 What's the word y'all welcome back to uh the recap um i'll go through quickly on the games and we'll talk about a little bit later But I really specifically want to talk about this plan because it's been it's been really talked about heavily over the last couple weeks Leave a like subscribe if you're new Oh, um, I would really appreciate it if you went to podcasting platforms Whether it'll be apple podcast spotify podcasting and gave called game five stars We were top 10 on apple and I think number 14 on spotify and we want to continue to grind man It will be good for pr to be able to send it to um Yannis's agent and say hey called game. It was number five So a lot of people want to want him on there. So I would appreciate if y'all help us climb Let me let me go through today's slated games Um, because I mean we had some good games here and there the magic beat the pistons Which put the magic from having the second worst record or the second highest odds So the first overall pick to the fourth which could come into a play a little bit later They lose to a team that was or they beat a team that was worse than them. So you give me um Russell Westbrook put on the absolute clinic 14 21 and 24 I watched this game in this entirety and he just made everything look so easy Nobody's playing any defense in this game So it kind of made it a fun little ride But a big time went for them because this potentially could be a playing game right here in the sea That they could beat them in this one game situation is pretty big for the watch the wizards The warriors beat the the portland. Oh, I'm sorry beat the pelicans and the marvel game the first official Marvel game where draemon green wins hero of the day Um, but step curry puts up 41 so big game from him And then we had the trailblazers lose to the alana hawks The bulls almost pull off a comeback to beat the 76ers But obviously they fall short like they typically do the next beat the grizzies in a grinded out game When julia's random didn't score much to the first half and hit a corner three Leaning um and like two feet behind the line And then he got things going after that dare grows puts up a magnificent performance A few years What is it a how many years ago that dare grows MVP win MVP on the exact day that he won MVP years ago He had a big big performance and closed out this game for them The jazz theme role disperse and then the lakers get a must win against the nuggas I cannot express how critical this game is for the le lakers because heading into today I'm pretty sure they were the 7c Which means they would have been in a play in which is crazy to say about the lakers But this propels them up to five again a lot of basketball left But this playing situation is what I want to talk about today because of the last couple weeks We saw some of the biggest people in names and in sports talk about it and be very against it starting off Dream on green. This is about two months ago. Dream. I was the first one to say like bro We don't really dig this whole playing thing This is not really incentive for my guys to be like, oh we the 10 seed and we might make a playoff spot He said it was kind of disrespectful in a way and I can understand what he's coming from Then after that we saw luka and mark cuban of the of the dallas mavericks come out and say We hate this idea. Um We play a 70-something game season this year and it can all be taken away after just a couple games Which I understand that and then just recently lebron said whoever came up with the playing idea should be fired And I keep seeing a lot of people on twitter try to bring the receipts with lebron and say hey lebron Just last year you said you like the idea of a playing game And I I just wanted to respond to every tweet because situations matter Of course last year the playing idea. I think it was a beautiful beautiful idea And i'm not saying that this year. It's not a good idea either. I'm just posing a conversation Last year is different this year. It's because The season got cancelled It was put on hold We had two months left of the whole season and two months is a lot of time for Somebody that might have been the ninth seed or tenth seed to potentially play their way into a real playoff spot So yes, it may sense for last year to be a playing year But according to lebron luka dodges. No, let us bro We're playing a whole season of 70 plus games and not even just that This might be one of the seasons that takes the most toll on NBA players body Because we're playing two games and three three games in four four and five and traveling across the globe more than ever I've said this before I feel like there's so many more injuries this year than last year I think I forget who it was. It was jackie mcmullen jackie mac I think she was on bill simons's podcast and it was saying like statistically there's not More injuries this year than last year and maybe i'm counting health and safety protocol and stuff like that But all of that matters the washington wasis were asked this season They lost two weeks of their season to health and safety protocol and guess what when they start to get healthy They're the hottest team in basketball now. So yes, i'm counting that as the injury. So I can understand I can completely understand where the players are coming from for hating this idea But as a as a a guy that's watching it as a fan of the basketball and a fan of what could potentially be I love the idea of a play in How many times in NBA history have we been this late in the season? We have two weeks left the lad the first official playing game I think is may 18th. I keep seeing at the bottom of the screens on espn But I think it's the 18th. So we've got about two weeks left How many times in NBA history have we had this many teams still be relevant and still be fighting for a playoff spot this late in the year It hasn't happened often and a lot of that is due to the playing We had teams specifically mine go all in at the trade that line because they saw an idea They saw a little glimpse of potentially being that tensey None of that is happening Without the play-in game and and one of the reasons I really liked the idea of a play-in game because of look look at that Like this I just brought in the watch that was just referenced earlier this season They were they were god awful I made videos on this channel telling brad to be able to free himself bro because the ceiling of this team Is just maybe you make the playoffs and maybe that still is the ceiling But they are playing significantly better than some of the teams above them right now And in the typical season that wouldn't matter whatsoever A team that was injury rating at the beginning of the year gets hot And they've dug theirself so much