 Good morning and welcome to the official unofficial official show of your Sacramento Kings. That's right Eddie We've adopted them. They are ours and Chandler's back from the desert anything that you can share not much I kind of figured that's where we were headed that is shams that is Eddie You know who this is my name is Michelle and we're gonna talk some hoops right now and one game was good And one game was not but we'll start with the good one. How about the Warriors and the Kings? Oh my goodness this place is out of control Kings with game two one of us called it They leave that series to now then 25 points off of turnovers. That ain't right bench points They also crushed by 15 points in the paint. Yep, you guessed it also dominated and then you had Draymond doing Draymond things ejected for stomping I haven't said that ever really on subbonus's chest after the leg was grabbed Subbonus got a tee Draymond got a flagrant too. It's a lot of controversy around it. Where do you stand on this one? Do you deserve it? Well, here's the thing I hate that this has now become the story of the game because the Kings have looked like the better team and this is what everyone Wants to talk about today and so here we go. But yes, I think he should have been ejected. Listen I think it was reactive. I think Subbonus kind of started it with it with the ankle grab In no way shape or form can you stone cold Steve Austin stomp him in the chest And then I think the worst thing he did was was that and hype up the crowd and kind of turn them up as the referees are Reviewing this play right determined to kick you out or not You're kind of escalating the whole situation getting into it with fans talking trash to everybody It just wasn't a good look and as a as a older vet player You can't put yourself in these situations and take yourself out of the games I give him credit for the little hop afterwards as if it was he was trying to get past him Good Lord, but yeah, you got to eject you got to eject him in a situation This is not a normal play and and and it's it's it's dirty Yeah, I said as soon as it happened. He's getting kicked out. There's just no two ways about it He jumped and stomped on the guy. I think they both knew exactly what they were doing I think they both were trying to take shots at each other this happening game one as well There's an infamous play where they fall over Dreymon falls on him Dumanus kind of pulled him down and they stayed there for a minute. I think Steph went up in a three They've been going at each other all series. He has to get kicked out There's just no you can't you can't do that in the middle of the game the whole arena sees they review it for 10 minutes And then still play basketball. There's no way you can do that I don't think he should be suspended for the next game. He already lost the game. That's fine But uh, it's Dreymon green and the NBA and this has been going on for so long that I don't think you can count it out So we'll see what happens. I mean how much of it is it's Dreymon I mean that's that brings you extra attention I mean the leg was clearly grabbed and then the stomp Cuz I feel like it's tangled up in his like I don't actually see his hand go It feels like it's here and his arms sort of tangles Like I don't know. I mean trust me. I've watched this so many times now, but it's They said he was going to protect his face right I believe but I think he squeezed his arms when he saw his foot I think it's a little bit of both issue. The issue is there's so much question Yeah, I mean like there's this not just black and white like did he grab it was he trying to protect himself Was he actually trying to just jump over and then his full body weight landed on chest? That's why I don't think he gets suspended for the next game because there is some doubt I think you can you whether it was intentional or not it was grabbed I mean the Dreymon stomp clearly looked like there's a little bit and like the referees Supposedly told Dreymon after the ejection you got ejected because you stomp too hard and I think well spice that was obvious It was a little bit more to that stomp that that he had on sabonis, but yeah I mean, I think the NBA's gonna review it all day We'll see if he's suspended or not. They're levels to a chest stomp. Yeah We're debate we're debating physics a little bit here, but he definitely tried to pull his leg out And then he definitely looked down and gave him a little bit on the whale I don't think there's any debate there He can deny it all he wants but we look at the step on the man's chest and then jump off it So, you know, I hope he doesn't get suspended for a game Just in all like do we think he was so you don't you hope he does it, but do you think he does? I don't I don't know it's straight on and the NBA has a long tracker record They've suspended him in the finals, you know that means so it's like it's not like and that was a whole different situation obviously with the technicals and the flagger points and all stuff, but Look, it's not beyond them to suspend him. He's he's building quite the track record He's kicking guys and it for years and all this stuff. It's uh, it's tough I hope he doesn't just from a competitive standpoint, but if he does there's nobody blame but himself Yeah, he's not gonna get suspended and it's because There is some doubt and also they are down to and oh and they want the series to go as long as possible And this series is damn near over all sacrament us to do is win one game on the road And oh I know and it is it is a lock so listen I think again because of some of the question what it was reactive and it is because it's dream on green and the past He has and how he was instigating the crowd and I think that was escalating everybody if he were to come back God knows what would have happened so a suspension. No the ejection was enough They've played it out to where he's getting x-rays on his ankle now Which is brilliant. They're playing their cards I will say if sabonis got hurt sabon dream on green definitely would have been yeah What what if what if dream on greens Achilles tour there? Bonus then gets suspended. I don't want to get suspended, but I will see yank. It wasn't a yank This is like that stupid dress thing all over again. Like I see something you see something And it's like they're not the same like you didn't yank it So if dream on like you stop if dream on broke sabonis's ribs or had a sternum injury I'm sorry. I'm trying to break down. Yes medical He would he would have definitely been suspended, but he under sabonis had testing post-game everything was clear No, no doesn't believe to have a rib injury. No sternum injury. No