 I really don't know. I ain't even thought about it. I'm just messing with stuff to make the internet mad I ain't dread it up. I ain't locked my hair, but this is years of growth Jimmy I've been working on this for years. You just come in and get a hairstyle and you'll you'll hear low in the mouth No, man What's the word y'all NBA media day was today, and I cannot be more excited Friday We get NBA caliber ball now It is golden stay verse to watch the Wizards, but I don't care It's pre-season and I'm invested as if it was game 7 to the NBA finals That's how long has been since we saw some good old basketball I went back to watch my video last year about the media day and it was a lot of drama involved We had been Simmons versus the 76er organization this year wasn't a lot of it was a lot of kumbaya It was a lot of oh we excited. We believe we have a chance to do this We believe we have a chance to do that Which is a great mindset to have before you picked up a basketball for the season But it wasn't a lot of drama man and as much as I love the game of basketball in itself I do live for some maybe a drama to be honest with you actually there was one team that There was like no kumbaya There was nothing it was the Sun's y'all and here's a tweet Jay Crowder once out Chris Paul says he learned nothing from the Dallas It's just crazy Chris, you know you my boy, but God nothing not one single thing I know you to point God, but you had to learn something right DeAndre Aiden looks like a depressed hostage Sun's vibes are in the toilet the fellas as we know them might be done And that's coming from one of the more die-hard Phoenix Sun's fans that I follow And if you don't know what he's talking about with the on DeAndre Aiden stuff, it's kind of eerie man Congratulations on obviously getting the getting the deal Just maybe your your thoughts that now that that that you got that maybe what was your initial reaction? Once the Sun's match the pace was off. I Was happy It was all done I guess That's it. Yep. Okay. Hey, but you know what I can't even be mad at them for having the Vabs be off See I gotta think about the way their last couple seasons went they get invited to the bubble I still remember people are mad that they even got an invite they go undefeated in the bubble They're like, you know what next year's our year They trade for Chris Paul and make a complete run to the NBA finals will lose to Yanis No big deal we bring everybody back and we got more reps and then they make it to the playoffs again I don't do they make it to the playoffs They're the best team in the regular season by far and they go against the Dallas Mavericks and get laughed off of their own court losing by 173 points, right? That's a series that they were heavily favored in and they got laughed off by Luca and Theo Benson on the sideline with a towel like it was bad Can you imagine if they came into this presser this media day gritty and you know down to the press box? Absolutely not it will feel kind of weird like bro the last game y'all play was embarrassing But no smell at all after a max is crazy. Obviously. They got a lot of stuff bigger than the own court stuff They got to deal with where Robert Sarver and Jay Crowder wanted out because Cam Johnson is now the starter and that's a that's a weird Scenario in itself. Jay crowd is a very good NBA player a a player that I think a lot of Suns fans will say The idea of Jay crowd is probably better than the actuality of it But he's upset because Monty Williams told the team that Cam Johnson is probably gonna be started makes sense to me Cam Johnson is a stud, right? Jay wants out, but I'm looking at the teams that might want Jay and Think about his opportunity to start and the only one that makes sense to is the Miami Heat and the way to Miami He gave him is like a crazy three-to-four team or so Jay crowd I'm hoping that you get ready to someplace you want to go But the likelihood of you starting in any place outside of Miami feels weird. This is not about the Phoenix Suns This is about media day, but they're just the one that had the drama infused or it was just a bit weird Let's go to some stuff. They made me excited. I don't have much to say The the Pelicans media day in general if I'm grading media days the ones I thought was the best to the worst This one was number one Zion is in the best shape of his life You remember bro average 27 on 61% shooting the last time I saw him play and he wasn't even consider himself in shape He said he's jumping higher. He's running faster. He didn't say he was hitting jump shots I don't know if that really matters, but he said he's in the best shape of his life, which is insane. You got this picture Just makes everybody happy. Look look how excited he is. He just gave CJ another bag shout out to CJ for getting another big old contract Probably the highest paid player in NBA history to not make an all-star game that's CJ McCullum And he deserves it at this point weird here to see CJ like two ones as tall It's because Zion's a little bit back But but look at griff griff is like oh the league is in trouble now And I think what makes me more excited and you ain't gotta listen to what he's saying First of all, that's a big-ass hoop in your ear. Zion. I had no idea your hoop Hoop area was that large when you signed the type of money. I guess you could do that The the thing that makes me happy is that he's he smiled throughout this entire thing He was just so excited. Look at that. Look at that grin right there Come on, man. You can't tell me he ain't about the average 30 points per game this year So you got those things with Zion shout out to him Brandon Ingram gets interviewed herb inspires me I forgot he's a second-year player and I'm not going to show you this whole clip But basically Brandon Ingram is saying like herbs got some discipline out of this world Saying that for somebody as young as he is this man herb be saying Oh, I got to get some rest because I got practice in the morning Or just getting up a crazy amount of shots at how disciplined he is with his diet and his workout Y'all know herb Jones has been my boy since the first time I saw him lace up his sneakers So to hear Brandon Ingram say that Brandon Ingram said