 Luca dropped 60 21 and 10 and all he wants is a recovery beer legendary run it back starts now run it up to run it back run it up to run it back run it up run it back run it back welcome and happy Wednesday morning. This is run it back. I want to immediately introduce my beautiful panel here at Shamsherani a stadium insider Chandler P with the boosted Wi-Fi today and of course eddie g on the end there guys. I mean we're just going to start with Luca Luca Luca Luca 60 21 and 10 the play to go to overtime free throw mist makes it it's the reaction it is everything you could possibly want you almost wish this was a game seven in the finals Chandler to intentionally miss a free throw get your own rebound and hit a shot it's tried a lot I've never seen it accomplished how hard is it. It's really hard and you know what most guys get up there and they rush it and they try and just throw it really quickly and catch the guys lined up you know off guard but this was perfectly done he set up as if it was his normal shot and a lot of things have to happen right like this has to bounce perfectly Christian Woods got to get his hand on it Luca had you know a second to kind of catch and shoot and this was executed you know perfectly and yeah a lot of luck goes into this and he got a great bounce but this was an incredible play that you know I when I was playing in Dallas we would practice these certain situations and the reaction at the end is what does it for me here for him of all the stuff he did during the game this this whole playling fish out of water dance here oh yeah that really got me going but I mean this was this was unbelievable what this kid did last night I've never seen anything like it it's it's insane I mean catching your own free throw is this happened earlier actually in Dallas earlier here the when the Nets played them Kevin missed one choked like the bummy is but then they missed one on purpose and they got it and got like the similar shot on the other basket I don't know what my approach to be I feel like I'd go you know really high teardrop and just hope for the best but even beyond this they were down nine points with 40 seconds to go I I left I walked my dog I started getting texts from you guys about Luca and all caps ran back upstairs and it was over time so it was absurd it's and it gets in the stat line he got to like just it's just an amazing night of basketball it's crazy how it happens just a random Tuesday and you just see something you've never seen before in your life in a game you had no very low expectations for no Jaylen Brunson but this was this was amazing what's crazy is they probably should have won it in regulation like that Luca shot when he grabbed the rebound and then had that put back like he got fouled on that shot but thankfully he didn't and we got to see the first 60 point triple double with 20 rebounds ten assists of all time I mean just just an unbelievable game and I'm pretty sure he did get the recovery beers post game so we can't report that on run it back but overall I mean you look at the stats he scored a system on 85 of the one 126 points and they were they were down nine points like Eddie said with about 35 seconds left in the game that's not a game that you win that the Mavs had no business winning that game and what Luca did is he had so many clutch plays down the stretch we think of guys like James Harden players like that but I don't know if anyone's had the amount of clutch plays that Lucas had in this type of performance and over his entire career I remember being in the bubble he had that clutch shot against the Clippers game winning three-pointer so he's making a knack of hitting these clutch shots as well and you have to give props to the supporting cast Spencer Dimmity I think plays a a glue piece for this team he can rebound he can set the table he can play make he's sacrificing a lot I think only 15 shot attempts last night in OT and Christian Wood we're finally seeing him I think really get acclimated in Dallas and I think that is a good sign moving forward for them I think we had that stat yesterday it was like one in 12,000 something crazy number and then we have the stat yesterday where teams leading by nine with a certain amount of time left were you know eight million and oh and then the Mavericks pull this off and it's crazy to be in I want to get to the Knicks in a second as far as what it says about them but there it is 13,884 in the last 20 seasons been trailing by at least nine with 35 or fewer seconds that is an actual sports miracle as far as I'm concerned but it's a lot of Luca and we're going to talk about this forever as far as the difficulty in pulling something like that off and staying mentally in the game Chandler how hard is it I mean it's hard like even as a player as much as they don't admit it when you're down and you know 30 seconds down nine you pretty much are packing it in so this doesn't happen often and this this shows a lot to me about the Knicks that they can't allow this they got to close this game but you know again with with Luca it's it's how he does it for me he's so big and he cannot be sped up no matter who guards him whether it's Grimes or who's smaller or you know Randall who's bigger and stronger it doesn't matter this kid can get to his spots he scores in just an array of ways and and again like Sharms just said when when he's given you 60 and then didn't win he and and would are giving you 25 and 19 this is the you know this is a great version of the match and obviously you can't expect this from Luca every night but man they're they're they're a tough team when when they get but these other guys they balanced attack and Luca do what he does I love it both active and and former players from very active on Twitter last night all eyes on Luca Eddie do you sometimes worry that he has to do this much to get a close win I mean that's definitely the the pessimist view of the game and I think it's true I think there's some truth to that a literally historic stat line every time there's a stat line like this you go oh I'm sure will Chamberlain did something like this this is one he actually didn't do he got close I think he had like 57 and 20 but not 60 um yeah that's absurd I