lung injury. He's supposed to be fine for game 3 So yeah, I mean no injury for for sabonis. I would assume dream on green You know we'll be in a good spot for game 3. I mean the good news is we have some sound here For one second because immediately the PR campaign for dream on green started as soon as people started talking. Here's clay What are you gonna do when someone grabs your foot when you're running full speed like that's a dirty I just fully grabs your foot and yanks on you. That's not cool, man not saying What dream on did was right, but like Can't just grab somebody's foot when they're taking off in a full sprint. That's not That's not cool. I don't do that. Like we are I mean That's crazy First of all shams. I think you need that jacket. It was very I was very good outfit At the end of the day What's going to come into question? Once again is Jermond and his emotions which for good or bad They are always present and if you're a teammate of his You have to defend him all the time But are you irritated at the idea that he cannot control his emotions? Yeah, but again you this is who he is This is who he always has been right? So this is what makes him him This is what makes him valuable and this is also what makes him a little bit of a liability Because now there's in doubt and you take dream on green and you do suspend him for the next game He is valuable. He's not gonna score a lot of points, but everyone knows what he adds to this team Defensively offensively playmaking. So it's a huge hole that if he does get suspended where it's kind of like Dylan Brooks And his role in Memphis It's I get it. It's all the antics the talking It's exciting but when you now get to a level where you're taking yourself off the court Now it's an issue and now your team is gonna miss you when they need you the most and Clay saying and a full sprint is a little much a little much not sprinting He hasn't even began to move yet. So again, it's all it's all opinionated. So I don't I don't think you should get suspended That's brilliant. I mean they need dream on green in the day I think it's the way you see clay defend him and that they know that and and they they're behind him in this situation If you're on that side of the fence, you absolutely feel like he grabbed his foot and he reacted accordingly They're saying as much Dreymon has said as much they've all said this The the quiet part that you got to say out loud is Dreymon had a great game Dreymon was was doing very well in the offensive end and the way they need to attack the way the kings are trapping stuff And every corner of the court they need Dreymon for that. They need him to split double teams They need him to catch on the week on the short roll and fine guys roll in the corner or Cutting to the basket. They need him for that stuff They were on undisciplined run when Dreymon got ejected and it swung the game. So they need him. Do they hate his antics? I'm sure privately they do You get sick of each other like everybody who hangs around each other long enough They'll get sick of each other, but they need him on the court and he's so extra He's so extra. It's all the time It's always him and I feel like that's why every talk show today is gonna be talking about this over and over again Not the fact that the defending champs are in the whole two games and nothing the first time in the history of No, really first time in the history of the Steph courier since 07. I think well Well, I'm just saying America's team is showing everyone why they are America's team right now Look, he's got a player option, which he's probably gonna decline because he wants the big deal Is he a warrior next year? I don't think so. I think he's a Laker. I think he's a map I think he's going to Miami. I think he's not a warrior and I think now Clay Thompson He's also expecting a max extension. So they're gonna have some decisions to be made They already gave Jordan pulled the bag and he didn't show up last night either. They need a lot more from him We played 15 minutes So they have some issues on their hand But right now they're for their first concern is protect home court When game 3 when game 4 and then be the champs go on the road and kind of get this this series back in your Favorite, but it's gonna be tough for them Sacramento has proved that they are a better team so far They're tough. Their bench has been better This game wouldn't even been close last night They just made their free throws the Warriors cannot defend without fouling So it's a lot of things are going in Sacramento's way and that place is so Electric and it is so much fun. I wish I was there King shot 23% from three last night That you could argue they didn't have a great game Deering Fox was so so into the very end of this game and Andrew Wiggins gave him Hill and he had to figure out a deal with that So the Kings have another gear the Kings have one of those games where they're scorching from three and they Knocked down 23's or something or other they've shot better on the road this in this season So like they're comfortable going on the road It's it's it's getting dark out there for the Warriors and they they have to step it up and like Chandler said a lot of Uncertainty in the summer a lot of people think Dreymon is trying to get out A lot of people think Dreymon's been out of there since the moment that punch happened And then you got clay and then you got the Jordan pool thing and those are one of those things in the locker room And you you can attest to this you know when a guy gets a big deal you you feel that you have there's energy about that And so when you have a guy get a big deal in a sense it gets benched in the second half of a must-win game for Moses moody It's it's it's it's interesting. It's interesting to watch from afar And this is a team that I think is very fragile at the moment, and if this is how it ends At 90 minutes down the I-80 to the local team that was your junior for a decade You really can't script that who would have thunk it that we'd be here And you mentioned it's a historic in the hole two games to none. How much trouble are they in really? I mean they get to go home, which at least is a place where they've been quite good this season Yeah, I mean it's it's any time teams play at home their role players play better And I know being at game one the vibe from the Warriors. They were so confident after the game You would have thought they won game one Yeah, they had a it's probably that reigning defending champion level of confidence that they had and one big thing was We know we're not gonna let Malik month go off the way he did in game one And he didn't have the game that he did in game one, but