 What's the word y'all I had a hair appointment today, so I don't know if we're going a hatless or am I rocking the back wrist snap Let's rock the back wrist. Okay, so today was one of those days where we had an 11 game slate and obviously a brother can only watch So much there's like five games that tipped off at the same time And the thing that be getting me is obviously since I'm a bulls fan I focus on the bulls more than other games So when you have four of the games plus the bulls the bulls have his own monitor Okay, the fourth I'm talking about a lot of games today So if I don't talk about your favorite team my apologies long season leave a like subscribe Let's get into it. Let's off with the Portland Trailblazers ending their road trip Oh and three losing to the Cleveland Cavaliers now We talked about the Portland Trailblazers and Dame on the last episode, but I want to reiterate some things We were speculating whether or not Damien Lillard was injured because in the Olympics He was dealing with this core injury and that's why he shot 30% in the Olympics or 35% Olympics And he started off this year slow basically after the game He admitted like yeah my core injury has flared up again, and he didn't use that as an excuse why he sucks right now I mean he sucks for his standard obviously why he's not playing well right now, but we know it like the core is the The mechanism that runs the whole body. Is that how it works? Yes So we're not gonna talk about Portland, but let's spin the block and we don't talk about the Cleveland Cavaliers because no Laurie No Kevin Love no Isaac Acura and they win a game against a Playoff team a team that's used to be in a plan I don't know if they do it this year a playoff team They decided like listen we normally run three seven footers and one of our seven footers is a healthy stated protocol Get well soon to those guys. So let's instead of getting Dylan Wendler and Jetty Osmond who are real life small forts Let's go get another huge dude to add to the starting lineup and Dean Wade and he might play solid today The Cavaliers been a surprising team for the season and and I had to go back because I remember them winning some quality games They have had the ninth hardest schedule in the league so far, and they've won a good amount of games You know Evan Mobley and this one had another going This was escalating this game where the the trailblazers are making a comeback and Evan Mobley switched on to Damien Lillard again It's not prime Damien Lillard or the best version of Damien Lillard, but he held his own He got a stop and in the very last possessing the game was hilarious to me because I think it was Jetty Osmond who was guarding Damien Lillard They ran a pick and roll and then they got the fro on them Who would I rather try to score on Jetty Osmond or the fro get me Jetty Osmond a hundred percent of the time The fro is different man sex land look good I made a tweet like five days ago where I made an NBA All-Star Ballot and number one of my listeners Ricky Rubio He has not hit a shot since that day But still his playmaking has been elite the Cavaliers are funny because of course they're dealing with a lot of injuries and stuff For his health and safety protocol these boys basically ran a seven man rotation and like the sixth game of the season They are going for these wins and they you know They have one of the youngest teams in the league so the legs can hold on But I want to focus on Jared Allen for a quick minute before you move on to the next game because when he got paid There are people on both sides of the coin right some people saw that like yes Jared Allen is really good and he projects to be even better, but there are other people like y'all just gave max money to the 12th best center in the league like again me and my guys every single season ranked NBA players and going into this year I don't know if any of us had Jared Allen as at least the 10th best center in the league now So far this year he has showed that he can be that but in the moment people like you gave max money To a dude that don't look like he's gonna be in a great center in the era where the center ball unless you have the best of The best is kind of none, you know non-existent Cavs were anti that they said we're gonna give him a Seven footer max contract and we're gonna another seven footer big contract We go draft the third seven footer and they're all gonna play together and it's going to work The Cavaliers also started off pretty solid last year So we'll see if it keeps up shout out to them next game. We had the New York Knicks lose into Miles Turner Look at that. The Indiana Pacers got relatively healthy They got Malcolm Brockton back and Keras Averd played his second game And it was his best game coming back and they win a game Once you look at that now, they're still missing like a TJ Warren and everything But I was one of the people that was somewhat panicking about their early Lack of success, but then I you know, I've come to the realization. They were missing so many players So once they get completely healthy, then we'll really see but this is a very quality win for them The other day I recorded an episode of this It was the day that Odeon and Obi put up 36 on the Knicks, right? That was what three days ago or so and sometimes I record these videos and I talked for so long But I take some of it up So I'm gonna play you a clip when I was talking about the Knicks a couple nights ago That was still relevant today. The first thing is I low key fear two weeks into the season take it a grain of salt That the the version of Julius Randall we're getting right now is not last year all NBA version But the year before which was like he's cool But he ain't been on that next level, you know and in this game I just wanted the ball to go to RJ Barrett a little bit