mean to have to do that he didn't need five extra minutes and yada yada yada but they had lost this game like the Nick snatched the feet from the jaws of victory last night this game was over I thought again I thought when Jason K called that time out what I think 42 seconds ago he was pulling his guys it was a nine point lead um yeah you you're not gonna be able to do this for four playoff games uh it's a little too much but I do think it was encouraging that yes I saw a good Spencer Denwood game that yes Christian Woods seems to be fighting his role in this team and figuring that out and so there are guys in and historically Reggie Bullock will eventually shoot better and they'll get maxi cleaver back and he'll be a ton of help for them as well and sim hardware junior will play better in spots so you hate to see this but this isn't going to happen every night and Eddie learned that your dog's potty times now have to wait until the actual final whistle blows you can't you can't rush out there as far as the nicks are concerned you touched on it they had this one this one should have been over for them should have been a w Chandler what does it say about that team if anything no Jalen Brunson will give him that but it shows how important Jalen Brunson is obviously RJ didn't play either but this this just shows you how important a steady vet point guard that can control the offense I it's it's crazy to say but I can't imagine them blowing this lead with Jalen Brunson and they're controlling the offense slowing everybody down getting everybody in their spots but you know who knows but I think this is just shows the the value he brings the experience and it just shows you that there are ways away this is a this is an immature loss this should not happen this is an excusable luke of magic you can say what you want but this is they had this game and this one's going to stink for a while Eddie as far as the playing load for for nicks players last night your thoughts look I understand that Jalen Brunson was I understand that RJ bear artist finger a few minutes in but to to have Emanuel quickly play 51 minutes and I think it was something like 37 unopposed minutes as well he only rested two minutes in the first half to have quitting grinds play 48 minutes there's a hundred minutes between your back court you finished the game with yeah no no duh they look tired and over time of course they they they collapsed looking with how they had to play same thing for Julius Randall had to play 45 minutes I'm looking at that bench I literally googled last night I had to google Shamsherania and Evan Fournier to make sure there was no injury I forgot about same day for Kam Redis why are they not playing I understand he doesn't like these guys I understand like the off on numbers for Evan Fournier are awful and that's cool but yo you literally have three guards on your team at this point and you're going into overtime you're playing a tough game maybe squeeze a couple minutes in there instead of playing a man you quickly a week's worth of minutes but yeah that's time to but that's what he's going to do it doesn't like you you ain't playing but it's just the bottom line fair enough all right we got a what you guys want to talk about it you want to talk Lakers do you want to talk Lakers no nobody does okay LeBron Westbrook yes they ended their four game losing streak in Orlando look LeBron no doubt still playing at an elite level but the question that we've been asking now for now a season and a half is are there future draft picks more valuable than the current window that LeBron James finds himself in Chandler no I don't think so I think LeBron is he's too big for their business and they just need to enjoy the show and try as much as they can you know surround this guy I would look to trade AD I would look to trade Westbrook I would look to trade anybody else on this roster but but not LeBron LeBron is still showing us that he's plays at a high level he's dominating like I said I've never thought I'd feel bad for this guy but there's certain nights where man he's doing all he can and they're still are just not getting it done but no I you can't trade him no no future pick in my eyes is as important or as big as putting this franchise that's a little shocking to me Eddie do you agree because I asked your future no matter what I do agree you got to maximize that title window however you know tight it is for them and you have to figure out something to make these LeBron years matter it's it's tough to say you trade the younger guy but this is literally a once in a generation player it was for some people he's the greatest of all time you got to squeeze all the juice out of that you that you can the problem is they as a franchise yes they have to think of the future as well they have to think about five years down the line but LeBron doesn't and this has been LeBron's MO I'm going to come here you're going to maximize everything I'm doing and then I'm going to leave in ruins but you'll have a trophy in the trophy case so the Lakers already got the trophy and maybe that's why they're not pressed but they should they should he's still one of the best players in the league and when he has opportunity and when it's meaningful enough for him I guess and if you surround him with the right pieces which they obviously have not he still can can steady a contender into the playoffs and over the last few years they've been hurt by injuries and that's part of the the situation with him as well it's kind of like the unspoken rule is that you know LeBron has suffered quite a few leg injuries in the last few years and they add up and that doesn't mean he's injury prone some of them are fluky but they do add up and yeah and maybe that's what they're considering when they do this but yeah I mean I think they should have maximized I think they actually tried this summer but they just failed they just picked all the wrong pieces and now they're in this position they're in it's crazy to me because it's hard to believe that he has enough years left that it would be worth and that they would be a viable contender no matter what they did but shams you know the drill like we're gonna keep sitting here waiting and