he was pretty darn effective in game two 18 points He made so many big shots in the second quarter when it looked like the Warriors were gonna get get a grip of this game Take take hold of this game and keep and keep and potentially win And and he made big plays just like he did the other night in the third quarter when it looked like the Warriors We're gonna take control of the game So we've seen twice now in back to back games where it looked like the Warriors had control the game We're gonna we're gonna end up winning the game and Comes back hard by the way that guy is behind Bob Myers. So that guy is cool That's a lot that's excessive. I mean, I'm all about heckling and doing it But that's no e40. It was at the game. No, you're already at the game last night. He'll be a game three I hope you'll be a game. I hope you now says the lineup Oh, I mean he might very well They have to do a lot right now to sort of get everyone excited again. This is this is not a greatest place to be but Nobody really gave this Kings team a chance and it was all chalked up to experience and they don't have any defense and this and that Even though they're the higher seed, but are they proving people wrong? This is not just a lucky streak, right? They're doing something. Yeah, and I didn't watch them much. I can be honest with you They weren't on national TV a lot This team is solid and they're great and they're young and they defend and Davion Mitchell was huge last night Malik Monk is an actual NBA player who is an absolute bucket Fox's mid-range is unbelievable. It's a bonus is toughness down lows kind of hurt or knocking down shots Harrison Barnes doing everything offensively for them They have a very good balanced attack and they are athletic and they defend and and I I think they are the better team And I do think they're gonna go to Golden State And I think they get one of them But do not let them sweep the Warriors either if they sweep the goal Then we got real issues to talk about next week, but wait, why not? Why can't they sweep them? That is the end of this era if there's swept that is you know No extension for clay Draymond greens opting out and then you're gonna see a whole different look of the Warriors I mean eras do end in fairness and to the Sacramento Kings this year. It's it's on that path kind of amazing Yeah, I love you mentioned Davion Mitchell. He averaged five points against he scored 14 last night He was disruptive defensively at two steals in limited minutes Alex Lynn in his limited time in the court Revelation he's two for two two big dogs yesterday They're different saving him They're defending and that's the perfect name Mike Brown. They're defending their plan with so much energy on both ends of the court They're all in Steph's grill as much as they can. They're selling out on everything. They're defending in a way I didn't think they could defend and and that to me that's when in the series and when you hold the Warriors 106 points You have a chance. You're the best offense in the league They've shown that in this series. They've continued to be and they didn't even shoot that great last How much fun is Mike Brown having can we just for one second? Well, I was at the game the other night in game one He's so animated on the sideline. He's just yelling. He's yapping. He's cussing out his own players and Him and Malik Monk had a good back and forth in game one where Malik's like man Get out like basically like get out of here and Mike Brown just keeps yelling at him He's so animated you can see how much he cares about about these players and the culture that he's instilled there So shout out Mike Brown. I love it coach there gets announced. I think later this week I think we all probably know and he knows the Warriors. He knows their personnel He knows their systems and a lot of teams they change the sets. They'll change the name cause but for the most part It's the same place. It's the same offense. It's the same actions and Mike Brown knows them Harrison Barnes still remembers him from when he was a warrior So they have two guys that are familiar with this situation that know the offense that know how clay and Steph move without the ball and They're showing that defensively and they're locking in they're taking away their actions and and again I've said it three times now They look like the better team offensively and defensively just probably why they're up to nothing Mike Brown Wasn't just an assistant for the Warriors at points. He was in charge of the substitution patterns He was in charge of the defense So this is a guy that had his fingerprints all over the Warriors over the last several years I love it too because it's not a hate thing There's like a genuine love between Mike Brown the cut so it's I mean, I'm not gonna speak with the players But at least amongst the coaches they all advocated like several of those Warriors players Advocated for him with the Kings when Vivec on a debate did his research There were guys that advocated for Mike Brown for sure Makes me happy. There was another game the first game of the night Just just doesn't have the judge that we want this one to have but sixers overcame a pretty slow start Beat the Nets 96-84. They also up two games in this one Tyrese Maxi With 33 points Joel and beat finished with 2019 and 7 and look this game for a while there I thought oh Brooklyn's in this one you guys and then They just weren't are the sixers the best team in the East Well, I mean I thought it was Milwaukee all year long and then they go and lose You don't know the the health of Yanis But the the sixers look really good and they're just they're too much that the Nets don't have enough They're taking great games from Cam Johnson Just to stay in and games like this and and James Harden didn't even really play well yesterday and Tyrese Maxi came to the rescue They're throwing the whole kitchen sink at Joel every time he touches the ball So I was halfway joking around with Spencer Demily last week But they don't really have a chance and I wouldn't be surprised if Brooklyn gets swept halfway joking Yeah, they they tried everything they could and look this is probably a really good outcome for the Nets It was the rare both teams don't score a hundred point game, but but the Nets couldn't get to 85 So this is their issue. They don't have enough dynamic offensive players They have guys who make sense as role players They have guys who ideally should be able to catch and shoot threes and three and D guys and they've littered their roster with this But in the playoffs you need dynamic Multifaceted offensive players and they just don't have that our friend of the show Spencer Denwitte