe a weak point at the small forward position. They may want to address it at some point, but you're eight and one, you're sitting high. No reason to complain right this second. Yeah, for me, for me, it's two things. Number one, I think, and I talked about this before JB bigger staff to me is the best coach in the NBA or one of the best coach in the NBA. This man is so cool and so engaging. I swear to God, it makes a huge difference. It makes guys buy in. It makes guys want to sacrifice. It makes guys want to play hard and play on selfish and do the next thing for the team for the team. And JB instills those values and those those morals in you and not to mention his offensive sets. His is, you know, at a timeout execution. He's a very, very, very brilliant mind. His dad was a legendary coach. He's been around the league forever. And I'm so hyped to see him thrive with this team. And the next thing, yeah, it's Donovan Mitchell. This is a classic case of where the dude just wanted or needed a fresh start, a new team. And the guy's playing like one of the best players in the NBA and an absolute monster. So with that back cart, they have the size they have. They have a great combination of youth with bets. Kevin Love is still finding a way to get it done. And by the way, they have Ricky Rubio who I'm hearing is getting a lot closer to coming back who's one of the best backup point cards in the league. So I love this team with some of the Eastern conference teams like Philly and Miami struggling. There's no reason this team's only going to get better. They're young. They're going to continue to win games. They're going to win a lot of games this year. Back to back, slow management. That's not a thing with them. So they're going to keep going and I'm super happy for JB. I'm going on the game tonight. It'll be the second game I've ever been to as I stopped playing. I love the Ricky Rubio. Wow, okay. I love the Ricky Rubio mention Chandler. The idea of Donovan and Darius coming off the ball and getting shots on the weak side thanks to what Ricky Rubio does and the way he distributes the ball. That just unlocks more of their offense that they haven't even been able to get to. Imagine guarding those guys on an island. That's hard enough. Now guarding them on a closeout when you're running like a bat out of hell and they can do whatever they want without a triple threat. They're going to get even better as this season goes on. This is a real serious contender. I love this. I love this. This was the surprise we were looking for. Coming up next, Shams with the scoop plus we have the ankle breaker of the weekend and Luca just doing Luca things. That's all next on run it back. I would like to say I'm sorry first and foremost and secondarily, I would like to say not only would I like my money back but I would like to not be called a jazz mother to my teammate. So if there is anybody that feels that way about me not naming any names, they can address me personally face to face because no swear words were used in the direction of anybody personally. It was like, hey, that wasn't a take foul or that wasn't a take foul or something like that. But it wasn't anything that was personal. So NBA, I would definitely like my money back and I would appreciate no fine at all in this monologue. Thank you. He said, thank you. Look, Spencer Dinwiddie is not a guy who goes around making drama. So Shams, the latest on that situation is what? Here's some news for Spencer Dinwiddie and run it back. The NBA I'm told is reviewing that allegation that Dinwiddie spoke about on Friday night that Tony Brothers used those profane words toward him during the game when he was talking to a teammate of his. So the NBA is looking into this situation. I'm curious from Chandler's perspective, he played with Tony Brothers as his official for years. Well, is this normal? Like what do players think about Tony Brothers? Yeah, you know, what's funny is five years ago, this isn't a story and because this is Tony Brothers. No doubt in my mind he said that. Was he being serious? Was he actually calling him that like in a malicious, argumentative way? No chance in hell. I don't know the exact altercation. I don't know what transpired, but Tony Brothers is personality. He's, he talks shit. He's engaging with the players. I used to tell the dude he looked like the angry bird. Like we would go at it back and forth. Like I would say he looked like Anthony Davis's dad. Like we would go, we would go at it back and forth. He would, he would say things that nowadays people would be offended by and people would get sensitive over and that just wasn't the case. It's funny, I sound like the old guy now, but when I was playing it wasn't, that was okay. That was the banter that Tony Brothers uses to relate to the players. Now listen, saying B-A-M effort, like that, that could be taken personally, I guess, but that's the relationship that he's created. That's