questioning are the Lakers going to do anything what's the latest on that yeah I promise this is not a debate show so I'm not I'm not here to go the other way on what Chandler and Eddie said but the reality and the facts are is that the Lakers are gonna have to be patient with those two first-rom picks that they have because they those are their only two assets guys for the rest of the decade and so if you're gonna trade your 2027 first your 2029 first-rom picks those are the only two picks you have the next seven or eight years you have to be sure about the player you get now if you can go get a Bradley Beale if you can go get a Zach Levine you know maybe then you consider it but some of these guys that we've been talking about over the last month or so boy on Bogdanovich yeah you'll go get him if you can move a protected person that's what they had offered but now with Anthony Davis out we don't know exactly when he's gonna be back he's definitely gonna be out at least through mid-January but how does he come back when does he come back is he gonna be anywhere close to where what we saw the MVP Anthony Davis because that is the type of player where you look at this team and you're like all right they can maybe do something in the playoffs you have an ad that's that's potentially hobbled that there might be on minutes restriction you're just not sure so until you figure out exactly what ad looks like it's tough to make a move or you're jeopardizing future assets we saw them do a little bit of that when they made the Russell Westbrook trade you traded a future first you traded Kyle Kuzma so they've been down that well already um and I think now that's that's why I think this organization is going to be patient it's um look if I'm that's what I was gonna ask you if you're LeBron what are you doing I mean enough's enough like I'm applying pressure go get me a Brad Beale go get me a Levine these guys were talking about he showed that he can still carry a team he's doing it night in night out and and and he needs help and if I'm him you know my frustration level is through the roof and I nobody is safe in that locker room if you if they want to salvage this season at all they're going to have to make a big move like we said their future with these picks is in shambles and you've got to maximize LeBron years and this guy he's not slowing down as from what it looks like so you got to you got to get him help as soon as you and if I'm LeBron I'm all over them to get me help he has to be already I mean he's he's already in the front office kind of so yeah if there's an amazing eighth grader out there LeBron can go get him for strive for greatness he's not helping the Lakers at all and he's not concerned to LeBron at all so yeah trade the pig the MJ meme you know what it is yeah trade the pigs all right fair enough don't look now but John Moran's words might be coming back to bite him in the old heiny suns up blew out the Grizzlies in Memphis they didn't even have to um and then of course this goes back a few days ago this it interview where he said there was nobody in the western conference that even worried him which I thought at the time uh oh not not a good idea Chandler do you think that perhaps I mean we know it was premature but do you think this is something that now is going to come back and haunt them for the rest of the season I don't I don't think it's the biggest deal but it's definitely fueled to the fire for these other teams that definitely feel slighted they definitely feel disrespected there's definitely coaches you know reminding players what you know what these arrogant kids at Memphis are saying so it's that this was a weird loss because you know the suns were missing a lot Lansbury-Shamet who's been kind of their best player lately didn't play Booker no pain no Johnson this was and to go into Memphis that's fully loaded um yeah this is kind of concerning it just kind of shows you how deep this western conference is and and I look at a team like Phoenix and I still think they're a top five team in the west but each night it's the NBA games like this are going to happen but the west it seems like right when I start jumping on the Sixers they do what they did right when I start jumping on the Grizzlies they do what they do so it's competitive in the west sort of for Jada say something like that probably wasn't the smartest because it's not like the Grizzlies are this clear cut favorite in the western conference yeah you know since Jada said we good out west they've lost to the thunder the nuggets the warriors and now the suns so they might not be good out west I don't I don't know I know for the warriors at least all the chirping for sure was motivation for them and then that's just how they get down and I'd imagine the same for the suns how could it not be look Jada said exactly what you're supposed to say he shouldn't fear any of these teams he should feel like they're the favorite but when you say it on TV like that when you're talking to Malika and you tell her all we're worried about is the bucks and the Celtics yeah you open up the floodgates so shout out to John congrats on the new sneaker but you're not good out west you're gonna have to be a little bit concerned out west big fella as soon as he's I mean look don't get me wrong I love it if I'm a fan of the team that's exactly how I want him to think and act and behave but man soon as he said it I thought that was a bad idea Chandler you said that the Phoenix Suns are still in your mind a top five team it's interesting to me because we start the season they're I don't know top one or two top three and then things fluctuate like you said what what do they need to do besides get Booker back to move up that level from top five to a top three they gotta get healthy obviously Devin Booker is you know monumental to what they're doing I think Cam Johnson's a huge piece campaign all these guys are missing are valuable players to their team and I've said it all year long I think kind of Phoenix missed their windows a lot of drama surrounding them with the ownership with the Andre eight and bridges and and this J Crowder thing they gotta find a solution for it because that you know first of all he would help them a lot