He's not exactly leading the charge here as their one ball handler on that team So far, they're not playing Cam Thomas there They're kind of stuck in that sense and they're asking him to do a lot more than I think he can do at this point and They're doing everything they can when they were selling out on Joel and be like in the way that they were Even when they went small and they're sending two or three guys at him That's what that worked for the Sixers. They were able to swing the ball around the horn They actually didn't shoot that great from three But they did it just enough to win this game and they had enough guys who do that Tyrese Maxi had a great game Joelle stepped up late. This massive is just too much for the Nets. I have a question about James Harden Yes, they did get the win, but anybody who's watched James Harden in the playoffs for many many years There's a certain expectation of a fizzle out at some point and last night was not great Yeah, so despite getting the win is there a part of you if you're a Philly fan If you're any of these people that have been watching that thinks God here we go again He's about to James Harden to me. Yeah, and game one he played well He had seven threes he had 13 assists last night He struggled a little bit and and kind of all year long going into it Well, who was gonna be the number two option was a Tyrese was a James But when you're guarding their best player Joelle and be like they are Someone's got to go off and then I looked to James Harden. He's experienced. He's a vet. He's led the NBA and scoring He's been there before and he's hears all the murmurs about how he doesn't play well in the playoffs And how he needs to step up. He kind of laid an egg here, but they still got to win He needs to take over one of these games He needs to show them that he can be that second option He can be that number one option when they do take the ball out of Joelle's hands and look it's gonna be miserable for Joelle He's literally getting double team wherever he touches the ball And that's gonna leave a lot of open space for Tyrese Maxi and James Harden And they got to find ways to be efficient and to kind of score the ball to get that load off Joelle But am I worried not necessarily this series because again, I think they're gonna beat them in four or five But yeah come next round against, you know, the Celtics is who I think they're gonna play He's got to be big and he's got it like Charles Barkas last night They didn't pave him to lead their team and assist They paid him to be that second score and to go off when Joelle is getting guarded like this So it is a little bit concerning, but there's still time and they're gonna beat the Nets with or without James Harden this series eight points in a game where they're selling out and Joelle and beating the way they are He got good shots. He only took 13 shots last night There were times this season where he looked like he had burst, he looked like he was back He scored 21 points a game He led the league and assist and so it was like, yo, they're getting the best version of James Harden You can hope for right now in the last month. I think he was dealing with an Achilles injury He missed some time. I watched him and I wonder if he's healthy. I'm not exactly sure I know he hit what was it six threes the other night But he's not exactly driving with the same intensity he was before and and they're gonna need him to be that So the best thing for them is to wrap this up soon Hopefully hopefully, you know, the Celtics have to extend a little bit and they get them those guys some rest But yeah, he doesn't look right to me. I'm not a doctor. I'm not the trainer But he doesn't look like what he was and he's doing a lot of kicking the ball up to Tyrese Maxey He's doing a lot of just coming off the ball kind of quick and he's playing a little conservative in my mind And I think maybe he's dealing with something Well, thankfully they have Tyrese Maxey and the way he played last night 33 points six three pointers Everyone talks about James Harden's free to see the summer But Tyrese Maxey is a guy that's gonna be going into a third year rookie extension Season and when you're Tyrese Maxey you look at everything that he's done statistically in his three NBA seasons He's clearly emerged as a lead guard on most teams and and he's taken a backseat role as well He's he's been fine coming off the bench. He's accepted his role to Anthony Melton started at different points So what happens with Tyrese Maxey? I mean if I'm him I might want a max contract this summer and so if you're you have James Harden you have Tyrese Maxey You have you have Joel and Bede your Philly. Who do you want to distribute your money to your max contracts to and also? What happens is here if they don't if they fall short of expectations? So there are a lot of questions, but Tyrese Maxey these are good problems to have for sure And he was there anything in the first half that you saw out of Brooklyn that thought okay This could work because it was interesting at least for a half Well, Cam Johnson had the best half of his career that helps they're gonna need these types of scoring explosive They struggle so much to score on Philly, which is not the greatest defensive team in the playoffs and they just Struggle to manufacture points to break down the defense. Look at some of these shots They're settling for step back mid-range twos. That's not what you want in the modern NBA, you know So they're taking difficult shots They just cannot break down a defense in that way and when the Sixers went to their match-up zone They essentially destroyed their offense got back in the game took over lead never look back They don't have a guy on the roster who can change that for them They need they need a dynamic superstar and they let a few of them go this year and maybe they'll go out there one this summer But I love that we were still thinking Ben Simmons is the missing piece. Yeah. Good luck I feel like I feel like that ship has sailed. Is there any chance any world in which you could see the Nets making some sort of a comeback? Zero percent zero. I don't see it. I think they will adjust a little bit I think they'll go to Cam Thomas in game three. I think they'll shake up the rotation They've already went small and Royce O'Neill to his credit. He's doing everything he can He is banging with Joel and B. He is fronting the post. He they they're doing all they can they're just they're shorthanded They don't have enough depth. They don't have enough size They don't have enough talent and like I just said they need another star And there's a couple guys that maybe will be available this summer Like I think