 Run it up, they run it back, yeah. Run it up, they run it back, run it back, run it back. Oh my God, we're back in studio, ladies and gentlemen. How's it feel? Let's go around the table, Shoms. I mean, it's great being back here with you guys. It's been too long. Nice. Chandler? Yeah, it's been really nice. Not being in studio? That will say like. You're the only one that lives here. What's wrong with you? Yes, I feel like I'm here less than you guys. Lou, feeling happy? I'm having a time, good to see y'all. Smooth flight here? It was pretty smooth. My son was a little active, but, you know, what four-year-old isn't on an airplane? OK, no, that's true. It could be worse. It could be worse. We've got a lot of basketball, and we got college basketball starting this week, like the real college basketball. For everyone who hasn't watched a single minute all year, this year, we all become experts. But we are going to start with Nuggets and Mavericks, because this was a doozy of an ending. What a game. Mr. Kairi, with a buzzer beater leading the Mauser over the Nuggets 107-105. Kairi, with 24-7-9. Luca, 37-9. That's ridiculous. And Jamal Murray. I mean, it's just fun to watch. Yeah, a running left-hander at the buzzer, as you can tell, the celebration ensued. Let's start with you, Chandler. Reaction, difficulty. What kind of a grade are we giving this? Oh, it was a 10 out of 10. It's like a horse shot that he does in the backyard, not at the NBA game, not at the end of it, over Jokic fading away. From the free throw line, I mean, this shot is extremely difficult. The fact that the game was tied, and I mean, this is literally, that's all you could get off. He could have stepped back, I guess, but this is a crazy shot, crazy ending. And it's a big win for Dallas. They've been finding something lately. They've won, I think, five out of six games. And this is a huge win, because it's a team that they know they're going to have to go through. But yeah, this shot, I don't think, was practiced very much. It's just kind of a letter rip here at the buzzer. No, listen, I've seen Kyrie make a plethora of shots in the lane with his left hand that's been impressive. But to be 15, 17 feet away from the rim, anybody else, we're going to, it's going to go too high. It's going to go too low for everybody else. But this looked like a shot that was comfortable for him. He knew he couldn't get back to a strong hand. He went with the left, and it looked smooth. It looked fun. I'm more impressed that he did it in a game that he hadn't ate or drank anything. Oh, that's right, Ramadan. He's practicing Ramadan, and it was just incredible just to see that shot, man, and to be able to finish the game. My question is, if it wasn't tied, if they were down one, would he have gone to this shot? Because if he misses it, and they lose the game with taking that shot, it's a whole other story today, you know what I mean? So the fact that the game was tied, I think made it a little easier. He's at the playground, just having fun. Like, let's see what I can do here. But regardless, my god, that was an insane shot. Craziest game winners ever. I don't know where you would put that. I don't even know if you have a list of that that you've thought of already. I got a couple that come to mind right away from me. It's going to be the Vince Carter dunk. The lob from out of bounds from Jason Kidd at the buzzer. That one stands out to me. Michael Jordan's double clutch over Craig. Elo stands out to me. And this is going to be there. I'm already seeing people saying this is the best game winner they've ever seen. Yeah, this was not just the type of shot. We've never seen a running lefty hook shot from that far. Like Lou said, this isn't like in the paints. This isn't a floater. This is just insanely deep. So yeah, I don't, there's been some heaves. There's been some, you know, longer shots, but the degree of difficulty of this on the offhand, it's got to be one of the craziest shots. Well, there were some tweets after this one. Damian Lillard up first tweeting about what he just saw saying that Kyrie's the most skilled MF ever. Bruh, although I always used to spell it differently. Interesting. You guys agree? Yeah, I agree. I think he's the most fun, like when you watch him play, it's insane that he can move and do those things with the basketball on his hand. We all know how well he can handle the basketball and dribble and how it's poetry in motion. They always hear that term when you're talking about Kyrie Irving. But yeah, there's nothing he can't do on the golf course. He's so smooth. He gets to his spots. He could shoot. He could score. He's got the ball on a string. So he is definitely respected from players and hoopers that know the game because he's just impossible to guard and he is just dead nice. The degree of difficulty that he makes things look so easy. Like his finishing, whether he's finishing at the rim, dribbling through defenses to get to one of those tough finishes, one of the most skilled of all time. That was, it was fun to watch. What was your biggest takeaway from this one? I mean, just seeing the way Kyrie Irving smiling on the court, he's got his kids on the sideline