but you know this is just a cloud that's been over their head they've been dealing with a lot of issues and and you know they've stayed afloat still kind of right there in the hunt in the west but it comes down to health and then honestly just getting J Crowder out of there and trying to bring in someone else that can help them help them contend because same thing with the Lakers I mean their future is a lot better but Chris Paul this is Chris Paul's window and and you know he we're not going to see him for very much longer so if you're Phoenix too this is this is a win now as well Eddie what do you think top five do you have a lower higher I think they are in the top five and I think they can be the best team in the west they were that earlier this year when they had Booker looking like an MVP it's just unfortunate he's got these back to back entries and and you know hopefully he's not out for too long but yeah I think if they get something for Crowder I think anything is in that positive at this point for a player just not going to play you add some depth on the wing and and we've seen them be successful in the playoffs I mean they were an absolute insane run from the Bucks away from winning that title they had a chance to go up what was it I think three two and and and missing didn't even really get a good shot late in that game against the Bucks so they're there they're close but they just have to get healthy the west is so jumbled right now it's hard to say anybody is just running away with it we think the nuggets the nuggets are the one seed and they got played they had to overcome a 20 point lead against the Kings last night I think you know the Pelicans are two seed and we still want to see them prove it in the playoffs so you you can absolutely emerge as the best team in the conference with a nice run but they're going to need Devin Booker for that without a doubt does anybody know what Jay Crowder does all day like I wonder what he does he gets up in the morning I just I'm so curious I'm going to need to sit down Shoms and I'm going to need it really really soon Devin Booker tying table for his return hopefully is trending more in the positive direction can you give us good news well Devin Booker actually has returned to Phoenix to continue to get evaluated he's got a left groin strain groins hamstrings these are tricky injuries so he left after Christmas Day he came he returned for that game after missing a few games with an adductor strain groin injury comes back and then within four minutes of the game on Christmas Day in Denver he he tweaks that groin and so he's returned to Phoenix since then it's very unclear exactly when he's going to be back but the fact that he went back home as this team is on a six game road trip through Jan four means that it means very unlikely I assume that he returns on this road trip we'll see these groins can be anywhere from from one to two weeks at times depending on the severity so no Devin Booker for at least the next few days man kind of over the injuries there's my hot take for the show today over injuries they suck that's it the wizards don't look now snapping snapping streaks and breaking hearts despite the fact that Joel indeed had 48 points in that loss I know that the wizards have a lot of guys that possibly could be trade bait but if you're the wizards right now do you take a hold you take a timeout Eddie and say hold on let's let's just see what we have here yeah I think look if you if you look around the league there's not much movement right now anyway why not wait to the trade deadline till you get closer to have some real pressure there's a team with some talent they can win some games and look I don't think by any means they're a contender but maybe they could be buyers and turn one of these guys into some more depth and really push into the top six or so in the in the east there's a great win for them yesterday and I think you know it showed the potential they have to compete against these big teams you know as Chandler would say we have Boston we have Milwaukee and then you have you know kind of the other three that are lingering the Nets the Cavs and the Sixers they just beat wouldn't favor them against any of them in the playoffs but there's other matchups that it could work out for them so there's no rush for them there's no need to rush if things could fail over the next month and then yeah we can get something for Kyle Kuzma and Chris Stats but they could have a real nice January and say you know what let's see how far we can take this so yeah they're in a perfect place really perfect place Chandler you agree a perfect place isn't saying no I don't agree I think I'm selling I think listen it's the NBA and these guys are talented Kyle Kuzma's having a great year KP can play I love Brad Beal my Gator boy but this just isn't working they're not going to contend they're going to like I said they're going to win games we're going to have nights like last night that's confusing because they beat one of the hottest teams the NBA with their big dominating the game but this isn't a championship team there are no way shape or form to contend I don't need I don't think they'll get out of the first round that you know this is a team that has power offensively and they have a guys that can score the balls and they do have a lot of trade assets it's just if I'm them and I can something better and get more I think I take advantage of that you know now because I think everyone in the Eastern Conference got better everyone there's there's three or four teams that cannot really contend there maybe five but the Wizards aren't one of them in my eyes and I would be looking at you know trades of you know all players all players are on the board the NBA is confusing any given night the box scores are just perplexing but Beal did leave the game with what appeared to be a hamstring situation shams have you heard anything about that and how serious it may be yeah I'm told be a will get an MRI today but he's now hurt both of his hamstrings in this month alone in the month of December and you can see right there he knew exactly what it was the moment it happened he's had these hamstring issues these lower body issues before and