 What's the word y'all welcome back to Kenny for real where I would say like 98.2% of the things we do around here is talk About basketball and basketball related topics and before you get to clickety-clack it in the comments and down below You're absolutely right the Deremoree news and the Houston Rockets news came out I went to my closet and changed shirts to the one Houston Rockets shirt that I own We have to coordinate these things. You know, I was gonna go above and beyond you see my Chris Paul shirt here Jersey I was gonna switch that out and put the one Chris Paul jersey that is with the Houston Rockets But then I realized that nobody cares literally nobody cares You know this door right here is closed 99% of the time in these videos And if I wouldn't have just pointed it out right here, none of y'all would have realized it was open today Nobody cares about the set pieces on this channel. So I mean you care about the outfits But not the set piece so I didn't change that and that would have been too much effort anyway But yes, I did I did change my shirt to relate to today's topics So be sure to leave a like on the video and subscribe if you knew I just pitched to you why you should subscribe a we talk about basketball and B I coordinate my outfits That's it. That's all that's all you really need to know subscribe So this is how the timetable went for me today I woke up this morning and I was like, you know what? I'm gonna make a Kenny for real video where I talk about the ratings of sports because basketball Since the return of the bubble was down like 50% the Stanley Cup was down like 60% Baseball is down for everybody's down and I was gonna talk about why I think that might be the case all the determining factors and Open up a dialogue to y'all I thought that was gonna be a fire video But right before I was going to record that video some news broke Shams put out his first piece about free agency Talking about this player opting in this player opting out Anthony Davis is staying Which is something that we all knew a lot of people mentioned to me on Twitter like look Anthony Davis is staying We know that I'm just I was just I thought y'all understood that the Anthony Davis Chicago Bulls thing was it was it it was a joke y'all Nobody leaves a franchise that struggles to build around them go to a championship team and then go back to another franchise That was struggling to build around you he was gonna stay so that's not news, but Shams put out that Talking about teams willing to spend money all that I was like, okay We got to talk about that it's topical and then before I hit record on that video That's when the dear of more news came out and I was like, okay That goes at the top all those other two videos can wait and we have to talk about it We have to talk about it. First of all, I put this on the table as many of y'all may know if you watch the main channel I am a fan of Daryl Moore's work. We have followed each other on Twitter. We've had a few DMs conversations So I am a fan of Daryl Moore, but I'm gonna look at this objectively outside of that I'm gonna give him praise. I'm gonna talk about the things he did wrong or things like that everything I saw so far today And that's the reason why I gave you the timetable because I'm sure there will be more news to come out about all Of this after this video is posted. It's just the nature of the business But from what I've just read it was 100% on Daryl Moore And if that is the true case congratulations there more because you because you get to do what you want now I mean if if GMing wasn't your plan anymore, you could go do what you want I read they say you want to spend more time with his kids Everybody wants to spend more time this kid. So we took the initiative. He did that congratulations there more But if Daryl if you're watching this I don't think it's I don't think it's a high possibility But if you're watching this I would love to talk not about this not necessarily about this and your next adventures But like just talk about the time when you were at the Houston Rockets, bro It's a lot of things a lot of things happen in those I Don't remember it 14 years. I don't really know Hit me up. Hit me up. You trying to have a conversation So if you did not know Daryl Moore's team would since he came with the Houston Rockets They are the second highest win percentage in the NBA behind the Spurs Like I'm just giving you the resume of you did not know and that's something I just found out after you got fired just by a bleach report update or something And then I saw something on Reddit two weeks ago That was like since the James Harden trade since Daryl Moore put off the James Harden trade all 29 of the teams in the NBA have missed the playoffs at least once and the only team that hasn't missed a playoff since the James Harden trade has been James Harden in the Houston Rockets. That is an insane insane statistic The one one of the reasons why I was I am a big fan of Daryl Moore Is that he's always trying to be innovative and pushing the envelope when it comes to things He's hit on some he's missed on us the analytics thing. He was the driving force behind analytics and basketball and Every team uses analytics today I mean maybe not to the Houston Rockets where they completely got rid of the two-pointer like the mid-range jump shot But every team uses analytics at this point every player that I've talked to that we mentioned analytics They they have agreed that they have an analytics team or people that tell you things analytically and that was mostly started by Daryl Moore So he hit on that one. The small ball thing is the one that missed I Understand the idea behind it and I'm glad he even attempted it But we saw that it just didn't work out especially we have players like Anthony Davis yokas These are these are great great bigs and PJ Tucker's greatest PJ Tucker is defensively. He cannot hold Anthony Davis in a seven game series It's just a fact they may get game one by that's a fact So again, I admire people that are trying to push the envelope and try to change things that have been traditional for so so long So that's another reason why I'm a fan of that He's hit some he's hit and miss on some trades a James Harden trade is one of the best trades and he hits your basketball It is you traded it for a superstar player without really giving up anything of significance Sure, you gave up some stuff, but how much of that stuff trend translated to wins Exactly exactly so you get a superstar player and I just mentioned how they have not missed the playoff since you made that trade But you also have ones you look back on you like I bet they wish they had that one back the Russell Westbrook for Chris Paul trade I I just think that Chris Paul and James Harden work better together on court On court than Russell Westbrook and James Harden did and especially we consider that you gave up pics as well But one thing that we talked about I think that was even on yesterday's video or two days ago We talked about the use of rockets continuously being contenders and how in an interview from a few years ago Daryl Maury has said that if I do not help James Harden get a championship in his tenure in MBA or my tenure as the general manager Then we failed him And we failed him and I am a firm believer and I don't want to live in a world of ifs and hypotheticals and things like that But if Chris Paul doesn't go down with an injury against the Warriors I do believe that they beat that Warriors team they go to the championship But who knows what happens there because LeBron has a good pretty good track record in the finals four of them I don't know