and in the locker room and him hugging Luka Dončić at the end of the game. Like they were embraced. They hugged for like a good, like 10 seconds. Like they, the chemistry that those two guys have and Luka Dončić actually genuinely loves Kyrie Irving as a teammate and that relationship and him being the type of star that can command Luka Dončić's respect. And I think for everything that happened in Brooklyn, now Kyrie Irving is in a situation where he literally can just focus on basketball and everything else as follows suit. No drama. There's nothing else that's going on around him. And I spoke about it last week. I reported on it last week. He has a great desire to play on Team USA. He wants to be part of the Olympic team in Paris. And I think we're going to see potentially if that's going to come to fruition. But he was the 2014 World Cup MVP. He was on the 2016 Olympic team that won gold medal. And I think that he's going to be a name to continue to monitor for Team USA. And a lot of that has been about this season. I don't think a lot of people expected him to be a name that we're going to be talking about again for Team USA. I would love to see him on Team USA. First of all, I think he's one of the best scoring guards. He can shoot the ball, especially from that length in the Olympics. And just to see the growth and how far he's come from all the drama, everything surrounding his name, all the, you know, some of the shit he said. It's been very self-inflicting. But now it's just like Sharma said, he's happy. He's embracing Dallas. He said he wished he was drafted to Dallas. So he seems to be happy there. They're peaking, they're winning. He seems to be playing. So I asked Boston to keep him forever. Yeah, it's true. But I just, I like, when you talk about Kari Irving, he's so much fun to watch. His basketball game is so beautiful. That's all that we're talking about, which is great. But I'm talking about any of the other distractions in the other drama with him. From players aside, I just want us to put the very best players that we have in America on the floor. I want us to be dominant. I want us to show a force of dominance when we go to these things. Because the rest of the world's catching up. Some of our best players in this league are international players. And rightfully so, they deserve their respect. And so we got to stop putting these iffy OK teams in the world cups. I think we do a better job in the Olympics. But every time we show up in the USA jersey, I want to see our very best players every single time. With all that being said, everybody that's committed to Team USA, we're getting there. We're getting the gold this year. We're getting there. I will say, I will say it. So LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Stefan Curry, Joel and Bede, Jason Tatum, Drew Holiday, Devon Booker, that's seven. That's about the skeleton of the team right now. I wouldn't mind. Another name in active conversations with USA basketball, Anthony Edwards, Minnesota. Yeah. You signed him up. He played on the team last year. That puts you at about eight players. Now it's like this Kyrie Irving, Tyrese Halliburton. Where's Anthony Davis? And where's this kid doing All-Star Weekend? We need Anthony, yeah, right. We need Anthony Davis to do it. We need some size. We need some size. If you made the game, All-Star Game, international versus US, maybe there'd be more spark. Global domination and all. You might have an eight on eight game there. Why? Who's going to be the eighth international player on All-Star? It can be very deep. Hold on. I can think about this person. Yeah. Well, Joel and Bede now has switched sides, so that's kind of a bummer right now. No, that's not a bummer. That's awesome. Well, it's a bummer for everyone else. That's an idea. It's divisive, but it's an idea. It is. We're on to something here. We're on to something. Us against the world. I don't know if there's something there. But I will say, I like where Team USA is going and the fact that they have these commitments from all these star players is huge. It's a great start. How big is that? It's a great start. Like Lou said, everyone's catching up. USA is going to get everyone's best game. So these players, they know that, and they know that it's almost an onus. It's the responsibility for them to show up, to play, and put your best game out of there. I look forward to watching Argentina. I look forward to seeing Serbia, Spain. I look forward to seeing these teams because France is going to be tough. It's so many guys that you're familiar with on these teams that are very competitive. It's going to be a good time. If the U.S. loses to France, Kevin Durant said it. I think the other week. I want to beat teams when we go there by 40, 50 points. I think with the Bronz, James, Steph and Kerry, KD got on the phone last summer, watching that Team USA kind of falter in the World Cup. It's like, let's get our best guys and let's... Well, that's the type of team that we shouldn't even put out there in the first place. I don't know how we got to this top. But that team... Let's talk about it. That team was not good. That team shouldn't even be on the floor. We have too many