the sense of humor he has. And nowadays when, when you see that and on paper, this guy called me that. I think it's just viewed differently where if you actually would see the actual altercation what he was trying to do is inappropriate. Now that it's come to light, sure. My experiences with him, this was not personal. This was not harmful. This was Tony Brothers being Tony Brothers. Are you shocked this made it off the court, right? You know what this is? I mean, clearly Spence is pissed to say this at the podium. It's not over the $2,500 technical foul either. Clearly that comment cut him deeper than most and it pissed him off. And I think most guys in the NBA that know Tony Brothers, which is all of them have this sort of relationship with him where I personally, I enjoy, I think it's fine. I don't want these stuffy-ass refs that are, you know, taking their job so seriously. Tony Brothers is my cup of tea. So it wouldn't, that banter wouldn't bother me because I know it's coming from a not a harmful place. But I don't know if this, maybe this is personal. Maybe Tony Brothers actually has beef with Spence or Spence and it's been going on for years. I have no idea. I can only speak of my experience with him and I think he's hilarious, man. I can only speak on my experience as a pottymouth. If you're a pottymouth naturally, then these aren't considered insults. It's just part of your vocabulary. It's the vernacular. It's how we speak. So yeah, this is very funny to me that this has come out and we now know about it. But Shoms, it's that time of the day. It's the daily Ben Simmons update. What do you have? So I'm told he will be playing tonight, making his return. He's missed the last four games with knee swelling. So he'll be back in the lineup tonight, big game for the both the Mavericks and the Nets in Dallas tonight. But you know, the Nets are going to be looking for Ben Simmons, whether, whether he starts, whether he comes off the bench. He, he needs to bring a level of force. He needs to bring a level of energy. That's something that was missing in his first stint before this knee issue. And before he got his knee drained last week. So Ben Simmons is expected to make his return tonight. That's good news to hear. There was some bad news over the weekend for the hot Phoenix Suns team with Cam Johnson. His injury is has the latest is what? He will undergo surgery on a torn meniscus this week. Just an unfortunate injury for Cam Johnson. He suffered it the other night and he turned down a contract extension before the start of the season. So just an unfortunate time to have this injury. I'm told the Suns are bracing from the miss at least two months could be three. But guys, they won't really know fully until they go in there and have that surgery. And if he has to have repairment on that torn meniscus, it could be even longer. That is that's a bummer. Shams, I know you got work to go do. Things to find out. Thank you so much. We shall speak manana. But you guys, we still have fun videos to watch. I love this part. That man has a family and we start with just for me, one of the highlights of the entire sports weekend, not just the NBA. Eddie, you were on this one real quick. You set this to the text thread right away. This of course being Kevin Durant embarrassing a man. We got we got to get some good nuts news in here. I'm excited we have this to laugh about. I have never seen a young man do a burpee on the floor during the game. So that was a little shocking and Kevin said as a wet spot. So I'm not going to give credit Kevin 100% credit. Yeah, he said it himself. I'll hate a little bit. But in the moment, I definitely jumped off my couch. I mean, yeah, Tony Brothers words. And usually when you watch a replay like this, usually someone's, you know, tripping over their foot or they get pushed off unless he's just being nice and there's a wet spot. He made this right. He made this man do the splits. Yeah, no push is crazy. The photos are even worse. Like it's or better. I mean, I need it on a shirt. Kevin can be back in a couple of days. Yeah, put that on shirt. That is a zero contact. Just ankle breaker. I actually thought the same thing, Chandler. I thought, oh, that's nice of KD. Give him a little bit of an out. Say it was a slippery spot because I thought the same thing. Like no way to he's better than me out of post at every angle and I on IG right after I mean, this is one of the games of the weekend as well. Tatum over Allen. I mean, Tatum has moments. This was crazy too. Just because time and place, this was to push this thing into overtime and just body and probably the best shot blocking big in the league. Just no fear just comes across. Oh, yeah, that's filthy. Love that action from Joe Mazzaloo, by the way. But yeah, I think people forget how gigantic Jason Tatum is. He's like a legit 6-10 with long arms. That's a, that's like a real dump. These are the dumps I