everyone around the wizard says that he's a guy that knows his body better than anyone that's come through that building and so it was unfortunate to see him walk off the floor looked like he knew exactly what occurred but now that's two hamstring injuries in just one month opposite hamstrings not a good sign and we'll see how much time he's going to miss but usually these can be one to two weeks these hamstrings at the very least but we'll see after testing today yeah hamstrings are one of the things that you don't play with and you know you don't know if he's overcompensating and the other one goes and so this is dicey for him and this is something that you really can't rush back from same with book and with his groin these are things that linger these are things that you could re aggravate super easily and and I expect him to miss some time given that it's now the second hamstring and and you know he's leaving games is this is this isn't good that pop sound when a hamstring goes is disgusting like there's just nothing like it and you know immediately and it's gross as far as the Sixers are concerned no need to worry right eddie I mean they were on a nice little run you're gonna lose a couple this is nothing yeah look they're not gonna win 80 in a row it'd be nice you'd like to see joel and be dominant like the way he did you'd like to win in that dominance but yeah just tough road game it's it's fine I you know shout out to twitter who was upset that I didn't like free throws sorry it's the boringest part of basketball I don't know what to say but uh it's it's good to see joel be dominant like the way he was and you know look you're gonna lose some guys move on you'll be fine you're gonna lose some speaking of losing games I know he's living the dream right now PJ Tucker figured out the secret to success and I'm I'm kind of here for it um arch nemesis to eddie Celtic's time let's talk it the big duo jalen brown 39 jason tatum 38 that's ridiculous and a win over the rocket six time this season that they both scored 30 or more in a game no duo has more in over 50 years I feel like this week's had a lot of nice little historical nuggets um is the debate over now can we stop talking about another duo that's as good as these two Chandler yeah no doubt and and the way they scored they're a show and they just go back and forth they take turns they play within the offense uh and yeah they're the best team in the eastern conference probably the best team in the NBA and and it's pretty much because of these two guys so I think for sure um it's these guys now and it's these guys for uh he left us on my tease I think he's right that it's these two I think you know the duo in Brooklyn are probably right behind them no bias as always but yeah you get these you get these two guys in their bit 20s athletic as they are in the most important positions in sport on the wing uh they just did it in the playoffs they showed us they showed us their whole career they can do this in the playoffs as well um they just got to get over that final hump and they were right there I think yeah it's it's clearly both them I think they both could start an all-star game which would be amazing for them because it was just last year if people were having debates should we break them up are they too similar are they too alike are they in each other's way Sam's mentioned it yesterday you know they had this little bit of built-in drama and just overcame it and became the best team in the league for the rest of the season but yeah it was it was that recently and it was Jason Tatum himself who came out and said look this is the most important position in basketball on the wing and why break us up when we have two of the best at that position what are we talking about and what he said proved to be true because look at them now and and yeah you love to see performance like this 38 and 39 points and and they they have a way of not getting in each other's way they kind of know when it's the other guy's turn and and it's fun to watch it's fun to watch these guys do what they do because they can hit a tough jumper on you they could dunk on you they they they defend on the other end uh they're they're great I love watching them play I love Jason Tatum's comments after the game he said last year you guys were saying can we play together this year you guys are comparing us to Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippin so we're not as bad as we were last year but we're also not as great as those two guys this year is basically what he said um you know and listen I don't think the Southex ever seriously considered breaking this duo up they did call last year on Ben Simmons when all that you know that fiasco was going on in Philadelphia and they and they had a level of interest in Ben Simmons but the moment the Sixers asked for Jaylen Brown it didn't really go anywhere they didn't want to move Jaylen Brown so I don't think it was ever serious besides this summer when they wanted to get Kevin Durant but I think overall the Southex have always felt like these two guys uh together can can win obviously uh you know player like Durant said at another level as well but um yeah I mean kudos to them they figured it out they want to play with each other and they want to win with each other and that's the most important part I like to think Marcus Smart is the mediator of the century for doing what he did as far as that's all concerned take it a quick break right now when we come back Sean's going to give us the latest on sabonis we need to find out and all the dunks ankle breakers and goodness from the week run it back returns how was that process for you just being recruited by the star player like dame and then ending up in Portland it's always great to know that other great players want to play with you obviously my first year in Detroit um I was extremely excited you know I got a chance to play and blossom and grow and do something that I've never been able never had a chance to be able to do uh before being the vocal guy the man guy we kind of took a turn differently um in Detroit when I talked to dame and um in Vegas uh we you know we were talking about it you know being a man guy and stuff like that and I just