in a hole because of injuries because of health and safety protocol And in normal season they have no chance of actually making noise And in this season I think a lot of people would look at the washington wizards and how great they have been and look at them Planned against the indiana pastures in the playing game like they did today and be like Yeah, they can win that game and look at them playing against the losers of seltsies versus hornet to be like Yes, they can win that game too In the normal season the washington wizards are a tensey they are in the lottery They have no chance, but now they have a chance But again, I can see the other other side of the thing luka dodges them said it perfectly You can play 72 games and luka dodges the team is up to the sixth seed now So they're they're kind of safe, but again long season left So hypothetically, let's go to the trailblazers who now after losing today are the seventh seed Trailblazers have had a lot of ups and downs this season, right? Earlier in this year They were they were 10 games over 500 damian lilor's playing an nvp caliber level He is dominating any of the clutches team in basketball a lot of that due to damian lilor And then well, they get some injuries damian lilor gets banged up. They lose four five in the row Let's say they keep this seventh seed. What if the second to last game of the season? CJ sprains his ankle. It's not the super serious But he sprains his ankle and now you're in a do-it-die situation to keep your spot and CJ is kind of injured And I guess that could be the case in any playoff series But it matters more now because well the 73 games that they played Don't matter because it's really boils down to these last two And it's and in some other sports. I don't know much about soccer But I was reading somewhere the soccer has some similar things, but I'm thinking about baseball These men in baseball play 100 plus games a season to make the wild card We're in just one game only that could be taken away But what I can say as a casual baseball fan. I love wild card games I love I absolutely love wild card games as a casual baseball fan And I think that's what adam silver is looking at like Yeah, the playoffs are cool But the casual NBA fan probably don't watch the first round Because it's typically the one seed is going to win maybe four or five It's a little toss up But the two seed and the three seed are going to win their respective series But with a playing game It's March madness and March Madness is like the biggest thing in basketball. It's one game elimination everything on the line But then again more Adam still is probably a little afraid right now because he can't afford the Lakers to be in the playing and potentially To potentially lose. Yeah having a playing game with Steph Curry and LeBron James are going to get each other to one game Elimination would be amazing for that one game Do you come to the realization that the way the Warriors are playing and get paired to the way the Lakers are playing? Um, Steph Curry might defeats that uh LeBron James the defending champions And we saw two years ago without LeBron James in the playoffs. It ain't the best for the casual fans Let's be honest LeBron brings up ratings LeBron brings in ticket sales So you don't want to see them be in it, but you do want to see somebody So I'm curious to watch I'll think about it from from a fans perspective And of course from a perspective of the players I could see Draymond a veteran a NBA champion multiple times being like man We ain't just trying to make the playoffs But I could see a team like the Memphis Grizzlies who went through a couple years of rebuild And last year we're a playoff team before the season got shut down Be like man a plan is actually super important for us because we believe that we can steal some games I can see them from both ways Um, but I do want to go back to some of these games for the for the day leave it in the comment section Because I'm really truly curious of what you guys think about these things Um, I made a tweet earlier That was like who is the marvel game for I am a huge marvel fan The only property of marvels that I have not watched is the most recent one. Um, um with with Bucky and the new captain america Um, uh falcon. I haven't watched that series yet. I haven't had time to but I've watched all of the movies All the the beat-up tv shows wand of it. I've watched all of those things But I watched this game too and I I didn't feel like it was for me And I make the tweet asking people who this game was for and they were sent for the kids And I was just thinking to myself how the heck were the kids going to find this marvel game Kids don't have cable They definitely don't got esp into They were comparing it to like I think it was the pro bowl that had nick alodean with the slime and nfl players I think that's where mr. Trebisky won uh mr. Trebisky won an vp award or something I mean it wasn't at first of all, I'm not saying it was terrible But it just like I watched the first quarter of it and then I went back to watch the regular broadcast because maybe it was a Little bit too over the top for me I think the idea because it felt like fantasy basketball the way they were tallying up and drema green Winning um winning the thing and you know what I saw something on twitter and I got I got a fact check this because Someone showed on twitter that drema greens basketball reference Had marvel legend winner and it doesn't okay. I got bamboozled. But who was that really for? I don't really know It was I don't know if it was really for marvel fans or we was four kids or maybe a little bit of both um Some of the animations were cool though. I'll give them that I'll give them that Be sure to ray five stars man ray five stars on those platforms You can I cannot express how important it is for the success of called game We actually got another episode dropping every every wednesday when it comes out But this wednesday we have met a world peace Met a sander for our Test met a sander for our test is what he goes by nowadays a great interview But I'm gonna tell you right now. I was hella nervous doing this one This is the first one. This is the first one we ever shot by the way. Um, so I was super nervous He walks in and This is the first time I've been in like actual contact when an NBA player in a very long time face to face So I'm it's a very good episode But it's a different vibe than the richard jefferson one when it came to the richard jefferson one I was comfortable I don't think I was very comfortable with uh with the met a sander for our test one But it was fun. It is good So tune in for that um and watch tnt tomorrow because I'll be on that In some capacity, so that'd be fun, too