it really helped this core going forward, but in this series. I don't I don't see a chance This is probably my least favorite series. Maybe feels like it. Yeah, I didn't know maybe no gets T. Wolves That might be my that might be number one. We could go through that. That's our next segment. It's all about what do we hate? What do the most we take the break here when we come back Dame Bradley Beale Where will they play next and is there a team that Victor Wim and Yama hopes does not get the first That's when run it back returns Run it up run it back run it up run it back I don't have much of an appetite for Building and you know guys two and three years away from Really going after you know I'm saying and You know, I think we get shading at 19 and he's just different. You know I'm saying I think he Just being around him his disposition. You know, I mean is how he listens His frame his natural talent and his ability. I think You know, that's that's a that's enough 19 year old You know I'm saying and you probably won't find one that will come along the way he has but You know, I I'm just not I just ain't interested in that, you know being honest and this this is not a secret you know, I mean I Want a chance to to go for it and If the route is to do that then, you know, that's you know, that's not my route So dame is done with teenagers. That's a no more 19 year olds He's over it that the ones good, but are you buying that he remains a Portland trailblazer? I am not I think he's gone and I think it's it's I think he should be gone I think it's to the point now where it's gonna be a mutual You know breakup going into this where they understand he deserves better He proved this year that he can still play at a high level and he can still you know He wants to compete for a championship and he's made it very very clear. He's given his all to the city this organization He's the best Portland trailblazer of all time, and I think it's just come to it of all time I think so well, and I think it's just because come to an end here where this is all worked out Fantastic for him to where he can leave, you know, hands-free come back to a standing ovation And I even think as much as the fan base there will miss him and one would love to see him back and to add other pieces to compete for championship They love him so much that they'll they'll be happy for him to find another home and to be able to play a You know and be able to compete for championship and they know that it's not gonna happen in Portland So I think how it's all worked out. I think he he's got the green light to get on up out of there It confuses me dame dame sign a two-year 122 minute extension last summer He didn't have to do that. I mean you look I'm not turning down. I was gonna say in dollars He didn't have to do that if he wanted some max flexibility. He could have played it out and did all that He's been doing this for a few years. I understand it. He's he's conflicted He wants to win a title he wants to be loyal to Portland He wants us to whatever he's gonna do I want him to do it I want him to hurry up and be done with it, and I want to stop hearing these quotes I want to stop hearing the exclusive interviews with such-and-such reporter where he says Yo, I'm locked in to Portland and then he sits on the podium and says I actually don't want us to draft and I let's see They got Jeremy Grant last year. They they they're usually active in free agency They get meetings with everybody because they're the Portland Trailblazers, right? They're in state and no state tax all this great stuff going on for them They've tried if he wants to go go there's options out there for him I think a team like the Nets I think you know people always mention the heat because it's Miami and They have those contracts there that they could get off of and all this great stuff if he wants out Please ask out. It's happened before go like let's get it over eddies over it I'm over I think the big date for the Trailblazers is gonna be draft lottery night in mid-May and figuring out Exactly where they end up drafting. Do they get the number one overall pick? Do they get to if they get high up there that gives you either you you sell Dame on Listen, you get a chance to play bigger bigger women Yammer You get a chance to play with brain and Miller one of these other young guys But again, what was apatite be so I think get to that point and I think we'll have more clarity But I still think even if Portland gets the number one pick, they're still gonna be rebuilding, right? They're still yeah, they're still not gonna be a contender Still a teenager watching that game last night. I can see him perfectly in Brooklyn I think that would make the most sense I think he is what they need and I think that would be the ideal spot if I was named Miller Choms if you're Portland Ben Simmons contract. That's that's the haul for Damian Lillard I don't I don't know if I get all if you get all the picks if you get four or five first With that you got to think about it, right? Don't aggregate that But you know Damian Lillard is 32 gonna be 33 in July, I believe He's he's got four years and two hundred and twenty million dollars on his contract pretty good agenting Yeah, Lamar Jackson, are you listening for an agent forty five million dollars on the book that's 63 million dollar player option in 25 26 good good times to be Damian Lillard, right? Zero tears for Damian Lillard on that one up So last week you reported your shams that the Mazra find seven hundred fifty grand for conduct detrimental to the League, of course Cuban immediately said he'll double up. He'll donate was the juice work the squeeze Eddie pocket change To keep your draft pick. Yeah million and a half to keep your traffic. Oh, yeah Oh, yeah, what's what's seven fifty for Mark Cuban a basketball revenue like four dollars gas money That's like me handing you like like five bucks. Yeah for my troubles. Yeah, absolutely worth it. Keep your pick It's fine. It's right like it's just weird because teams were doing this all year long They weren't There was the reports how they weren't trying to give up their pick to the Knicks, right Zynga steel But yeah, what's seven fifty to a billionaire? I mean nothing I did think it was a baller. We talked about it the Monday of that week that there's a chance that they could shut these guys down I think honestly they might have waited a little bit too long and and then like we talked about on Monday on this show They did they waited until Friday to do it So you have a whole week give a whole buildup and then the way that they did it You know sitting Kai and then having Luca play the first quarter and then pulling