more You know, especially with Julius Randall kind of doing what he's doing today. I felt like He's always gonna be a player that shows his emotions with his body So what he's really having to kill a game He gonna show you that he's having to kill a game and when he is struggling slash a team is struggling You can see it all in here and today was one of those days where the shoulders were down Hey, I was kind of down and I was thinking to myself give it give it to RJ give the ball to RJ So we shall see the Knicks have also come down to earth when it comes to their three-point shooting early in the season We made a video talking about how they were shooting an extreme amount of threes and hitting those threes and today They were five for 24. They didn't play great defense, which is known That's a Knicks thing slash Tom Thibodeau they they haven't played great defenses last couple days So, you know, I'm sure they'll get it back on track, but the last couple games not looking amazing. The Bulls. Oh, oh my boy I'm wearing a bull shirt lose to a 18 that was missing Ben Simmons, obviously to Bice Harris and Danny Green they were missing three starters and the Bulls went into Philly and they had to come back They had a little come back, but Philly stopped all of that. Um, enjoy the beat didn't have a great scoring game He ended up with 18 points 33% from the field and the Bulls lose his game Not a great loss at the end of the day. It's hard to be the team two times in a row We got y'all again on Saturday. So we shall see we're at home this time around Quickly on the Bulls the Marty Rose has been amazing. Zach Levine has to has to get better with his tunnel vision He gets he's a player similar to Judas Randall were when he is frustrated You can definitely see it and he was frustrated in this game because he wasn't getting a lot of calls Matisse Thibodeau had his ass clamped up And then this one he got tunnel vision late in the game Well, we probably could have scored and could have changed the momentum around he'll get better with that He's still little with the thumb injury. He's been solid. I'm not so bald hit his worst game as a Chicago Bull And Nicola Vuceves did not get any touches whatsoever seven shots for a guy that we traded for to be an offensive threat We're not paying him to be a defensive player and they did they did not allow him to get into an offensive flow I think overall his defense on on Joel and beat and like one-on-one situations really good like I mentioned 33% from the field for him, but as a How do I say this on Joel and beat one-on-one? He was good But like in pick-and-roll situations, I want him to be a little bit better I don't know if that's the drop coverage that we run But it just feels like he's never getting a contest on pick-and-roll and that just left like Seth Curry and and shake Melton to get a lot of mid-range jump shots whenever they needed to But I want to focus more not about the Bulls losing this but more focus on the 76ers because this is not the the only time They've done something like this they I think they beat the Knicks if I'm not mistaken recently It was not the Knicks. It was a trailblazer. I'm thinking about and then Atlanta Hawks So they beat some really quality teams so far this year without them having some of their best players and this season Could have gone a couple of different ways for them, right with the Ben Simmons thing that that basically took control of the entire offseason for everybody You could see this organization this team this roster come out flat-footed because of everything that's going on No, these boys who who may not have got as much PT the last couple seasons because they've been behind this and that Really came out and they're showing their work George Neane has been one of the greater pickups of the entire offseason He burnt us today and what he scored 20 something in the previous game And I was chatting his name MVP shout out to George Neane on four-card corkmask and light it up And we already mentioned Matisse Tybel's defensive impact People are really wondering what the defense was gonna look like without been Simmons on the court because the Ben Simmons a defensive player to your candidate defense has been good still but the offense has been better Joellen B did not have a good scoring night But his presence with four shooters is he late His play make it today. There was a play where Matisse Tybel like like somebody who sleep on backdoor Matisse Tybel crept down to the basket Joellen B quick pass Matisse Tybel lay up You know I'm saying put Joellen B to round shooters and he'll make it work Today was one of those days. So we'll see we'll see y'all on Saturday, but this is a very good win for them I've been impressed with the 76er so far this year the Raptors five game win streak Five game win streak now again. We talked about them a couple nights ago, and I cut it out the video So let me reiterate some of the things that I've seen about the Raptors Gordon's logic played what the first three or four games with them and they told him to stay at home And since then they have not lost the game. They decided to let the baton kid get all the Gordon's logic minutes He's been making the most out of it. I think he's the first I was listening to their broadcast the other day. He is the first Canadian born player to get drafted by the Raptors There's happened in the second round. I know this man existed to a couple nights ago. He's been really good for them They've been missing Scotty Barnes. They won the other night without Scotty and that was ojana. No be 36 Of course Pascal is still out. We still ain't seen Pascal and they don't know what the longest win streak in the league right now Five game win streak. I think that most people including me Underestimated how solid this team could be How solid this team