good players. We have too many talented players. But why did we get there? To put that... Because a lot of guys... Because a lot of guys... They're waiting on the Olympic. They're waiting on the actual Olympics, not the World Cup. And you don't want to give up two weeks in your summer. That's precious time. Oh, yeah. Paris helps for sure. Paris does help. Paris does. It's a great destination. Mavericks have won five of their last six. And if you look at the Western standings, there it is. It's just a jumbled-up mess in the middle with the Kings and Sons, Chandler. Who gets the six and who avoids the play-in? Talk to me. Well, I think Sacramento gets the six. Still to me, I think Phoenix is the scariest team out of that group right there because when they're healthy and they're going, they are extremely dangerous, especially on the offensive end. But right now, this is the time where the healthiest team and the team with the momentum wins. And that seems to be the Dallas Mavericks. They won five out of six. And they seem to be having fun out there. Shams just said Kyrie Irving is back to himself just hooping and doing what he does. And this game like last night, where they were so good as a duo, but they still... They had off-nights from Derek Jones. They had off-nights from PJ Washington. And they still find ways to win because they're so good offensively. So they can find a way to still continue that balanced attack. They're a tough team, but I think the Kings end up getting the 60. And I think they have the tiebreakers as well. Yeah, I agree with Chandler. I'm still on a Kings wave. I feel like they've... In that pack of teams, they've been the most consistent so far this year. They've been... You know, they had guys overlooked at All-Star Weekend. I'm sure that's going to be a motivating factor for them to show and prove coming into the postseason. And I'll just say it, man, with 14 and 15 games left, I just hadn't seen the consistency and dominance that I would have liked to see from the Phoenix Sun so far. The Dallas Mavericks are playing hard. I think they're a little shorthanded with the talent that they have outside of... You know, they're superstar guys, but they're making do with what they have and the group that they do have. I feel like Phoenix has underperformed. Yeah, they have. I mean... If that's a way of saying it without getting anybody a little riled up and upset. I just hadn't seen the consistency there with how they've played with their injuries and everything they've dealt with. So, you know, I like Sacramento in their last spot. It is very... Because we keep saying Phoenix, Phoenix, Phoenix, but we're kind of running out of time. Because you know what they're capable of. We know what they are on paper. We know how good it sounds with those three guys. We always think, how do you stop them all and you can't? But they haven't been on the floor enough for me to have confidence in them. But still, in the back of my mind, I know how good they can be, so that makes them very, very scared. Yeah, I'm doing the math. What, suns have 14 games? 14 games left. That's it. So, speaking of the suns, we will stick with that. Big log. That was a nice little seggy there. I know. Did you see what happened? The Bucks with Dame Lillard leading the way, 141-29. They didn't even have Giannis in this one, but he did have 31 points. A career high, tying 16 assists. That's his first big game like this since joining the Bucks and in Bucks history. Bobby Portis, 31-10. They hit 24 of 41-3's. And Kevin Durant, weird night, 11 points, nine rebounds. Let's concentrate on Dame Lillard for a second here. 30 points and 15 assists. That was his first game of those numbers, at least, since joining Milwaukee. How do we make that happen more often? I think it comes with time. Even Dame said he came into the Milwaukee situation not trying to step on toes and kind of trying to find his rhythm and place with that group. He has to be the lead guy. I think out of him, Middleton, and Giannis, he's going to be the guy that you put the ball in that can absolutely go get your bucket and can score. So with that being said, why not play through Dame? Why not give him the basketball and allow him to be himself and everybody else figures it out? Giannis, to me, has always been the type of player where he can put his head down in an open floor. Nobody can stop him. But now that they've started playing that two-man game together where he's a picker, he's a roller, he's giving them different looks, that makes them dangerous. And now Middleton back for his first game, then to have 22. We talked about all his chemistry. That's not a Chris Middleton problem. Chris has come in and that first game back, it looks seamless to me. Yeah, and Giannis is their... I think Giannis is their best player, right? But that doesn't mean you have to play through him. I think they play through Dame and Lillard, and that opens up the entire floor for Giannis to even be better offensively. Because when you surround him who, like Lou said, with his head down, he attacks, he gets out in transition, that opens up the floor so much and allows these other... Because you have to help when guarding Giannis. No one's going to guard him one-on-one, especially in transition. 