him after the first quarter like just the optics of it You know some somewhere on the maps told me, you know, if you're gonna go this route like okay See did at one point or like this year San Antonio did we saw Charlotte a few Portland few these other teams that you don't talk about it publicly. You don't make a big thing about it And you know that that's really where it got also to plan to just play one quarter Just leave them play one quarter. I even say that it was it was a ugly final week of the season And they put their exclamation point. I like you guys tank and we're tank. Yeah We're legitimately doing it and you're gonna see it all happen One of the other things shams telling us about is that the coaching changes potential Coaching changes anyways and that one of the candidates for the open rockets job perhaps Raptors Nick nurse Chandler, are you Love his logo. It's pretty good And this one kind of looks like noon Yeah I see a lower case You also didn't see the yank Okay, you know what don't bring me back to that coach with a logo a coach with a logo is kind of sick like You gotta Only reason I'm leaving that for that is if I think I'm getting fired or if there's something that there's a change coming But like no, I'm not leaving this the team the Toronto's a better team. They have just as good of a core I'm not sold on the Kevin Porter Jalen Green Jabari Smith that that that cast yeah So no, I don't think so unless it's a kind of a backhand discussion that hey We're gonna make a change let you let him go kind of look and take a different job But if I'm looking at the drafters roster and their future in the Rockets, I'm going Toronto 10 times add 10 Yeah, he knows something about what's going on Toronto that we don't know he knows the fire sales coming or whatever I don't look at the Rockets and think this is some great gig unless they get number one overall But they do have a ton of cap space to kind of ability to move and add pieces And look this is one of those jobs where you know when you sign it it comes with some security This is a long-haul overturned and maybe that's just looking for right now a lot of stress out there in Toronto It seems like and it just seems like that teams on the cusp of just like let's start over Feel like that right? Yeah, and it can't be a coincidence that every trade deadline I feel like they're in it and then they're not and that just feels Unsteady I think if you're in that but as we look at the draft Victor women yama the name that we will all grow To love saying out loud. He recently said that he's fine with whichever team takes him Eddie you buying that Yeah, cuz it's gonna make a lot of money Come over here and get your get your coins of my friend His options are pretty great. I mean his absence you can play with pop You can play in Houston, which is a great city for various reasons Detroit has a nice future going forward Orlando There's they're getting stacked with young guys or we can't beat Florida. I can't even north Florida What but uh the worst places I think is I think his options are great literally where I'm from I know that's partly why I don't like it. Look at what we get it from But also no state tax. I'll give you that. Yeah, but look Minnesota's not in the running Utah's not in the running anymore. I think you know keep him out the snow. He'll be happy There's no way look he's never gonna say it I don't not try to put this kid on the spot, but there are places you'd rather go and you of all people I went to Memphis, okay for money and for a long-term deal. So if you can if I can go to Memphis Here's the thing. It's not it's not free agency. This kid. He doesn't have a choice, right? So yeah, yeah, you're looking at it and if I can see okay, Houston is Way better city than Detroit and you look at but for him I think he's looking at more, you know roster and talent and who he can play with But yeah city help. This is where he's gonna, you know, meet his wife have kids It's a hold off all that goes into like seven years old. Why are you putting all that on him? I am just saying this is gonna be his home and yeah, if I had a choice I don't want to live in Detroit, Michigan. I just I all I wanted was for a channeler to call out a city and we got our wish Yeah, he didn't call San Antonio. Well, no, we got Barclay for that. So don't worry. There are enough people doing that And then you know what congratulations. I shame on me I should have started the show with a big congratulations to Jared Jackson, Jr. Who was officially announced as defensive player of the year winner You buying that he deserved it Eddie everybody. I don't know. We need to congratulate him on that Padded the blocks. Oh, I feel like it was determined at some point. He's massive impact on defense Like let me not make it sound like he was deserving. I do kind of Wints a little bit at the amount of games he's missed and the minutes he's behind the other contenders And I don't know this feels like an award that was decided a few months back And after we had our controversy about the scorekeeping and all this stuff and congrats to him I personally think perimeter players need to win defensive player over the year a little more it seems like we're almost deciding like Who's gonna have the most blocks? Okay. He's one of the award. Cool. Let's move on. So Yeah, I mean it's it's he deserves it because I don't think anyone else kind of blew him out of the water Right there was and he was he's he has led the NBA and blocks and again the whole thing about the staff padding Who knows if there's any truth to that who knows if it's really happens, but listen We need you to go down to Memphis. Yeah, we need it inside. Yeah. I'm busy that we need to make a I Got engaged with that weekend We're gonna take a quick break, but that man has a family when we return and maybe an update Right there, baby Okay, that's pretty good, that's pretty good I love an organic tease as we go to break in shams, that's exactly what you did for us go So John Marant suffered a hand injury in game one and he underwent an x-ray that that day on Sunday He underwent further testing further valuation on Monday I'm told there are no breaks no fractures in John Marant's hand It's as of right now being treated more as a pain tolerance injury something that they're gonna continue to monitor today It's clearly it severe enough to the point and painful enough to where John Marant said the other night He felt it was a 10 out of 10 when it comes to pain So his status is still very much up in the air for game two on Wednesday The Grizzlies won't have to update his status until later today. I think they'll take their time It's the playoffs everyone