love. Like I don't care about a guy taking the charge. Don't go on a dude who's trying to chest to chest block you like that. I love this and low key. This could have been an and one game winning poster. If he was screaming for the file and there he is again. He's all over the place in this one. I loved this game so much. I thought that this was an Eastern conference finals. I'd be okay with that at the end of the season. This is this is this Tatum has had some bright spots, but this six seconds as on the top of his clip right now. I hit JT over the weekend. He's averaging 30 on 50 38 and 90 this season. That is ridiculous. Make a couple more threes JT. This could be a story. There you go. That's some nice advice. Thank you Eddie. That was very helpful. Here you go. Some more good news for the Nets. You're welcome. What's an Abbey. That's like come on. Yeah. The more I didn't know like. Yeah. Yeah. It's going opposite hand doesn't seem. It's not like he's trying to dunk this one. This one shouldn't even be on the clip. You just been great off the bench this season. I'll say that. But yeah, you know, not putting this one on a shirt. Oh, come on. It's something. It's a moment. Bulbul. It's a moment. I just like saying Bulbul. Yeah. I like this. I like this for Orlando. Orlando finally feels like they got like a steal. They got this prospect that's you know overplaying what they thought they were going to get. And this dude has game man like he is long. He can handle. He can make shots. He has been you know, somewhat of a bright spot for a pretty bad year so far. Yeah, they didn't have the greatest start in Denver but he does have some game and he's getting the opportunity to show it off out there. Orlando's fun man. They're fun to watch. They're going to lose 67 inch games but they're fun to watch. That's all right. Oh precious. Good. I mean this doesn't even. This feels like it's on a loop. The video game is glitched or something. It really does. It's like you're holding down the video game button. It doesn't know what to do. And his talent is taking over because precious is long. Precious is strong. This is great, great defense. Scotty kind of shows on a roll. There's not physically anything else precious could do to make this man miss this shot. I'm so happy you gave precious is great. He sat down on six crossovers from the MVP. Didn't get moved. But Luca is just ridiculous. It doesn't matter. He's he's 16 himself. So let's start up. That's whatever. I do this all day. I just keep watching it. Yeah, he's not even looking at the room. This is this is I don't carry me the shot. They should show that film in film today just because that is textbook great defense. Okay. So there you go. Everybody wins. Yeah, that was very optimistic. I like that. Oh, guys, we got a break here. We're going to talk about Yokech. Is he underrated? Is LeBron still elite and can Eddie eat an entirely rotisserie chicken entirely run it back will be back. Well, there you go. You guessed it. We're not done talking about the Celtic squad because these are the numbers. This is what happened on Saturday. 27 threes made 54% from the field. 53% from three and 100% from the free throw line Chandler. What is the biggest difference in this Celtic squad versus last season? Yeah, I mean, everyone knows the struggles in the finals last year offensively, but they look like they've addressed that. You know, Tatum and Brown have taken that really that that leap to start them. Marcus smart stew and everything Grant Williams. I love he's kind of like they're more offensive minded Raymond Green, but let's not forget what got them to finals. They have the best defense and the league and they aren't on that level quite yet this year. But yeah, it's good to see them making shots. It's great. I love watching them play Tatum to me is, you know, his numbers. He's an MVP candidate. He there's nothing he can't do. I love their team. I love what Missoula is doing. I love what I love his odds at plus 700 to win MVP. This team is going in the right direction. I think they're only going to get better once their defense starts dialing in. I bet they were excited to see the email doka drama leave in the building because they are churning over there. Every player that played yesterday for them made a three pointer. They're a well old machine. They know exactly what they're doing and that's without Danilo. Donary supposed to be a part of this. That's without Robert Williams will help when he gets back. That's implementing Malcolm Brogdon, who's averaging 15 points again off the bench. They know exactly what they're here to do. They there's no hangover for the finals loss. They want to get back. They wanted to win it again. Jason Taylor was looking MVP and Jalen Brown looks like an all star, not an alternate like he had been before, but he needs to be in the game. That's a great team over there in Boston. Man, if you're emo doka, this must suck to