18-3's in the first half, last thing. They should only get better with Giannis, but I think they have to play through Damien Lillard, continue to let him do what he does, and that's going to open up the floor and make Giannis' game even easier. Lou talked about Chris Middleton with the 22 points. Look, he missed 16 games, and then just jumped back out there like nothing had happened. And that's not easy. That can't be easy, but title chances, where is he in the importance? Well, he's the key. He was huge in their title run before, and he's huge now. And obviously they add Damien Lillard, Chris Middleton and Bobby Poros are so important to this team. Every time someone's gone out, Bobby Poros has stepped up and had a great game. Chris Middleton, he's been in and out. He's been on a minute restriction. This game last night, this is the first time I've seen him almost just healthy and fresh and getting to his spots and looking like he did a couple years ago. So it's a great luxury to have because this is another guy. He was their closer when they won the championship. The ball was in his hands. He was the one to go get a bucket. And now, so you see him kind of get back to his old ways, doing things like this, hitting step backs, posting up smaller guys. It's just another dynamic that they have when they have Giannis going downhill. They have Dame stretching the floor as defense. Now you have this guy who can kind of do a little bit of everything. It's huge. I was looking down and that this topic just took me to a dark place. Oh boy. Whoa, whoa. Game seven, I was on Atlanta Hawks and we had an opportunity to beat the Bucks. And Giannis was out. Uh-oh. Chris Middleton put that team on his back. It had a 20.4th quarter and sent us to Cabo. And I'm thinking how important is this guy? He literally said, Giannis, no problem. I can go beat these guys by myself. And we had a joke. It was like he turned into Kobe Bryant out of the blue. He woke up Chris Middleton and went to sleep Kobe Bryant. And that's what he did. And that's the look that he's going to give this group. If Dame doesn't have it, if Giannis doesn't have it, you have a guy that can go out and get 30 or go get 20 points fresh out of bed and hadn't played in 16 games. That's what Chris Middleton is going to give to Milwaukee Bucks. I still like Boston, but if there's going to be a team that's going to challenge him for that title coming out of the East, it's going to be the Milwaukee Bucks. And Chris Middleton is going to be important. It's true. We've talked all year long Boston, Boston, Boston. It's not going to be an easy series against the Milwaukee Bucks. This team is complete. This team can shoot. This team is defending better, which you got to give credit to Doc Rivers. But this team is deep. They have a lot of shooters, Malik Beasley. They have a lot of ways they can hurt you. But with Chris Middleton playing the way he did last night, if he can have those efficient nights and go get buckets, it's going to be a dogfight when they play Boston. He's the X factor. And I will say we got to give Doc Rivers credit. I think Chandler spoke about it before. The ball being in Damon Lillertan's, that was Doc Rivers saying it and making sure that they preached it and they practiced it. I think Adrian Griffin, just for whatever reason, could not get that across to the team, could not get that across to the Yanis and to the Kumpo and Damon Lillert as far as, yes, Yanis and Kumpo, I think everyone can say he's one of the best players in the league, probably the best player on this team, of course. But Damon Lillert, when the ball's in his hands, when he can be the closer, when he can be the lead ball handler, that's where this team thrives and is successful. All right, so with the Yanis thing and the hamstring, is that a big deal? My sense is, listen, he's been, the fact that he was at least able to warm up or try to play, you know, you just want to make sure, especially this late in the season that he's 100%, especially with the hamstring. Yep. So I expect he's going to continue to test it out every single day. And the hamstring is something that you don't want to mess with because it can linger and it can get worse. But Doc said last night, this isn't an injury, they're just taking his time. Well, we saw, was it last week or the week before? Like he warmed up and then he had the issue. And he made a weird movement. And then they just sat him. And then he played the next game. So this late in the season with a player that good with the stakes this high, as far as like Chandler said, like it's really, like let's call it, like it's Milwaukee and Boston right now. That's it. How dare you? Can you? I'm not calling it. No. I mean Cleveland has to say about it, but can a team do an upset? But I think going in, you have to look at them too as the favorite. They can't. How dare you in the month of March say an upset can't occur? And by the way, with the production that they're getting from Chris Middleton and Bobby Portas, this is just giving them even more confidence to not rush you on this back because they know they can still win