could be will they come back down to earth eventually? I don't even know how much of what we're seeing right now is the real deal I see their defense and I'm like that is real because I know Freddy. I know Gary I know og and now Scotty Barnes are good defenders T league defenders I know that's gonna be the case But we I was thinking that their offense didn't have enough creators for it to be a combatant offense But guess what? Kyle Lowry been teaching Fred Van Vleet for what four seasons how to be a Leader in the focal point of an oath offense and being the driving force of an offense and he's been doing that Today he was getting to the mid-range area look like he legitimately look like how lorry out there now He um, he definitely is a lot more trigger happy than Cal lorry ever was but that's okay. He's There I said better score than Cal. I don't know you you decide that but you get what I'm saying This team has been really fun to watch And they they take out Another team a playoff team in the Washington. We're just maybe I don't know I don't really know what to think about the Washington anymore They lost another game but set out to the Raptors FEMA Kai Luke has been an amazing pick up for them so far a Kim birch I don't know how I've mentioned his name because he's very under the radar coming off the bench back up center They paid him and he's been playing way better than pressure to you. That's what my eyes are seeing But I think it's better for him to come off the bench and really do the second unit thing Precious is a player that you want to play because he was the kyle lorry piece basically other than the gondrodzik Who you sent home anyway, so you want to see pressure to you play considering He's also what 21 years old but Kim birch Really good, bro. Now, this is a game that I get to watch completely But I'm gonna talk about the moments that I did get to see and this was the nuggets losing to the grizzlies First of all, I cannot believe that the Yoko shot did not go in and look like a bunny But it did not I want to sign some light on jaren jackson jr. Because he had been Actually him and michael portie jr. All my most disappointing players of the season so far and then grizzly fans were mad at me Because I guess when jaren on the court the offense is this plus this point differential. I went talking about that I was talking about that I was talking about his individual performances have been have been lackluster And I was listening to Chris Vernon on the mismatch He is a diehard miffus grizzlies fan he goes all these games and stuff and this is a second time The grizzlies and the nuggets played against each other this season and he was talking about Michael Porter jr. Who's been disappointing and jaren jackson jr. Who'd been disappointed? What do they have in common? They both got big old hundred million dollars extensions and he was talking about how there could be little added pressure When when you're off that Ricky contract and now you're expected to perform to a hundred million dollar valuation And so far those two players have been disappointed to me and this was a big game for jaren Hopefully this is a step in the right direction. You didn't have an amazing job in rent game even though he was He was super, you know electric when it comes to making highlights He didn't have a great individual game But jaren was there desmond bain has been one of the most consistent players in the NBA and early in this game I think the Anthony Mellon had like seven points in the first court. I'm like, oh, they got this and they did Jaren more than anything. I'm impressed. He had eight rebounds that might be a career high I never see him get a rebounds before one of his better games. I'm not gonna say best games I'm pretty sure he had a 40 pieces rookie season or sophomore season Denver's offense is is not as good as I expected it to be now I know they're missing Jamal Murray, but I still had high expectations for the offense Believe it or not, their defense is the best. They it's been in a long time. Let me look at these numbers Yeah, Denver has a 24th offense in the fifth best defense. Who would expect it that from this roster? They still haven't figured out or Michael Porter Jr. Hasn't figured out it completely But this might have been his best game in a season even with that said he had 12 points on 12 attempts But this might have been his best game in a season that lets you know how bad he had been Oh, so much basketball. Oh Dallas Dallas beat the Spurs the Spurs get another heartbreaking loss But I'm telling y'all Spurs fan. Listen, it's okay to be good enough for three and a half quarters and lose a game Especially you got some player. I don't know much about college ball But I heard there was a there's a dude in Gonzaga a lanky center small forward type guy. That's really good that you might want Dijonte Murray's been just like the only bright spot. I listen I'm giving I'm giving a little bit of credit to Jason Kidd today specifically even though for the most part Even though the Dallas Mavericks have what a five and three record. They look terrible. I can't explain it to you They look terrible today He put Bob on marionov it's in the game because Yacopo who's out with healthy safety protocols and now it's like Thaddeus young as the center backup center Let's go eat Bobby and Bobby did exactly that. He was one of the driving forces The last couple minutes was very interesting because I had never really seen Luca play so off-ball than what he did today Because Jalen Brunson Illinois boy by the way, I was killing the game 31 points and I think at the end of the game he ended up with like 11 straight Killing it. I like the idea of Luca playing a little bit off the ball Now this was a little bit different because when he's playing off the ball He literally wasn't doing anything