I told him that uh I got a lot more respect for you know for people who are the number one option because it's it's a lot more difficult than just putting up the numbers um so yeah that's that's kind of how we started so that's awesome to be recruited by dame I feel like shams recruited me here so I kind of totally get how Jeremy Grant's feeling right now but do you do you think that he's going to stay do you think that there's enough there and his relationship with Lillard would would keep him in Portland I mean time will tell he's going to be eligible Michelle for a four year 113 million dollar contract extension coming up here in the month of January I don't think he's going to immediately make a decision but the the conversation that he's talking about is when dame and Jeremy Grant played together on that team USA a gold medal team in 2021 and that's where they drew the bond and ever since then dame was pushing that blaze's organization to go get Jeremy Grant they got him and he's played at an all star caliber level he's a guy that clearly is a part of their future moving forward a guy that they have to keep there's going to be a strong market there's a few teams of salary cash waste that makes sense for Jeremy Grant uh but obviously the fit has been there in Portland he can basically play the hybrid role that he's played in Detroit Denver now he's kind of that two option uh three option on some nights in Portland that that probably suits him better and clearly he's going to get a big bag we'll see if it's in Portland or not so we talked a little demonic of bonus yesterday as the fractured ligament which we all sort of learned about um and he didn't play last night and he did say he wants to play through this injury could we see him tonight yes Michelle there is optimism from what i'm told that he will try to play tonight and get on the floor this is an injury where he feels like he can play through it uh and bypass surgery he got up shots yesterday at the king's facility um and and i think the the kings are hopeful that he can play on this immediately we'll see if he'll he has some kind of brace on that thumb area he was actually on the bench in a glove uh last night so we'll see what protective gear he has for this game but it's going to be tough to play through this injury you hear that healthy scratch do you hear that kawai uh thank you shams as always uh we'll see oh it's wednesday so we won't see you tomorrow we'll see you on monday enjoy the rest of the week and the weekend uh guys people have families these men have families it's time to talk about it Jackson A's has been someone who as a spurs person i've personally seen do a few of uh the moments that are embarrassing for the receiving end this could be one you gotta love the block where you just catch it that's just like it's like rude yeah this this is this is more offensive to block and honestly it's smarter when you see guys beat shots and i gotta bounce this is much more efficient a smarter way to block shots he doesn't mean to do that keep it in bounds give it give it to keep it in bounds start to break the other way it looks there's no way he meant to do that right that's that's no no he meant to catch it with two hands it's howly he has to go up way tougher than that like i know that that's just jose alvarado and you think he's a little guy but there's there's four other defenders out there my guy you got you got to go up a little stronger than that don't you ever say just jose alvarado again in my presence that's an mvp right there sir uh we're going to move on to cj macullo with a little ankle breaker on the rook that's free to the league young fella oh there's a lot of guys in the league to guard like that on the island nice little nice little push pushes push this part of it though cj is so crafty and so it's like shaky and just can stop on a dime like that that's tough to guard this right hand push off a little bit that's part of it that's part of fair yeah that's i like it crafty it would be a good way to be described uh how about a little albergue drag it i just like saying because gory and rodig seems to be insufferable sometimes so we're gonna count that i like that this kid had a similar he had a similar body like this earlier and and i like this kid's game a lot the two the two foot rep oh this is weak though i didn't see it at all and i never mind that's gotta go down see you guys get mad at me when i say they're strong layups this is a really strong layup yeah i think it's fair to say it's a strong layup it's really fancy parts still putting body parts in another man's face i think that's fine i'm okay with that uh how about tori kreg rejecting dylan brooks and then talking about it i don't think i've ever seen dylan brooks take an open shot like they're always like this and sometimes they go up he's an insane player to watch i had to ask on twitter do grizzly likes to earn it fans like him is he is he fun for you guys i don't get it but yeah that's nice block you know what memphis has made their bed and now they're sleeping in it and this it's a tired act and these guys aren't gonna just let these kids just chirp and this you could tell tori kreg this is a personal block and he was looking forward to go there and talking shit to him afterward when they have lebron when they had lebron telling them hey stop talking i was like all right this is that's not even the beginning of the end of this frisana because people are sick of what they're doing and it's even worse that's the problem i feel like it's going to be like a tre young esque situation where we're going to love the trash talk but it's never going to pan out and then it's just going to sort of fizzle and it could have been something great jordan pool had a moment it's having some moments this was this was this was jamal crawford s great here a little bang bang get him back going the other way this was a dope move look i love plum yeah there's no chance there i'm sorry big fella there this is it is what it is jp has one of the nicest bags in the league his handle i got to see him up close uh last week and in first off he's way smaller than i thought but he is so quick and explosive with the handle and his footwork uh yeah my god