games against teams like Phoenix. I'm saying can happen. I'm saying they're the favorites. Somebody's going upset somebody. But in March, with that said, in March teams start to separate themselves. You're starting to see who's dead serious about trying to win a title and who's trying to stay above water. Barring a bad, bad injury from one of these guys is going to be Milwaukee, Boston, and the Eastern Conference Finals. Or they might meet up in the, could they meet up in the, no they can't. Hold on. So are you offering a bet where we get to take the field in this thing? I would like to take that. Yes, I'll take those two. I would like to take that. Anybody else? Thank you. What are you betting? Whatever you want. Whatever you want. How about you pay me 10 grand, I pay you 100 bucks. I like it. All right. What about us? These are bad, bad odds. You're like, wait, hold on. How did that math work out? I don't know. Somehow I still want to take it. There you go. If you feel confident. A friend of the show, Isaiah Thomas. This was a fun tweet he had, Shoms. I got very happy when I saw this one. So he's got a gig. Isaiah Thomas, 10-day contract with the Phoenix Suns 183. We know the numbers now. I know. Nice tweet. That's a nice 10-day. Is that the number? $183,000 we will make on this 10-day contract. The plan is for him to sign Tuesday or Wednesday. It's a 10-day contract, but that roster spot is going to be his barring anything happening. I mean, he averaged 33 points and 45% three-point shooting in the G-League. All four games he had 30 points or more. You think about shooting, playoff experience. He's been a part of the title chases in Boston. The veteran leadership, even if he doesn't play, I think that's a guy you can look at in the locker room as well. I got a great text statement from Danny Ainge over the weekend. Obviously, their relationship, when Isaiah Thomas got traded from Boston, we know there's a little bit of a grudge held there. There's a little bit of cold skin in that relationship. Then Danny Ainge brings Isaiah Thomas back to the Utah Jazz Organization. He plays for the Salt Lake City Stars that leads to this call-up now. Danny Ainge told me he's special, as driven as anyone I know. He made a difference to everyone he was around in 10 short days in the G-League. Couldn't be happier for him. Good pickup by the sun. A lot of things accomplished for Isaiah Thomas, that relationship with Danny Ainge. Being patched up is one of them. Anybody that knows IT knows he's the greatest guy. He's not going to come in there. He's going to be zero distraction. Last week, we could just see, he's not given up. He's going to continue to try. Not to do my own Homer show, but I did call Phoenix Suns because it makes sense. They have no point card. By the way, forget him being a great guy because he was killing. What did you say his numbers were? 34 on 44%. His first game, right? 33 points a game. Yeah, like the guy, he deserves it. He went, he did his stint, and I hope he gets an opportunity here in this 10-day stretch. Because the Phoenix Suns, by the way, need a point card to set up that offense. And it can be a guy that's more deserving of the opportunity. You know, when you talk about veterans and how hard it is to get back in the league, get back on a team. For three years, IT has been consistently talking, tweeting, manifesting his way back into the NBA. So the Charlotte stint was a great one for him. Now he has an opportunity with Phoenix. Two compete for a championship if they can get it together. I don't know if they needed another scoring punch, but if you're going to add a scoring punch, Isaiah Thomas is one of the guys to go and get. I'm extremely happy for my friend. I shot him a text when he got picked up. This is great for him. Great for his family, great for his career. This was a good one. But the Suns thing is weird because, you know, he heard the KD numbers. This is a loss to a Bucs team with no honestly. At this point in the season, March, how concerning is that? You know, that game isn't concerning to me because they lost to a better team. Yeah, but no, you're honest. Listen, a Dame Lillard and a Chris Middleton will beat a lot of teams by themselves. Yeah, Bobby Porter is playing by himself. Listen, that team, they're turning into an old machine. That team without you honest can beat a lot of teams. So it's not really concerning to me. Like I said, them not really limping into the postseason, but we just hadn't seen it. It's flashed without the fire right now. And at any moment, they can turn into one of the worst nightmares in the Western Conference. I just hadn't felt it. I hadn't seen it. And, you know, I'm a groove guy. I'm a vibe guy. And I hadn't felt the vibe. So I don't really take that game to be too much. But, you know, they got to figure it out very soon. The concerning thing to me is how in the hell does Kevin Durant play 41 minutes and take 10 shots? I don't know. That's unacceptable. He's got to know that. He's got to be more aggressive. I don't care if they're bad shots. You're Kevin Durant. You have to be aggressive. You have to set the tone. And you're the best player on this team. You've been the best player