hey when I was a year two player I had I didn't know any of this stuff and herb is teaching me like that's crazy I told you all before that must watch tv pelicans this season 1000% and they just made me feel more comfortable With saying that after this press some things we're going to flat through But this is one dealing with the charlotte hornets on the center rotation. We need physicality We've struggled with screening rebound and I love our preseason schedule to help gauge ourselves with how it's going to play out I'm assuming as well that is mentions plumbly will start the season And then nick richards would be the backup. I should probably gave you some context, huh? That was steve cliford talking about his center rotation Everybody knows that the charlotte hornets have the worst center corner all the basketball But they did draft the guy mark williams and I have been seeing some hornets fans kind of upset with the idea of You know not having mark in the rotation at all I mean, I can't say he's not in rotation at all But him being the third string center on a team that's not really trying to do nothing this season Um, so I can I can feel their pain low-key lamela ball also said that he hopes that Miles bridges is back with the team. I don't know how that's gonna play out But we'll see we're already I guess we haven't talked about the miami heat Um, but we saw some miami heat here's a quote that made me excited But this player always be talking But he won't be doing bam out of bio says his goal is to take 18 shots per game this season team has been on him to take a bigger Scoring role He averaged 13 shots last year and I think this this account right here said I read this every year I mean me and my boys debate about bam out of bio all the time talking about how he could be The well, he might be the most versatile defensive big in all the basketball right now But he has the opportunity to be the most versatile completely if bro would just start to be more aggressive on the offensive side You see flashes were like it was a game set Was that game seven versus boston where he was taking a lot of shots who's being aggressive He's getting to the basket. He's doing everything He just doesn't do a full time And you have to do a full time to be in an upper upper echelon amongst centers Now everybody knows bam is great, but like he has to do this He has to take 18 shots per game one of them at least being a three It wasn't like two years ago jimmy who's like i'm finding him every game that he don't shoot a three He didn't even shoot. He has a shot of three cents So bam has the offensive skill set to to take 18 shots and still be efficient with it And get his point per game I think this year he has like 19 and something like that. He can easily be a 20 plus point per game score He just got to do it sticking them to the miami heat Uh great transformation from vo Like wait, what do they call him b o bam and victor ladipo because they're nasty Is that what they said that might be the worst quote of all media day today They call each they call their duo bam about your victor ladipo b o because they're net that's terrible He writes lyrics. He's a lyricist. He's a singer songwriter They can be better than that, but he looks like he's in top shape Which is something you're gonna see for every media day because I wrote down all the people I saw Um said mention their weight loss swords just getting more in shape Of course james harden is the big one said he lost 100 pounds We already talked about zion looking like zanos Derek rose went shirtless in his press game or his uh interview because he just wanted to let you know Hey, I'm the same weight I was when I was a rookie I don't know how great that is I digress and then um the one the least amount of people care about patrick williams lost some weight this off season So everybody comes into media day said hey, I'm in the best shape of my life We'll see what actually goes down kid reiterates the envision dimwitty and magie starting and christia will coming off the bench Although there will be considerate Considerable experimental with lineups and rotations And I saw a lot of pushback from people like what is jacier doing for me? It kind of makes sense not saying that christia was Not talented enough to be a starter because I would be Like just crazy to say that but for what the mavericks are trying to do It kind of makes sense for him to be the sixth man Listen being a sixth man should not be a road as looked at like oh, he's bad Being the sixth man don't mean you the sixth best player on the roster Sometimes the five that is starting just works well together especially since recently We've had some super dope ass people to come off the bench and make it cool You know I'm saying starting off with of course, my new jenobley I think he's the one that comes to mind for everybody But then like jamal croffer came into the league jordan clarkson lou williams montrez hero These are people that made coming off the bench seem cool for me And I can't say the same thing about somebody like christian wood going into a contract gear But I think in his interview. He said I don't really care. I'm just I'm motivated either way Which is a great thing But he also tweeted elo whale Which made me think that he was laughing at the idea of coming off the bench But people say he was laughing at the idea that other people thought he was laughing at the idea of coming off the bench It was confusing christian and for a guy that only tweets once every three months You gotta admit people are going to dissect the elo whale tweet. I was people anyway The dallas mavericks last year were a team that held their head on the defensive side of the ball christian wood Not known to be a plus defender I'll say that that's the nicest way I could say that it makes sense to ride out with the people that we Do trust on the offensive side of the ball to start off and let the rest fall into place But again, we're talking about media day and things change from now and game 22 of the season I want to say thank you for being here and I'm excited to to make content for the 2022 2023 NBA season Hopefully you stick around for the entire time. Leave a like subscribe and I'll see y'all soon