 What's the word y'all welcome back to the call game recap will we recap to get you know exactly what we do here man You've been watching for a few months now, and I appreciate you leave a like subscribe if you're new Let's get into a man. Me and my guys are talking about this earlier You know how me and the boys do we sit in the party and we watch basketball games together virtually its friendship And we you know we always have discussions where we're watching games And it is so crazy the amount of the talent difference between the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference, right? The two-seed right now in the east is the Milwaukee Bucks down the three-game loser streak They're sitting at 16 11. They lost okay see today without Shay and we gonna talk about that But at 16 11 they are the two-seed at the moment in the east that same record would have them as the seventh seed at West they'd be in the play-in y'all They'd be in the play-in if they were out west it is so crazy How different the talent is and and we're talking about individual players and teams like I feel like our West We always see multiple players get snubbed from the all-star game and now East I'm not saying that some of the players that got in on the back end aren't deserving But I would take some of the Western Conference players over those two Eastern Conference players at the end of it You know what I'm saying and the same thing happens when we get to the playoffs We have multiple years in recent history where the Eastern Conference team at the at the 7th They see the South 500 then our West we have teams over 500 just watching from the crib the solution Get rid of conferences. I know it's easier said than done. I know I know Adam Silver You ain't got a you ain't got a message me again. I don't want to talk about today's games Of course because with all that being said the the Boston Celtics fall to 13 and 13 I think that's what the bulk of this episode is going to be about with the Boston Celtics And the Washington was just go to 17 and 7. I'm gonna give them a little break a little bit of praise right now I do believe that if Scott Brooks was fired and they had a competent coach they'd be significantly better Because today was one of those things like they had been one of the worst defensive defensive teams in the league so far The season and today they play solid defense now The Celtics did miss a ton of open shots, but it goes hand-in-hand man It's cool to see that Bradley Biel and Russell West were gonna went together because so far the season those have been kind of rare Far in between so big win for them. Let's talk about the Celtics though because so far pretty pretty disappointed now I know that Jason Tatum missed a couple weeks with with the virus other still miss and Marcus smart Who was the heart and soul of this team and they're definitely definitely needing that But even with all those things considered 13 and 13 is a way worse than what we expect They're right and in a funky diabetic who's another content creator on the site go check him out He makes good NBA YouTube videos. He tweeted today. There's like I think he said there's only five good NBA teams And though I don't 100% agree with him I know exactly I know exactly what he means by their tweet because some of the teams that were really really good last season That we considered that maybe we're in the contender pool or right below the contender pool like the Celtics like the Raptors have been Highly highly disappointed like the Miami here who went on the title run highly highly disappointed So I understand what he means about there's only five teams and the Celtics have been really disappointing now I can't help but to look at this Celtics team and think about this offseason because that was the big big turning point And what is going on right now? Gordon Hayward a free agent and it was set on Zach Lowe's podcast was a very trusted guy if you asked me Zach Lowe hit a brother up. I would love to talk. He talked about how There are multiple teams out there. They were willing to throw offers To get Gordon Hayward on a sign and trade deal and the most significant one was the Miles Turner one Miles Turner was literally on a table in Danny Ains lap and he was like nah I'm gonna need another starter then Ains get a little bit too greedy They lose Gordon Hayward to nothing for shark and he goes to Charlotte And now they have a team with many many holes on it Miles Turner fits a big hole that you have my start is playing in the defensive player to your Caliber right now. He's playing defensive player to your caliber right now And you need those type of production But even deeper that deeper than that losing Gordon Hayward for literally nothing even if it's not miles Turner It's terrible because Gordon Hayward was other than like Gordon other than Marcus Smaller who I says the heart So Gordon Hayward was kind of like this glue piece one thing that is really really missing on this Boston Celtics team It's playmaking as good as Jaylon Brown has been in the progression of his playmaking throughout his career He's still we won't classify the playmaker stamp same thing with Jason Tatum and Kevin Walker has never been that even though He's been a multiple-time all-star They don't have playmaking, but you know who their playmaking had been over the last couple seasons when he was healthy It was Gordon Hayward now now Marcus smart does alleviate some of that pain as well once he get back He'll definitely help but watching this game was terrible and I of course Jason Tatum and Jaylon Brown There are lots to be all stars this season And maybe I'm wrong here now I won't boss the Celtics fans who are who are watching maybe more intently than I am to to correct me if I'm wrong Though they are both having stellar stellar seasons I feel like they don't play you off each other as well as you would want them to and I know they're