may so he he was he had no choice he had no shot out there that's tough i mean i appreciate the effort i guess we'll give him a b plus for effort look he tried to grab him he tried his hardest to get a hold of him but he couldn't what are you gonna do you can only do so much with what you have a quick break time here when we come back is women yama possibly going to be the best ever and should they retire irving's jersey in cleveland we'll run it back returns heck yeah we want to see some women yama highlights who doesn't uh this is from forbes by the way there's an nba agent who was overseas to watch and play has several clients that are overseas and in the nba quote if he's not hurt he'll be the greatest player ever that is a statement chandler what say you i mean that's a bold statement but it's it's hard to bet against this kid i we've never seen anything like him we've never seen someone this size this length who's been playing against grown men as a pro for you know two years now uh i've never personally been this excited about a prospect just because he can do everything he runs like a deer he handles the ball he's got his little step back he's so long he altered shots like that's a crazy iso god anybody i mean i wish he didn't bank it because it didn't look as cool like that picky i mean listen are we setting the bar super high for this guy and putting a big expectations yeah most since lebron and calling a kid kid a king when he was 15 years old was also bold and and the brawn looking at him now so is it a lot and then we putting a lot on his plate yes if he can stay healthy obviously it's a big question he's super thin um he's got a long ways to go but my god these highlights every single week there's a new highlight of this kid doing something so crazy and so special and i just look forward to this kid putting on some size and strength and i really look forward to him getting to the league because you know he is a special special talent so it's the hype is deserved i mean he's been playing against top comp since you know he was young and he's he's just continued to get better his body hasn't even filled out yet like like chandler mentioned he's gonna put on some muscle look at yonis at 18 and what he grew into even like somebody like jason tatum look at what he was at 18 and he grew two three four inches and put on more muscle and continues to do so so the the kid we see now is just like a gazelle running through uh you know an alligator pond is is is not anything close to what we're going to see when he's 25 and he's whatever hidey ends up at and whatever weight he ends up at uh you know it is a little scary to put this much expectation and you know you got to understand there's also low light there's guys who cross them up there's there's games where he doesn't score 30 points and and there's that going on as well but I understand the high expectations I understand looking at him and saying yo he could be the best because he could like just look at the template of player he is he could be this amazing we were just raving about bowl bowl last week and it took him a while to develop but it's a similar archetype and it's you know if he can be a better version of bowl bowl immediately he's all automatically want to a great players already so yeah I get the high expectations I do wonder if this is a lot for a guy this young and to have to come in with all that on his shoulders but like Chandler mentioned they did that to LeBron and LeBron lived up to it so maybe it's just this generation and you get one in every generation and maybe it's his time shout out archetype not used enough in my personal opinion um you know what I'm with you guys it makes me very very excited but also very very uncomfortable the amount of pressure that this kid's going to end up feeling um it's almost and you're right LeBron was one of a kind able to sort of withstand that but it's asking a lot how about Cleveland oh sorry this kid too he's not like a palo physical specimen too this kid might struggle his first couple months first couple years in the league like he's not used to this physicality he's not used to this length of a season he's gonna have some ups and downs but the future of this kid you know could be insane once he gets that mass in the body of the muscle yeah chef and a weight trainer I think right like just put some mass on and boom unstoppable uh we're going to move over to Cleveland here because Kevin Love asked about the possibility of I don't know retiring Kyrie Irving's jersey in the land and he was adamant about yes immediately as soon as he's done playing do we agree Eddie yeah of course I mean Kevin Love will be happy his jersey retired I think Jay or Smith might as well that that team is just gonna be an iconic team for the for the Cleveland franchise forever you know breaking the curse and you it's not even a question this shot right here is maybe the biggest shot to envy a history it's absolutely the biggest shot in Cleveland sports history so yeah you're putting his jersey in the Raptors you're gonna celebrate Kyrie and Cleveland forever and it's deserving and and so Kevin Love's right I know it's his boy I know they went to war together and so of course he's gonna say that but he's right and and I can't wait to see it I like that Kyrie is kind of getting a little bit more adulation than he was a month ago uh because he is a marvel he's a player we have to appreciate on the court because he's done some amazing things in his career until he says something yeah basketball wise there's not a doubt it's just the only concern is the off the court stuff and this is a dude that demanded a trade out of Cleveland he's not very well liked and Dan Gilbert is Jewish so I would think the off the court personal stuff would affect it but there's no way they can't retire this guy's jersey what he did for that organization uh in those series uh in the finals basketball we're retired this jersey 1000 percent I'm with Eddie just retire the whole thing oh yeah he'll retire Kyrie's jersey just one side of the arena will have the entire team's jerseys why not it was a great it was a great time in history um break time but when we come back does the streak continue oh that's right