but sit in the corner But to take the pressure off of Luca is important and Jalen Brunson He started the last couple games that 25 plus and both I don't know that when X player comes back from his injury whoever that might be whenever he pours in Yes, or whoever that you tell Jalen you going back to the bench to be our spark plug He looks good alongside Luca. You might have to figure something else out, you know in the lineup But yeah, they don't look great though, even with their 500 record. I can't explain it when I watch them I don't see a great-looking team. Yeah, the ITES is telling me the numbers are backing on my ITES They're 26 They are 26 and offense and 20th in defense The worst spread differential in the entire league And they're in there five and three. I don't understand. It doesn't make any sense to me. I mean, well, oh stretch the schedule Let's go. Let's go see it. So they beat the Raptors the Rockets the Spurs twice and the Kings But they've lost to the heat the nuggets and the Hawks So they're beating the teams they should be which is a good thing But it seems like when there's like a legitimate competition in front of them They haven't been able to put it together Almost done ladies and gentlemen Miles Bridges versus Jordan Poole and Jordan Poole ended up with the win Y'all thought it was a Steph Curry game. Nah, it wasn't it was a pool party I'm gonna say it again and the Hornets got wet up. I cannot wait They showed the graphic that it's been two and a half years since we've seen Clay Thompson on the court Two and a half years. It's crazy and when I see him warming up in his full jersey It feels like a myth that he'll be he'll ever play again I can't wait to see him and because I think this team is already like you can see they're really good Even though they've had the easiest strength to scare. I've looked at strength to schedule pretty heavily today So that's why I'm saying it a lot. They've had the easiest schedule in the league so far But you got to take care of the teams that are bad because that's how you make the playoffs They look really good right now without him and you add him to the Add him to the bunch even if you're getting 60% of clay tops instead of the 100% because let's be honest He's probably not gonna come back and be the same clay. It's been two and a half years It's been since June of 2019. Is that's one half years? close to two and a half years That's a very long time and I'll play real life basketball. You know what I'm saying So I'm excited to see him come back. They were also mentioned how James Weissman has been cleared and Oh, I'm so curious to see how that goes because last year with James Weissman in the court They were they were not very good And when they started to go in that run that ended up in having them in the playing games after James Weissman without an injury And they could basically play the five-out spread game that they usually do I'm very curious to see how James Weissman isn't reincorporated. You know reincorporated clay tops is easy Let him play. He knows exactly what he's doing. He's been on the team his entire career But James Weissman on the other hand I don't really know how this gonna go Gary Peyton the second you know I'm saying there was a crazy statistic about Gary Peyton in his defense How he generates a steal every time he's in the game today at three of them Thanks, had a poster big minutes for him big moments for him They were chanting his name at the end of the game because I guess he's a Bay Area legend I don't even know they were talking about in the broadcast, but Miles Bridges, mr. Bet on himself No, no, that's still friendly, but another player to bet on himself a 32 piece for him today They in that third quarter they went super stale and it carried over completely and they lost in the last game I got to see Where was the Pelicans versus the Kings now? Y'all know I've been Brocky Reprise pick shout out to my presenting sponsor. I Taken the over on Rashan Holmes's rebounds all season long and he's never let me down Today he got ejected on some real-life BS two rebounds away from hitting the over I had four entries today three of my four hit and the only one that didn't hit was the one where song got ejected But they rallied They they they took that anger that he had getting ejected and ended up pulling together win This is a good game for Deira because low-key Deira Fox has been one of the most Disappointing players in the entire league, but today stat line looked like four from 14 from the field 19 19 points. He had a big three late in the game Reese Terry's Hallibur is everywhere 20 points for steals to block seven assists They've got Mitchell had another good performance. This is a good team win for Harrison Barnes and his squad I don't know what to say or think about the pills. Obviously. They still have Brandon Negro now Who's a game-time decision and Zion? I I don't even never mind. Let's just not talk about it I think I got to every game except for three and even in those three games I watched bits and pieces of but not enough to even really talk about, you know D'Andre Hunter was elite but Kevin Durant exists. So boom. There's a win No, you know what the Brooklyn Nets bench showed up a lot today and there was a report earlier today I think wolds retweeted. I don't know politics. So maybe there's an election going on I don't really know where New York is gonna revisit their vaccination rules Which might open the door for Carrie Irving to come back sooner rather than later and the way they played tonight And when that bench the way they played you at you add a Carrie Irving James Harden's playmaking look the lead again I'm like earlier in the season. I don't really know. Okay. That's it My light one. Okay. Yes purpose perfect timing. You enjoyed the video. Leave it alike. Okay. Bye