wants to have an advantage. They're gonna keep it close to the vest But John Marant if it is truly a situation where it's a pain tolerance thing He did say the other day I'm gonna do the best I can to play If I'm able to get out there, but I feel like I'm hurting my team. I also am understanding of that Oh, this is a guy who thought of past to his head from a 17 year olds career threatening So when he says that the pain tolerance is a 10 out of 10 I'm gonna take it serious to play off this and this this is good Do is if there's actually not anything serious here because this looked it look crazy Yeah, this look like it hurt and again, it is the playoffs These are the type of injuries that if it isn't nothing structurally wrong You got to find a way to play through it But good thing for them highest Jones has always stepped up every time John Marant's goes goes out So I don't think this series is over from Memphis if he's out But yeah, this look this look gross But if you're super self-aware to and your John Marant you realize you've already sort of put your team in a Bad position for things that you've done. So this is there's any chance you're playing Yeah, you have to to be out there at least I get an extra day off to in between That man has a family and a lot of men have families and sometimes they're on the receiving end of awful awful moments That we now get to enjoy. Yay camp Johnson This this was just a character on the ladder. This was yeah, this kid had a game That's fun. Do you have like game photos in your house somewhere? We're just like just dunking on people This is this is what my office in my bedroom Everywhere a reminder. Yes, this is what I'd put up. Yeah, this is awesome. Yeah, that was not bad Oh, not of other people any of me. Oh my bad. I know I thought we're all the same I'm putting my poster. I don't be ridiculous. Oh, you're putting other people. Oh, no, I was Shots of you But MB was not so fast a little revenge my friend hmm, I do like you can quickly turn around and get revenge Don't I like that? I like that Joelle. It's a little mean Shout out to James from the point of attack defense here. Look at the jog. Look at I like Tyrese Max after the game saying even though he's getting double-teamed. He's he's our catalyst Defensively for all the haters saying he takes plays off not on this one This was some vintage stuff right here Yo, what was Desmond Bain thinking he's going one on five Was going on four and then LeBron's back there somewhere like think think a little better, buddy It's crazy to me how often he still gets the blocks because you know if he's anywhere in the arena He's doing this. Yes I think we'll know when LeBron is on the downside like the real real downside when he doesn't do this When will that be shams? He let Anthony Edwards He let Anthony he was just behind the air where it's let him get a dunk in the playing game. I was blown away I was like I knew he was gonna block it. I was shocked. I'm with you got either dunk that or go on the other side How about this moment? Oh bones Island mmm big dreams. That's nice That's not off-hand block like who's mostly gonna dunk that I think he changed his mind halfway through how far he jumped He realized he has no chance and it made Devon look really good defensively here Devon not exactly a leaper gave him the flex a little flex to tell them about it. I like this Yo, what was was bones trying to dunk that? That's what I think I was good to make up for your bad turnover bulldoze Well, that was a little rude wasn't it? You know what I could watch Aaron Gordon dunk every day charge. He's such a beauty But I don't like to see Mike Conley down on the charge No, not at Mike Conley's exactly not it not at Conley's expense. I don't know that you gotta you gotta play firm defense there Get him back in the dairy We do need Aaron Gordon back in the dunk contest. I'll put his plea though. It may be an all-star to get the dunk on that didn't work Really gotta try negotiation Paul Reed What That was nice Paul Reed play like 14 minutes and I'd like eight seven six and four is productive and His short minutes. I'll go say that and watch her. I'll still over there. He's playing over him Paul Reed is all read his hair on the rotation. Yes, she'll read is it like one of the most plain names I've ever heard in my whole life. Just Paul Reed Put in like three, you know three turnovers eight points seven rebounds I mean this little block montage is lovely. Oh, I thought we had more. We don't even have more. Oh What a tease Do we have an old-school Chandler dunks, I bet we do triple header tonight though We'll break them down. Yeah, that's true. Good luck. You do good luck getting that Running back. I'm series are more exciting than others, but we've got three games tonight. Mm-hmm We'll start with Celtics Hawks. I'm gonna try to put some you know what? It's not my job to sell this series I think this series sucks, but we're gonna watch it anyway Celtics lead at one nothing Trey young's future with the Hawks is it it depends maybe on this We seem to think it does expectations challenge. And by the way, there was a time where I had to be nice I'd be nice. Yeah, I don't think it's fair to put this series that they really don't have a chance All right on Trey young's future. I do think they want to see how he handles it I want to see how you know how he can play in this series if he can make it competitive because they do have the talent the Offense to do it if new coach they have everything moving forward and now it's just up in the air What Trey young's future is but just say that his future is based on this series against arguably the best team in The NBA is tough because that's a tall mountain They got to climb and no one's given them a chance to win this series So that's little unfair, but I would like to see them go in to make it competitive Right at least that team. I like you sticking up for Trey Maybe I did the right thing put this on NBA TV Let me watch nicks and calves and let me watch the real games after this Congrats the Hawks for a great season and a new coach Wow, we're done. You know what though plus 10 and a half. Give me the Hawks tonight. Really? They're not losing by 11 or more. Sure. They are it in did you see the look yet? I did not it was awful Have they played yet, okay Yeah, I feel like 10 and a half is probably I would take that one if this was our Friday I wouldn't be watching this game, but we have a show tomorrow. I'll pay attention. That's fair. There's too much honesty in the segment guys Let's keep it moving Nick's okay now. We're back to games that we care about Nick's calves This one's a little more exciting with the next stealing