watch for a variety of reasons because your life's a mess right now, but it's got to suck to watch your team doing so well. Philly is another team in the East that had a lot of expectations going into the season. Of course, Harden now out for at least a month with the right foot strain. They're four and six, so I ask you guys as far as how this will impact the Sixers other than the obvious. What's the long term here, Chandler? I mean, I'm not too worried. I think James Harden really needs to take ownership and stay in shape or, you know, however long he's out this month or six weeks, whatever it is, he needs to stay in shape, but I think this provides opportunity to guys like Tobias Harris who now can jump into that third score and roll and honestly the way Tyrese Maxi is playing, it doesn't concern me too much because that kid is ready. That kid is proven. He is ready to be that honestly number one score, at least number two score with the big guy and I think he's ready for whatever challenges thrown at him and he's proved that over and over again. So I think James obviously needs to, he needs to get back as quick as possible, but this provides opportunity for these other guys to step up and kind of hold down the fort while he's out. Yes, as Joel gets back here and gets healthy and Tyrese Maxi continues to grow in his potential they should be fine for this month. When you think about the trade going back to last season, all they really gave up with Seth Curry. They weren't playing Ben Simmons when they got rid of them. So they're, they're situated to sustain a decent run during this and look, they're a team that's made for the playoffs. They want to get to the playoffs and see what happens there. The problem is the two best teams in the East are a good level above them and they got to, they got to deal with that. It's daunting. It's the cloud guys. It's convinced me time Eddie. I feel like you, it's hit or miss with you on these in good or bad. I convinced me that Yanis has a weakness. Oh, this is, you know, shout out producer Jason because he's looking out for me now after the candy corn thing. But look, Yanis is not a great shooter. We know that, but the thing is it doesn't matter. You can't stop him from going to the rim. It doesn't matter. And now he's the one where he shoots just well enough that you can't guard him like Ben or Draymond or whomever rose and just sit in the paint. Plus, if you give him that much runway, it almost works for him that I get to just run right into your chest from 20 feet away and dunk on you. So yeah, he does have a weakness, but he's still Yanis. He's probably still the best player in the league. He's dominant. Yeah, his weakness is laughable. I think in comparison to others, Chandler can miss me that LeBron is no longer an elite player. I mean, listen, this is tough, but the only argument here would be that LeBron elite players don't let their team be start off two and seven. You know, this is a guy that once at 23 years old took Daniel Gibson and Sasa Pavlovich to the finals and he no longer can do that. Clearly. He can't take Russell Westbrook and Anthony Davis to the playoffs, let alone the finals. So I think, you know, his three point percentage has never been great, but it's extremely low right now. He's shooting 68% from the free throw line, but he used LeBron has always been good enough to get his team to the playoffs and be a 50 win team. And it's just not looking like it is this year. So that would be the only argument I have for him, but it's tough because he's still very much elite. Still LeBron Eddie, this is coming out of Philly because that's where all great eating stories have their origins. But convince me that you could eat one rotisserie chicken every day for 40 straight, which is exactly what a dude in Philadelphia did. Go. You know, what is going on in Philadelphia? The Philly's player wife is buying hundreds of beers for Philly's fans at a game. But you know, I could do this. Like if I could spread it out throughout the day, you know, I count my calories. I count my macros. I love grilled chicken. I can make that work. I'll spread out. Get some rice, get some quinoa. That's easy. I'm digging in one sitting like one sitting is a little much, but you know, breakfast, lunch and dinner, I love chicken. This works. I mean, they're not big. Yeah. I like rotisserie chicken, but wanted I might get bored of it. 40 days is a long, long time taking a quick break because tonight every single NBA team will be in action. It's a full night. We're going to break down every single game. Why not when run it back returns? I mean, look at this. That that's just a long night of basketball and I'm not saying it like it's a bad thing. Every team playing all of them in action. That means 15 games with a new game as you see starting every 15 minutes. So their bets all over the place is the race to 15 first basket score. There's all kinds of ways to get