still super young and Maybe I'm asking too much from them, but they don't really play you off of each other. Well, it's kind of like alright I'm Jason Tatum. I'm gonna give me a bucket Jaylon. You got the next one advice versa, right? And I think that doesn't prove when they continue to to get better as playmakers and playmakers But I don't think that they I'm not saying that they don't fit I don't want people to misinterpret me there I'm not saying that they don't fit but they just don't play as well off each other as two all-star players typically can Right like though. This is gonna be a weird example because I say never won a championship The Marta Rosen and Kyle larry when they were together they played off each other very very very well and These are two guys that don't and maybe it's because they are two wing players Right a guard and a forward or guard in a wing I guess it's a little bit easier guard in the center is a little bit easier to play off each other Not just two wings, but they don't they don't really have that and then when you take a look at this box score This is horrendous Again, it was a very bad shooting night from them But the fact that they only had two players scored double digits as a team is Terrible now even if you weren't gonna accept the Miles Turner trade this team is lacking offensive depth on the bench Right who off their bench you trust to come in and get you some buckets. They don't have that at all Literally at all like they were trying and taco fall was the best thing they had today and that was garbage time minutes You know, they were trying that were like Carson Edwards last week They even gave to my water some run last week They don't have that spark plug and I think that that all of the great teams in a league have that type of spark plug One one way or another now me and my guys talked about this before the season even started on our podcast None of us had the Boston Celtics as contenders, but even at 13 and 13 I would say is a little bit underwhelming I wonder what Danny Angels plan is for this for this trade deadline season because I don't know what type of moves are there to be made But I think if they want to maybe hit contenders They're gonna have to make a deal or since their start players are so young This could be just a not a chill season because I'm not I'm definitely not saying go tank But maybe just like continue to develop these younger guys so they dope they do play well together next season You know what I'm saying? I don't really know the direction for the Celtics is but so far Disappointing speaking of disappointed. Let's talk about the Raptors. They got it. They caught a loss today I feel bad for for Pascal Siakam now. Did not watch the entirety of this game I won't lie to you I saw Ricky Rubio here for threes and I think at the end of the broadcast I tuned in like last five minutes of the fourth quarter They're like this is the fourth time he's done this in his entire career. So yeah big night from him I'm just waiting for the day that Carthage Towns at the Angelo Russell on the court together And that will be the day that I watch it can take a complete Minnesota Tim Wool's game But until then I'll be in and out. I'll be in and out But I feel bad for Pascal Siakam because there has been what? Four shots this season that were game-winning or game-tying shots for Pascal Siakam They were halfway down and come out And I feel bad because you see the frustration when he walks back to the bench after a timeout He did the same thing that Luca did today where he's like kind of like ripping his jersey You know I'm saying I feel bad for him in that sense because that's shot the layup literally a layup No, I'll get tested Rolled out Rolled out. It is yeah, it's it's bad. It's bad a crunchy towns found out of this game And I was like, okay, the Raptors about to do their thing and they couldn't get it So so shout out to Ant-Man who continues to look really good really good But again, I didn't watch the entirety of this game six threes from Malia Beasley who's been under the radar a lot of a lot of Minnesota Timbills fans been wanting me to talk about Malia Beasley and the reason I haven't is because I haven't been really watching that Many Minnesota Timbills games. I could look at box scores. It'd be like yes 20 But that's not real in-depth analysis, you know, I'm saying um the next game that I got around to watching The Detroit pistons, you know what like a week or two ago I was like, why would I watch the Detroit pistons? They're at the bottom of the conference yet I'm just gonna start watching the Detroit pistons again because Mason Plumlee is the guy triple-double alert Sadiq Bay has been pretty solid and they beat up on the pills And it was like a revenge game because Stan Van Gundy was back in town and Stan Van Gundy set this Organization back with some signings of of John Lure. Do y'all remember the John Lure signing because I remember the John Lure signing So yeah, it's what welcome back. Welcome back. Yeah, I don't know what to say about the Pelicas Eric Bledsoe just doesn't like to play basketball anymore at least not for this team But I think I said that in last episode so we'll move on to the next game Which was the nasty televised game between the Portland Trailblazers and the Mavericks. This is the realization I came to today. Let me know if you can agree or disagree with this poor zingus is a small forward in a 73 body He can't set screens. He doesn't box out. I Just think he's a small forward in the 73 body. So let's Without the seven without the small forward Lateral quickness, but you give him he doesn't do the big man things the big man things you want to do There was a plan this game and and I saw the replayed as multiple times on Twitter So I think a lot of people know what I'm talking about where he had a dunk But instead of dunking the ball He tried to lay it up at 73 and somebody came in a block