 What's the word y'all welcome back to the call game recap now y'all know when two teams are playing basketball against each other And neither of them are the Chicago Bulls. I don't really care who wins. I just won't good basketball But today I'm upset coming into this show because I was excited to talk about the Phoenix sons being on a what six seven Game win streak. They were up by 20 plus and I'm like, yes This is the day I even made a tweet I can't wait to talk about Dario Sarge and they proceeded to blow a 20 point game against the bubble Brooklyn Nets plus James Harden and it's inexcusable and yes, we will still talk about the Phoenix sons But it won't be all positive no more because they let me down today. All right, shout to James Harden Leave it like subscribe by the way, shout to James Harden. This man took some of the most ballsy shots today, right? late in the fourth quarter technically it is a two-for-one opportunity Typically people don't care about that type of thing especially in a close game. They're like, you know what? We're gonna get our best shot imaginable We're gonna maybe choose some of this clock and get an open shot not James Harden I'm gonna shoot a step back in somebody's face and I'm gonna make it the the bulk of this this comeback Happened James hard on the bench believe it or not Where it's like Tyler Johnson in the shots linger shaman in shots and Joe here is doing this thing And then you have the closure in James Harden, which is great. The Phoenix sons, bro They plead a good game That is crazy to say they played a good game and lost it because if you asked me It looks like they took their foot off the gas pedal a little bit. They were just content you up by 20 You know you going to fourth court, okay? Maybe now you up by 12 They took their foot Devin Booker didn't really do much for the last three quarters of the game Chris Paul tried to do everything he could but this is this is what bothered me the most about this game I was so excited to come in here and potentially talk about Deondra Aiden dominating the Brooklyn Nets because every single center that the Nets have played against over the last week or so has They let Hassan Whiteside who was averaging what 15 minutes a game this whole season give them 25 15 and five blocks. He don't even really play like that So I was like Deondra Aiden is for sure getting a 2012 game And I'm excited to talk about it because he's been solid this season, right, right? No, he proceeded to not do those things and you know what he's he gets some of the blame for it But I'm not blaming him strictly on this because the Brooklyn Nets did have this idea where whenever he gets the ball We're gonna bring a hard double and I would say he did a solid job playmaking out of that double But there were times in this game where it wasn't even just Jeff Green on his back instead It was like Landry Shaman on his back and nobody got him the ball Nobody got him the ball. I would want people to get him the ball. He's got that type of mismatch whatever I do want to talk about Deondra Aiden for a minute because though the offensive game has I would say taking a step back And my biggest criticism for him pretty much this is rookie season has been Hopefully y'all are we had a big debate about this on the podcast a couple years ago Or last year was his lack of aggression in the paint He's a finesse player at the center position And there's no there's not the wrong will be in a finesse player if you could also be like that bruiser type This man got the shoulders of David Robinson and don't put him into anybody at all And that you can see that in the field free throw attempts. What centers averaging what one free throw a game It's playing big-time minutes that is that should be physical It doesn't really work like that and him being able to draw fouls later in his career is gonna What what be what can elevate his offensive game because right now honestly He's still trying to figure it out with chris paul and they have been better in this win streak That was one of the things I was excited to talk about they this could their connection has been growing a bit But he still has not progressed that much offensively since his rookie season Which is the exact opposite of what his defense has done his defense's rookie season was atrocious And people are like man, this was a bad pick and I'm talking about like beat writers and people like that Not that it was a bad pick but like will he ever be able to because the center position? It seems like it's a position that defensively either you you got it or you don't and deandre aiden wasn't showing signs He would ever get in his rookie season, but here we are in year number three He's getting it now if you've never watched him play before and this was your first experience of deandre aiden You will not be able to tell that he's been an approved defender because they struggled today And you know what nobody has this answer I'm not blaming money woods because there's not a single coach in the league that has figured out completely How to guard james harden do you switch it? Do you have do you try to keep it you keep it clean? Do you ice it? Nobody knows he might be the best picket role player ever So yes, you don't really figure it out But today they decided we're gonna switch it and deandre a is not a bad perimeter defender But he's going against one of the greatest of all time So he got taken advantage of and then late in this game You