one in Cleveland. They also play later tonight I mean look calves you have to win tonight, right? That's simple They do and this is probably the most even most competitive series and and I The nicks look good Jalen Brunson was great down the stretch here But this is a must when you do not want to go to the garden down 0 to 0 You're down to 0 and they have to find a way to win here They have to find a way to get this season of this back the series back tied and Winning game one is one thing but soon as the other team wins game two it is It's it's it came one just to pass just a memory So this is huge for Cleveland just to get this back even it up and go on the garden with it all tied up I'm with Taylor. I think it's the best series my favorite series. I'm enjoying Kings Warriors as well But obviously that's 2-0. It's a little different. I think this is the most competitive series And yeah, it's absolute must win I think we saw all of the calves warts in game one. They're gonna persist throughout the series It's how do they get through that and I don't know might try to make it out there to game three Oh, I think so pull some garden strings some fandal strings somebody get me in the building I got I'm with you. I think that's my plan too is I'm getting to one of these games at the garden at some point I mean Julius Randall like obviously they needed him back. They're happy to have him back As far as his importance this team and Josh Hart is what questionable is doubtful doubtful for tonight That's a key that's a bummer key piece of this team So that's a major factor, but for Cleveland I want to see I want to see Jerry's garland have a bigger role tonight because for sure when he has the ball in his Hands playmaking this team is a lot better manual quickly can play a better game Quentin Grimes can play a better game. I it hurts to lose Josh Hart But there's other guys who can step up if he's out and that's tough That's tough for them our our favorite guy from that first game right, Michelle. We enjoyed everything I mean, he's he's just I don't want to say the heart because I get it But he really is like it's just the guy that kind of comes out there and has the emotions and everything But he'll be there and they're benches. They're benches good I'm big fan of what the next I could just see Tom Tibbet open his arm right you can just tell he's almost smiling almost Almost smiling and the other game another one that we we really do care about is Clippers Suns Okay, this one Chandler the fact that the Clippers stole game one against a team that so many people have the highest of hopes for how shocked Were you I was very shocked, but I gotta give rust his flowers. He made such big plays this play right here defensively It's unbelievable your garden arguably one of the hardest guys in the ice so to guard You've managed to block the shot and still deflect it off him. This was huge and he made a lot of these plays down the stretch He's rebound on the ball. He's getting out in transition and Kawhi Leonard He looks unbelievable. He looks back to his old self. He's strong. He's getting to his spots He's efficient. He's getting to the foul line He's been he's the best player in this series right now and the Suns have to find a way to maintain him The bad news is Scott. Here we go. Give me this assignment Chris pause lost 14 straight Straight in the bounds. Yeah, I mean the most out in our eyes collusion that could possibly be in the list It's not a coincidence then. What do we think? I so I look 14 is tough to overlook like that's that's that's crazy I wonder if there's another player with that many games with the same ref words that big of a Despair so I'm just always the sensible one here So maybe this but this is such a gigantic discrepancy and there's so much commotion about this very situation I foster yeah, I foster Chris Paul the league has to be a little more team 14 straight The league has to be aware is oh and 14 the playoffs and Scott foster roughing his games What do you think Chris Paul's households talking about right now? Like this is crazy like they woke up this morning. He's like yeah last 14. I mean it doesn't you know doesn't look good Doesn't look good the streak but this streak ends tonight. Give me give me give me this. Oh, you got some tonight I got you've got Hawks and Suns tonight. No, I got the Hawks Yeah, I'm covering the spread Yeah, yeah, you really you think the Suns I mean is there enough from the other game I do I think they're the better team I think even Tory guys like Tory Craig. They stepped up. They played well They just have to find a way defensively to kind of limit quality and he can't let him go and have 40 Points that's the guard. But yeah, I think this is what makes Phoenix so scary Is that their offensive firepower and they still got I think what a Tory Craig had 20 something points that that's huge for them So they found that fifth guy now they got to find other ways to just you know defend play harder play tougher But offensively, they're scary and and it's gonna come down the other end of the court I think there's some simple adjustments. They can make money worms has been kind of open about yo Let's get Kevin the ramp ball more. Yes, let's run a little bit of offense to them They have not shown that thus far in his tenure. He's only played nine games, but yeah, that would make a huge difference You can't have him just have one shot down the stretch of the game So there's things they can do and and you ideally defend Kauai Leonard was better Eric Gordon doesn't go crazy in the first quarter of the game There's things that can change and and I still think they're the better team But they absolutely have a challenge for them and Kauai he might just be the best player alive right now He might just be the best playoff. It's not silly right now. He looks incredible. By the way I'm surprised it's eight and a half points son's favorite like that's because it's kind of the same as the others here It's a must win, but after the first game you think that would be a little different They're they're gonna play to the home court They're gonna want to entice you a little bit add a little bit on top So you gotta take that but taking I'm expecting six close games. I don't think these teams can get away from each other I don't think Vegas knew that Scott Foster was reference Scott Foster is somewhere right now Just eating us raw steak for breakfast Pickleball on game day. This is really he's a big pickleball guy. Yeah, it's so nerdy That would be amazing if they did that that's gonna do it for us today We will be back here live from Los Angeles tomorrow morning 10 Eastern 7 Pacific 3 games 2 good ones