 What's the word y'all welcome back to the recap before we talk about hoops and talk about this crazy playoff picture And why the the play-in is so very great because I mean look at look at us We're talking about Basketball right now the last couple weeks of every NBA season is kind of a bore other than a few games every night But right now every single game has some type of significance and it's amazing But before we talk about that I want to thank you for all the support I've seen called game was a big project of mine, and we're only two weeks in but according to Spotify's charts We have the number one you're focusing on it We have the number one sports podcast in the world right now taking our part in my take who had been the number one sports Podcasts for as long as I have been checking the podcasting chart So I want to thank you guys for downloading and listening to it and for watching on YouTube And if you're doing both, you're the real MVP. Thank you for all the support We did medicine for our test last episode if you missed that and the next Wednesday not supposed to be telling you this But I will anyway, I think we have Matt Barnes think Matt Barnes the next episode and his boys and I think that was a very great episode as Well, so thank you for all the support man. Keep it up You know let's keep trying to grow this thing, but now let's talk about basketball I'm not gonna lie to you and say that all of the games that they Premier today or we're out today. I watched because that'll be a ball phase lie The Bulls opened up to fans for the first time this season, of course I had to be an attendance against the Boston Celtics on national TV the Bulls gotta win Hear me up. It ain't over. I'm not saying the Bulls are back But statistically the Bulls are not out of the playoff picture just yet to game win streak I think honestly for the Bulls to be in the playoff. It's very unlikely We have to win every single game left for the season and then we need to watch the Wizards or the Pacers to drop multiple It's unlikely But it's possible. We've seen crazier things happen in the NBA world. So until then go Bulls I had people hitting me up in my mansion saying, uh, thank you. Thank you Thank you Kenny because me as a he fan me as a Hawks fan. We needed you to do this and I'm like, bro I didn't do anything. I watched I watched and nothing better than a Bulls game like the atmosphere is ridiculous So big win for the Bulls big loss for the Boston Celtics that drops them to the 7th It was obviously disappointing. They were missing Jaylen Brown or Robert Williams is the late game scratch But still a game you don't want to lose and gets the team. That's not very good on national TV Jason Tate. I'm really really struggle. Kimball was great. But anyway, let's talk about Talk about the Lakers actually had a conversation with JJ Redick on his podcast about the play-in game because y'all know I've been so very pro play-in for the viewing experience as an NBA fan I just talked about him and every single game matters with the last two weeks of the season I can't explain how excited I am for it But it was good to see the perspective of an NBA player because of course we heard LeBron We heard Jremon we heard Mark Cuban and Luca Donchich But the sit-down actually have a conversation and ask questions and answer questions about the play-in. I was amazing So go watch JJ Reddick's podcast because we talked about a pretty in-depth, but I want to talk about the Lakers Oh my god Kenny, you're just like ESPN. You can't help but to talk about the Lakers I have talked about the Lakers today because with their loss to the Portland Trailblazers now They lose a season series against them 1-2 and well They no longer have the advantage or the tiebreaker gets the Portland Trailblazers big time win for Damian Lillard and company man Big time win and I want to talk about the Lakers here because right now they are the seven seed course again I always got to say this a lot of season left so they could be the five seed Potentially in just a couple games. That's possible, but I want to talk about if I was a Lakers fan I'd be slightly worried. I've been seeing a lot of people. I have friends that are Lakers fans They like bro. We chill it. We got the best player in the world. We're coming off a championship Yes, we're a little banked up, but it's the Lakers and it's LeBron will be good We'll be in the finals We're still the favorite and I'm gonna hold you just a little bit listen talk about last year and when we were in Orlando You have to admit even if you're a Lakers fan the Lakers had an easy path to the finals now Lakers fans That's not me telling you that your championship is less valuable because a championship is a championship You can only play against the teams that are in front of you and luckily for the Lakers They went against teams in front of them that weren't amazing the year if this is going to be a year for a Reapy for the Lakers the path is going to be Significantly harder starting off with the playing game You have to go against probably the Warriors 7-8 matchup the Warriors have Steph Curry anything can happen And then if you lose that you have one more game So at the max you have two games before you even get into the actual playoffs and then if you get there You have to go because one of the best teams in the Western Conference now You can have an argument all day about if the jazz or if the Suns are actually who we think they are have They played in the regular season regardless even if you still think the Lakers are better than those two teams It's not like you got going there and just gonna be like oh we gonna beat them in four We're gonna beat them in five more than likely these teams are putting up fights Especially since you are so banked up LeBron said in himself He's not gonna be 100% and people were having a conversation of if LeBron was just talking to talk and trying to make himself an underdog But I legitimately don't think LeBron is going to be a hundred percent for this playoff run Anthony Davis It's always