could tell he was fatigued because he got taken advantage of by jeff green off the dribble So i'm like, yeah, maybe put dario in the game so we could talk about him a little bit more But overall i reckon that's big time win man big time win on the game that they probably shouldn't have won I was excited because chris paul my boy cp was doing some big things here And they they didn't close it out. Devin booker wasn't very good, especially in that second half first quarter Dominating Dominating but in that second half not so much not not a great win not a great loss I hope that the suns end up going on another win streak so i can talk positive about that because they There are some things that they are doing that i am a big fan of But i can't i can't come in here rave about the phoenix suns the day that they blew a 20 point lead You know what i'm saying south to brook and that's big time win on the back to back by the way Next game or the first game of the day was the nuggets going against asceltics and asceltics taking his win One of the guys said this on twitter and i wholeheartedly agree i haven't even thought about this this way But i'm so happy i saw that tweet that i wish i can give credit to somebody said If nicole yokich is putting up 40 you're probably losing that game Now that's not the same for like lebron kevin the rent kairi ervin james harden because these guys are like natural born scores That's their number one priority at the root of all things for nicole yokich. He is a playmaker So whenever he's like, oh, i guess i gotta do it myself Is the games where you know that his surrounding cast ain't doing a damn thing and today i don't care I do not care that he ended up with 25 points jamal murray was bad for a guy That's a point guard that doesn't have the ball in his hands to play make nine turnovers. It's inexcusable Got to give a lot of credit to the boss of south's tonight But like i don't know what the record would say because there's been a lot of games of season where he's put up Like 40 plus I know he had the big one against the jazz where they ended up winning But he had like a 50 point of like a week ago and they ended up losing because Any time he has to take all of the shots and not really showing off his playmaking and all the other things It's probably the day that michael ported jr. Doesn't do a thing now slight pass because they are still missing so many players But i didn't really get to talk about the much against that laker the lakers game Zeke has been really really solid for a guy that wasn't really in a rotation much I mean, he had to guard lebron, you know what i'm saying? He had to guard lebron and he did a okay job at it There's still missing a lot because uh compozo is starting rj was getting early first quarter minutes I was like, you know, uh, yeah, they they they could use some help But bobo dnp coaches decision when the team is missing players I don't know. I don't know bobo may not be everything y'all wanted them to be The boss of celtics a big big bounce back game here Um to see erin e smith to see timelord see pain pritchard all these younger guys get a minutes and doing solid things It dramatically changes what the scene can be. I don't know if I can trust this long term Because they are all so young right investing in these three guys off your bench When they're all like we're one year two year three players is kind of kind of questionable But a win nonetheless um in a game where jb and jt did their thing next game is the first nasty televised game where the pelicans for What is it the fourth time have beat the the um the miffus grizzlies Zion last time we talked about the pelicans We were talking about how zion attempted 11 shots in the first half then attempted three shots in the second Half on the other the national televised game because they're always on tv and that was inexcusable right today They tried to remedy that a little bit by allowing zion wins and to be point zion and it helped a little bit But he's still only ended with 16 shot attempts zion just do it just I know it's not really in your character right now I would take all the shots bro. The man is a two k chico He's a demigod you cannot guard him bro. He was literally body and valentunas who Is breaking valentunas is breaking people's body parts if you do if you know um, and he was just bodying them You know just body him at the end of the day The miffus grizzlies just don't come to play against the pelicans or maybe it's just the pelicans do elevate their play a little bit But it's good to see jammer and have a bounce back because since he's been back from his injury He hasn't been stellar today. I would say he's been that um, so a good win for the pales Where where you know zion did his thing. Oh here the three josh heart is the is the the smallest power How do they have two of the smallest power forwards in the league? I don't know But that man gets all of the boards and it's strictly based off effort at the end of the day. It's just based off effort Next game the raptor's gonna win against the bucks I hope that we find out that kalari is cool because when he left in this game I was I was pretty sure that they were gonna lose this game Um, but you know why they won because oji anonobi was back and oji anonobi is so so good at what he does Like you know, he's gonna give it all defensively He's gonna be great defensively But when you get those games where he's also contributing offensively and he