rich on the cash money tonight. Usually we do the on the fly parlay, which we're just, I mean, we're nailing that right guys. We're really good at it, but in honor of the sweet 15 that you just saw, we're going to do a race to 15 parlay. Super simple. I'm going to give you the games. You got to tell me which team gets to 15 first all the way down the schedule and we're going to start with wizards, Hornets, Eddie, which team gets to 15 first? I got wizards. They got real gunners over there. I'm believing in them. Okay. That was easy. Chandler rockets magic. Oh, magic, but it's going to it might be in the second quarter by the time these teams get there. It doesn't matter as long as I get to 15. How about thunder and pistons Eddie? Give me the team that actually chose to win games pistons. Wow. That was a little shade for no reason. Chandler, Pelicans, Pacers. Pelicans for sure. Wait, a lot more talent than Pacers. That would be the one that screws up the whole thing just because sons, Sixers Eddie. Give me the book. I need he's going to get them up. Come on, the book. He might do it alone by himself. Bucks Hawks. That could be a fun one Chandler. I'm going with the Hawks home team. I think they'll get off to a hot start. And I think this is this is what needs to happen tonight. I like that Portland, Miami. Look, we know Miami is tough with scoring and if Tyler hero isn't scorching. So give me Portland. Give me like, you know, a good 10 from Anthony Simons to Portland. Okay. Okay. Hmm. Toronto and Chicago. Chandler. I got to go with Toronto. I love their team. I'm hoping Gary Trent just bangs a couple threes early and gets him out to a hot start. This I think might be the game of the night. I'm not sure the one probably I'm most excited about is Celtics Grizzlies Eddie. Well, you guys had to give me the hard one. I can't wait for this game. By the way, like, this is my dark horse finals like in a rural, rural, the perfect world. We get this I'm going Grizzlies though because they hasn't been on fire. By the way, like go look at his numbers. He's been nuts for about two weeks. So he's probably think the next they got him started, I guess. Oh, that's fair. That is fair. Chandler, I'm going to give you New York and the Timberwolves. I'll go with Minnesota here again. I like the I like the home team. I like the home crowd advantage. I like for them to get off Anthony. I was going to go bonkers early. This is crazy how many games are I'll be at this one working nuggets here in San Antonio to play the Spurs Eddie. What do you think? Oh, careful is as much as I can see pop just ruining this parlay just out of sheer stubbornness there. I'm going with the nuggets in the MVP. Let's let's do right guys. Come on now. I mean, if that's the leg that ruins the whole and that's only leg 11, by the way, it would still have four more legs to do in this thing. The Nets and the Mavericks Chandler. This one's I got to go with Luca and the Mavs and plus you said Ben Simmons is playing tonight and that's going to that can't be good offensively. Wow. Give me Dallas minus. They get a player back and that's a bad thing. And we're going to the West Coast. Cause it'll be a way are you going to watch every single game because you know you can like it's going to be. I mean, we'll get to it. All right. Kings Warriors Eddie. They got they got a snap out of it. I got to go warriors like this is the Kings. They've been beating up on the Kings for some time now. So I'm going to go warriors. They got a snap out of it. They got to like come on. This one. I love Lakers jazz Chandler. Yeah, I got to go Utah here. Utah, I think has one of the best home crowds. Those guys can all shoot the three ball very well. And the Lakers can't. I like I like. What a world. Things have changed. And then the Cavs Clippers Eddie. Of course, this one could be fun. Yeah, it could be fun or the Clippers could rest 10 guys again. I'm going to Cavs. I know they just play last night, but those guys got young legs. They're excited playing back to back in LA is a little different because you know, you get done. You get to the club by 11. You get to have a good night. You got to leave it to they're fine. I'm going to go with the Cavs. And you get a nap. Don't forget the nap. Uh, $20 bet on this 15 leg Parley. You could actually win over 5,200. All right, this is the one I think this one's so hard guys, but I swear I almost wish we could do a side bet on which of the legs is going to be the thing that screws up the entire bet because I love that idea of a bet though. This is hilarious race to 15 race to 15. I didn't even I have so much to learn and I love everything about it. I'm going to try to watch four of those games while working the Spurs game. Guys, enjoy this crazy unprecedented night of basketball. Tomorrow we will have lots to talk about. It will be enjoyable and also everyone has to go vote. That's it for us. We'll see you guys tomorrow.