how that series goes, but a championship appearance is always better than not a championship appearance. So cool This is very interesting. I've been seeing a lot of Rockets fans Call out the the owner Tillman, you know for all the things he's done in the past and and this one being on top of it But if it is true that is 100% Daryl Maury, I don't know if I can blame Tillman I'm not said Tillman has not been good. Don't don't get me wrong. He has not been good But the reason why I could be till man and Tillman pushing Daryl Maury to that point It's just yesterday. There was a report that came out that said the Houston Rockets were in the middle of interviews They were in the middle of interviews because you do not remember they they don't have a coach either right now So they were a middle of interviews and then the next day Daryl Maury steps down which could be in a predicament We're like Daryl Maury interviewed somebody that he absolutely loved because if I am a general manager And I am building a team and I see somebody that I think could be the the one for my team and my owner tells me no I don't know if I want to be there anymore So of course we don't know anything as of right now as I'm recording this video But I'm sure they will come to the light one day I'm sure it'll come to the light one day now The real question is what's next for the Houston Rockets right because with their Maury You know the statement that I said we was like if we do not get James Harden a championship I have failed him. He had did everything in his power. He was doing a KLT for a Q video You feel me he was trading all of his assets and that right now if you look at that roster They don't have any young assets Chris Clemens is a short king and I like him But he's the youngest player on the team, but he doesn't he's not he's not an asset They don't have any picks really like none You know they did all of that every trade that they did was trying to get James Harden a championship So right now the Houston Rockets is living in a world with no young assets They live in a world with no future drafts draft stock and they're living a world with two max players and both of them are getting up They're in age Russell Westbrook and James Harden are both still very very good NBA players But they're also getting up there in age and what we saw this season is that they don't work very well The reason why they are more he had to trade click a Pella is to open up the game for Russell Westbrook And guess what after he did that Russell Westbrook had a significant jump in his productivity Once he didn't have a person in the paint, you know, so they're more tried to do with things But I don't what is next for the Houston Rockets, right? What is this new general manager who I think they just promoted somebody? I don't think there's hiring anybody. Thank you to everybody that sent my resume in for them because I appreciate you Even though I'm not looking for the job, especially not the job of a former friend That's just kind of weird not a former friend, but a job from a friend. You know, it's just a little bit weird So what's next for you to Rockets? Those trades you know the trades that we talked about here on this channel the Ben Simmons for James Harden I don't know I don't know I guess it depends on what Tillman believes and then his new front office believes The ceiling of this current team is because again, they are capped out No draft stock capital no young assets to get and flip There's either two things either we ride and die with it right now what we do or you hit the reset button You hit the reset button and the only way you hit the reset button is you trade James hard because he is the guy on your team Of course with the most value we're talking about a player that has been in MVP conversations for the half half a decade now and Hasn't I got worse? You know So I think that this offseason we talked about in yesterday's video Look at that. I'm just talking about everything in yesterday's video how this offseason could be so so significant I didn't see this coming but this offseason could be really really significant. They may have this board meeting when they're like man We tried it with Mori ball. We tried it with with all the things that he liked We didn't get to that promised land and The only way the only way we do that is if we hit a reset because there is a there is a ceiling on the team that they have now This team is most likely not winning a championship. It's not if you look at the top contenders out West What are they like for? maybe five So there's a ceiling on this current structure of the team and the only way to get out of that is to trade Your best player because I mean I saw another rumor where the Knicks were interested in Russell Westbrook But even like Russell West which probably not giving you anything of significance if you trade him away like anything That's gonna help you right now So you're gonna have to trade him away probably or maybe just keep his contract His contract is huge and he's having trouble staying completely healthy this season and in the past couple that James Harden is like of course the the golden piece of free agency right now the gold and piece of trades depending on how things go depending on how things go By the end of the day, I think as the NBA fans the other 29 teams I don't know Houston fans. Of course, how do you feel? But the other 29 teams are like, yeah More chaos more chaos in the NBA more chaos in the NBA and of course, I mean, I'm gonna wrap this up very soon I can't go this whole video and talking about there more and talking about the Houston Rocks I'll talk about his comments towards at the beginning of the season. I know he made a tweet basically On the situation of Hong Kong and China I'm not an expert on what's going on over there in these different countries But obviously the Chinese government did not and did not like that so much so that they banned the viewing of the NBA in China and China is a pretty big market for the NBA and it all started from a dear morey tweet And they just lifted that ban game six in the playoffs game five in a playoffs they had just lifted that ban that ban and Obviously the NBA missed out on viewers They missed out on some money and things like that and I'm sure that may have had some type of play if it was again If it wasn't true that it's 100% dear morey's calling I'm happy. I don't know. I don't know what dear morey next thing is and the article said that he wants to spend more time With his children, which is a great thing But he doesn't take me as a type that'll just chill. I Bet I bet the Sacramento Kings are kicking themselves Because again dear more has consistently been one of the top five general managers in the league as far as Building a team that can make the playoffs and make some noise in the playoffs And the Kings already hired their guys if they knew this dear more stuff was common They would have just left that vacancy open and call dear morey three minutes after release. Hello, Darryl We missed the playoffs for over a decade Please save us and there are more is a type of guy to be able to do that like that to make the playoffs like that So I don't know what his next adventure is. I don't know but Darryl if you're watching this I would love to talk about it. I would love to talk about it. Hit me up, bro. Hit me up. All right. I appreciate everybody Um, let me know what you think about of course all the topics and the other things I talked about the the top of the show about the ratings and and all the free agency stuff Those will be in future videos. Maybe tomorrow the day after trust. Love y'all. Peace