continues to do that more and more every single time he plays It's a gg when freddie is on freddie is on and he's on it's fun to watch for the bucks This is a biggest loser streak over the past couple years I don't have much. It's brico lopez is not good chris middleton is in a slump juhale is out with the virus You know, it's like coach bud can coach It's a lot going on with them But I feel like every time they do lose I come out here and I talk trash. Those are the big things brico lopez I was I was praising brico lopez because Over the past couple years He has reinvented himself from a guy that was back to the basket low post one of the best in the league to be like I know where the game is going. So i'm going to re i re Reach i'm gonna change myself, right? He became splash mountain and over this season. Yeah He might have He might be going down the mountain if you know if you know what I mean Uh, the lake is gonna win against the timber wolves, but I don't really care I don't care about the lake is part lebron great mvp performance then the shooter great performance I want to talk about The minnesota timber wolves. Okay, can we talk about anthony edwards? We always talk about on this show how lamella ball continues to get better and better every single game The same can be said about anthony edwards We're gonna continue to compare these super players throughout the career because I do believe that both of them will turn out to be Pretty good players and stars in their own, right But man, man, man anthony edwards today was amazing and you know why I like anthony edwards We're similar to a while like jamarant that man is just so happy to play basketball Jamarant could be down by 20 and he'll be smiling because he just loves the game of basketball anthony edwards is the same way like there's the one that went by Viru on like house highlights and stuff where you hit a shot on the bronze face and he smiled because you know This 20 year old just hit a shot on the guy that he watched grow up Probably his favorite player of all time because lebron ends up being everybody's favorite player Some way like those are the type of things I really like and and not even just a personality today. He was amazing He kept them into this game. He legitimately had forces of the game where he was taken over on the fourth You know Somebody tweeted to me like kenny. I don't know if you watched the game Can you explain to me why carnton? He tells only took 10 shot attempts And I would I would guess that this has to do with conditioning after the virus St. Theam jason tatum said earlier today were like his lungs ain't the same right now And carnton he sounds just fresh off of this stuff. So him taking 10 shots I mean, yes, it would help if he took more today But I'm giving carnton tells his little past of the next couple weeks because I know how bad this virus can be from some people and he even came out of his own experience and said that the virus really kicked his ass. So, um He might just not be all there when the lung capacity and everything he did seem kind of drained in this one I'm I'm cool with it. You know, he didn't have a bad game. He just didn't shoot the ball as many times You wanted him to damian lilor. Oh my so the fact that this team Is still like the second or third worst defense in the league, but they continue to win games It's just a testament to how great damian lilor is we talked about this a couple episodes ago But like his clutch performance numbers are ridiculous The greatest in the league by far. It's not even close and they they were blowing this lead to okc This is what you call a good loss for okc because they want to lose games. Anyway okc has big ol comeback and the damian lilor who is struggling from the three for the first I don't know three and a half quarters decided to hit four straight threes in the clutch This like dame time is a real thing It is it's 2k like like his grand badge is on and you can't do anything to guard you because Lou dork all game great defensive place great defensive possessions But great offense beats great defense a hundred percent of the time and damian lilor is the definition of great offense I am so impressed with the way this team has stayed afloat now Did you just mention how they're still like the second to third worst defense in the entire league? So I don't know how long they'll be able to stay at this portion without them defending anything But right now with dame playing the way he is it is great. Lou dork like I said defensively He was great offensively. He was great too. Is that it? I got to every game. Wow. That's every game If you enjoyed the video leave it a like let me know what you think about some of the takes I had Again, you could disagree. That's completely cool. Um before we go quick psa I just try to talk about things that I find interesting. Um, I get a lot of tweets and stuff on instagram people like kenny Can you please talk about my team? And typically I will talk about your team eventually. That's just the way that I watch too much basketball Not to to watch your team eventually But I also just want to have fun here You know I'm saying so please just I never said this is going to be a daily show So people be tweeting me kenny where is the show? Where is the show? This is not anything daily I just like to do it when I can you know I'm saying so keep those things in mind I appreciate every single one of you and I'll see y'all soon. I'm out call game