we're winners we're gonna let it ride we'd run it back return America's number one sportsbook just got even better because you can now bet on horse racing directly in the sportsbook app not only can you place bets on live horse racing but you can watch horse races live right from the app we make it easy to bet on horse racing with races going off every five minutes three picks and easy tutorials to help you learn about horse racing bet on horse racing today directly in the fan duel sportsbook app or learn more at fan duel dot com slash horse racing well well well look at us we are amazing this is monday's parley those are a lot of green w's gentlemen's uh huh we're feeling cocky oh they're silenced they're in shock we're talking about yep it's we're about to make a turnaround but not only did we hit on monday we also hit yesterday omg i'm just i don't want to get ahead of ourselves but possibly geniuses and savants um which means only one thing time to do today's parley because we're on we're on a hot streak here guys eddie you first i love that beetle is like the secret sauce we need it uh i'm going with the kings and they're and they're getting two and a half points at home the rare back to back home home joint uh so they're getting the modest bonus back they play the nuggets really tough last night they should have won the game by all means i don't know if mike brown will be back but i like them to get it right the second time around if not look i won't see you guys till monday so you won't remember it's i'll text you i'll text you don't even worry about that by the way it is a weird glitch in the schedule like boom boom back to but i don't know okay uh chamler uh you know what these are my favorite picks on wednesdays because once we lose i don't have to see you guys for i like the wizard the wizards uh like we talked about the wizards had a great win last night obviously bradley bill is out but with when that happens a lot of times each other guys kind of pick up the slack phoenix has been up and down they're struggling their best players out so i like the wizards plus two and a half uh they're bad i don't know why i just i really i really like that pick you know what i think and i want you to waste your i want you to waste your 100 dollars instead of 20 dollars because we are hot and going for three now now you're just out of first of all chamler you're the weakest of the three so you need to settle down that's not true i want to run the tapes back percentages yeah percentages i'm pretty sure of that i have the warriors uh versus the jazz i just feel pretty good about this one as well um i really don't have another reason other than i feel it and i think we've established that my feelings are valid so we don't have not missed your feelings are better than ours for sure my feelings feel like something good's about to happen 20 bucks with the cash um i know christmas is coming gone you probably got bills to pay because you went overboard on the presence why would you do that to yourself here's the deal oh we we want to talk a little bit um wait are we doing a you buying that right now we're doing a you buy that this is a bonus you guys i didn't even realize it all right so the nets with the best record i know eddie uh in the nba since jock von took over so i ask you could steve nash have done this that's just an awkward question isn't it it's it's it's really awkward question and we also have the proof that he could not have done this because he has his team and he got fired 10 games into the season um shout out to steve i think you know all things considered he he kind of went through it as best he could and he's a toenail away from probably winning a championship and being viewed as an entirely different coach but this season and the things they dealt with this season uh jock has just broke through better with with the team and you know just little adjustments on the floor as well with rotation he's taking patty mills over the floor he's he's been tight with been simons minutes and he moved a shoot around to an hour before the game to keep the morning's light for the guys little stuff like that and it's made all the world a difference so i think the proof is in their records this year and it's kind of indisputable it's hard to say it's hard to say nash would have been successful because he clearly wasn't and and you know kd wanted him out of there and you know i will say he got dealt kind of a gnarly hand with all the distractions and everything going around but jock von has done a great job and for whatever reason that is you know holding guys accountable um you know minutes substitutions whatever he's doing differently now they've obviously had a breakthrough and guys are playing better guys are playing harder um they seem to be enjoying themselves playing more free um so yeah i think he's done a great job but also i think nash kind of got a bad hand there yeah i think that's fair to say i think most people actually like steven ash too so that makes it a little bit harder how about tyree's halliburton right now leading the league in assist little over 10 a game channeler should he be an all-star starter starter probably not i think you got to put brown in there as a guard up for you know and have the duo in there starting but as a reserve 1000 percent this kid has stepped his game up he's one of those natural point guards he doesn't turn the ball over he gets everyone involved and this is a team that we all of us pretty much there's gonna tank and they're they're right there in the mix so starter probably not but thousand percent an all-star yeah in a word no the longer version is you're gonna put jamming brown over him you're gonna put down to the midst over him you're gonna put Kyrie Irving over him if you're taking my vote but he'll make the team and that's gonna be fun and he'll shoot some really weird long three-pointers and that's cool and then he'll let the real stars finish the game so and and while he's here we act and while he's here we act will go on a long vacation after yeah that that aged real weird that was crazy crazy hate that's that's gonna do it for us we will see you in the new year happy new year to everybody be safe be awesome and enjoy it