banged up turned ankle back spasms poked in the eye The man can't catch a break with his injuries and then you're starting point guard who had been so great for you It's in health and safety protocol. He'll be back right before the plan We don't know how that's gonna take a toll on his body These are all the little things a little variable that I would be worried about and then you throw that on half To go against one of the top two teams in a Western Conference shoot Let's say you get out of that series Boom you get hit in the face Whoever the winner of the 4-5 is and boom you're gonna get like you're gonna have to go get somebody in Eastern Conference So if you're gonna win that championship This is gonna be the most grinded out championship imaginable if you believe the Lakers are still the team and it's hard for me to say that They are but it's also hard for me to say that they're not because they get they're gonna have LeBron They're gonna have LeBron, but I want to go I want to transition from the Lakers talk to the bottom of this conference because wow The worst thing that could happen from an NBA fan It's in love with this play an idea and love with all these games mattering is Zion is out And he's out for pretty much the rest of the season It's that's such a heartbreaker because I'm not saying that they were starting to hit their stride. They were being average But the Spurs will be in so bad That it opened up the door for the pals and even opened up the door for the Sacramento Kings Who ain't done anything in a decade and I was I was asking my friends this if the Sacramento Kings ended up still in the Tensee it's still unlikely right now because even after today's they lost today They are three and a half games out with like six games left. It's unlikely. It's possible, but unlikely Will we say the streak is over because technically they're the tense seed and they're more than likely gonna get eliminated as a Tensee, you know I'm saying or does the playoff streak for the Sacramento Kings don't end until you're actually in a seven game series I would say that but I could see us man if you're Kings fan you make the tense see you better wear that like a badge You know I'm saying um, but the Spurs being so bad Luckily, they got it went today and it was down to the wire They they put it out then being so bad had opened the door for the pelicans It opened the door for the Kings and now the Zionists out It's hard for me to get excited about the pelicans potentially stealing that because now they're missing their all-star They're missing their best player. They're missing their superstar and I see today. They had a close game against the 76ers I don't know what happened in that game But they didn't pull it out and I can't see them taking that spot and keeping that spot and making it super interesting I know Adam Silver would have loved to see Zion in a one-game elimination against whoever Oh, it was gonna end up against Jean-Marin 1 versus 2 and then the winner of that goes against the loser Steph Curry and and LeBron It was about to be perfect Adam Silver But it won't be the Spurs have the hardest schedule left of the season and it's not even close They go against the Portland Trailblazers the Bucks the Nets the Knicks Phoenix and Phoenix What they'll mess around and potentially lose every single game here And then what that opens up the door for whoever is in at 11 and and and I don't trust the pelicans without Zion I don't trust the Kings because they don't have De'Aaron and they don't have Tyrese who's out for the rest of the season Even though they just was like on a four-game which I don't trust any of those things I just wish that if we were healthy Pelicans could potentially steal that but not only just that the Grizzlies are sliding too, man They're losing games that they shouldn't lose. So everything matters at this point, bro Every single thing matters and it's amazing with the Bucks win today Technically they are the two seed because they just beat Brooklyn two times in a row They took the tiebreak as it gets Brooklyn. So they're the two seed now This is something I've always wondered when it comes to being one of the top teams in the league Especially this year where nothing is easy What seed would you think or path would you think is the easiest would it be easier to be the two seed? Would it be easier to be the three seed? Do you trust Philly enough to be like a dominant one seed? It's so many questions and that's why the season is Amazing tomorrow Slater game. Just take a look. Let's take a look at the playoff implications of tomorrow Slater game So we have Washington versus Indiana game again. This is probably gonna end up being a playing game The 76ers get a layup against Detroit even though Detroit just won their last game So maybe it's not a layup the Raptors versus the Grizzlies Oh my god, the Grizzlies better hope the Raptors are continuing their tank because I don't care what you tell me the Raptors are On tank mode Cal Laurie is not playing and they just don't look good So it makes sense for them to be like, you know, we gonna chill. We got a core Pascal still really good Oh, he's still really good for every athlete is really good. We have a core Let's try to get the first overall pick by increasing those odds by losing So Memphis better hope that they don't play their guys Nets versus Nuggets is tomorrow now the Nuggets come be on the back-to-back after losing against the Jazz today But that is a game right there I mean, it does have some playoff implications because the Nuggets and the Clippers are still trying to fight for who's going to be That three seed our West so it doesn't matter and then of course and that's probably want to be the 2c Rockets versus Jazz don't really matter unless I mean it does matter because the Jazz is still trying to take the one every Like again every game matters to some extent So beautiful so beautiful. So Lakers fans talk to me Talk to me Lakers fans and everybody else. Thank you so much for watching. Go watch carl game. I appreciate you. Peace