there Jones jr. Came in and swatted it dunked the ball your 7th. He's like a finesse player at 73 and Um, I don't know if that's the type of player you need bro. Luca Donchage had He just he had his career high 46 a couple nights ago This performance was better than this 40 46 if you ask me He couldn't miss and I understand the frustration of trying to rip the shirt because he couldn't miss and he didn't have it And and I believe that What I would what I would love to see is at the end of the season I would love to have every player that had contracted the virus throughout the season To tell their experiences and how it affected them on the court Because I think a guy that is heavily affected by catching the virus throughout the season is josh richardson Now josh richardson was bad last year for philly and this year. He's doing the same thing but He him not being on the court at the end of the game just shows you how Maybe it's the conditioning still because of the virus or whatever Like there is no reason for him not to be on the damien lillard assignment Remember irie's references trade because it was a big one set curry for josh richardson You bring josh richardson in because he is a perimeter defender to have alongside luka because you don't want luka Gardening damien lillard because you he's giving it all off the side of the ball So you make this trade for a defender and the defender doesn't even close out the game And I honestly but think it's because of conditioning He's just not there because I know the virus affects everybody differently and he's a world star athlete But some some players have already told stories of the virus kicking their butts Mo bamba was was very very open about that earlier this season So I wonder if that's one of the things because there's a you want him on the floor normally to guard damien lillard in the When it's when his name time So yeah poor zingas small four not a center. Is that okay? Now you want him to be your center So I have to look for the big performance, but the poyland chiral blazers I mentioned this before but the fact that they've continued to stay afloat with all I think that with all of the injuries nerkits cj Yep, that is two of their top three players gone But they continue to perform well and I remember Who here remembers the foul side days put ones in chat if you remember the foul side days In the foul side days I remember I did an article when I used to write or I did a youtube videos both because I used to do both And I was talking about damien lillard as a as a leader This is maybe six seasons ago and people were laughing at me Like this man ain't really that much of a leader But he was really flying his team out to the bahamas Flying his teammates out to the bahamas to work out as a team for a week, but to also be in the bahamas leadership He is a he might be The best leader in the entire nba. He just might be this man will not go down He will not let his ship go down no matter the injuries and I saw some Portland. Sure. This is this is kind of rough for me I saw some Portland trailblazer fans Looking to train cj because gary train has been so good I don't know how to feel about that You know The trailblazer fans if they trying to train cj man compare them to I forgot who he compared them to anyway A big game for them 16 and 10 when you consider all the injuries that is amazing shout out to the Portland trailblazers The bucks lost to the thunder um where the thunders just will not lose. They don't understand what the tank is I think that's I think that's what my boys said on twitter. They don't understand what the tank is They just always want to win especially without shade. This is a 100% guaranteed win for most teams Um, but no, okay See as it has shown against the lakers against multiple really really good teams that no We're not going to go down without a fight and today they ended up getting the win because josh jackson I'm sorry. Justin jackson hit a game winning called game type shot Lou d'Or. How many do diablo didn't have a great game, but I remember I remember him hitting one bit one or two big shots down the line This thing could be fun to watch even without their best player and again our whore for continues to play. Well, there's bayzey I think I told him last episode like bro. You got to play better today. He plays significantly better Significantly better and uh, kenridge wins continues to fill up stat line a little bit, bro I like I like watching that team play I you wouldn't expect to watch that team because she gears alexander's not there, but I do I do in the bucks Ah Yeah, it's uh, it's a hard next bro three game losing streak. That's a hard next Um, and I think that's it bro all the other games I I gave a little bit of the lakers versus nuggets, but anthony davis went out and I was like, okay This game is over. Um, I keep Missing the kings being good when the kings went on that win streak. I was in california So I miss every single game and now that I think about it. I was literally in california, which means that it was probably on local tv I could have actually watched those games But now I sit down popcorn I'm not real popcorn figurative popcorn ready to watch the sacramental kings play against The grizzlies job versus de erin two of the best up and coming point guards in the league and they don't even do anything So big win for the grizzlies, I guess um, me and my me and my guy had bet a little bit of money for the calves to beat the clippers without Paul pierce. I mean I pop yours paul george and kawaii. They were like a plus 800 I was like, okay. I'll throw $3 today. You know $3 started into whatever they got destroyed. So Yeah, my vegas is usually right vegas is usually right. That's all I got man If you enjoy leave it a like let me know what you think about all the things for zingas is a small fort um the cel ticks stuff And me missing out on the sacramental kings on live tv