everywhere you went, whether it was the Warriors, the Thunder, the Nets. Everywhere you went, you've been the guy. So don't ever play 41 minutes again and take 10 shots. That's ridiculous. That was an odd KD night. Let's move on. Warriors, Lakers. A lot of stars in the house for this one. But the Warriors win. Steph Curry returns 128-121 total. He had 31 points. There he was. Clay Thompson with 26. LeBron, 49 assists, eight rebounds. And there were a lot of reviews. There was a clock, shot clock malfunction. Jailor was not happy about any of this. But the crucial hugs, replay review. LeBron had a three-pointer taken away that was on the challenge of an out-of-bounds play. And even after the game on this one, Steve Curry said he didn't like this call. Do replay reviews need to change somehow, Jailor? Well, I mean, he's out of bounds. So they reviewed it. But that's not what you're reviewing. It's always tough because you always want the review to be there, right? Then if the review at the end of the game happened all throughout the game, so many calls would be overturned on balls going off people's hands and things like that. So there are so many different ways. Would you, for sure, also? I mean, he was out. He was out of bounds. So at the end of the day, I think the biggest concern is that they get the call right, whether that's at the end of the game or the beginning of the game. My issue is that they don't do this in the beginning of the game. So there's probably multiple plays that happen like this. So you want consistency. But then it's just going to prolong the game and guys are going to be waiting and celebrities are going to be looking at their yawning. I mean, it's so boring. It's going to be exhausting. But I think the main thing is get it right, which they did. But again, if they did this in the eight minutes to go in the second quarter, there's probably a call that if they reviewed, it would have been overturned and that could have swung the game differently. So I don't know how you fixed that without messing up the complete flow of the game. But this is why we have this technology and this science to be able to go back and look and they got it right. But still, I just need consistency in what I'm reviewing. Because if that's the case, then you can change anything that you missed during a review, right? If you're reviewing something else and you say, oh, by the way, I saw this. So that point doesn't count or that three-pointer doesn't count. I don't understand a review at this point. If we are reviewing out of bounds, yes, let's review out of bounds. But if that's the case, you're going to find something wrong in every single play. And what if you're reviewing out of bounds but during the review, you see that the guy was actually fouled before. So is the out of bounds not counting? Yes, so that's my issue with the rules and the reviews. Listen, the game is never going to be 100%, right? The referees are never going to be 100%, right? I think we've put ourselves in a position where we're over-correcting too many things. I think defensively, the defensive issue that we have where guys can't, that was an over-correct from the hand-checking. Now you got all these reviews. It's an over-correct from everybody complaining. How many times do you see guys doing this during the game? Every single time. Every single time. It's like, bro, we're not going to review. It'll be the first play of the game and the kids like this. Yeah, it's like a kid that's like, no offense, but like pretty far down. We're not using that time out of you, bro. You're not upset. So I think it's just an over-correct. That's also the problem too is coaches have to be, you know, conscious of when they use the review. They could know that they missed the call early, but in the back of their mind, they're trying to save and wait for a play like this. Absolutely. Something that has more meaning and impact on the game. So it is tough. I don't know how to fix it, but I think the biggest thing is that they get it right and they, on this particular play, it looked like he was at a pound, so they got it right. And it necessarily maybe wouldn't have changed much, but look, the Lakers have a bigger issue than maybe just this one call. They're giving up almost 121 points a game since the all-star break, which is the third most in the league. At this point in the year, Chandler, what's the problem? Well, they're not that great of a defensive team, honestly. They allowed too many transition points. They turned the ball over and teams get out, but the good thing for them is they have, they're going to make the play-in, right? So they're going to be that 10-seed. So I think to them, it's all health. It's all, make sure Anthony Davis is right. Make sure LeBron James is right. Make sure D-Lil, make sure all these guys going into this play-in, because look, it's, it's March Madness. It's one game and they could be done. So I think for them, they've shown signs that they can beat certain teams. They can play in the half-core. They can play in transition, but when they click on all cylinders offensively, they're very, very good, but they have to find a way to have good balances when they go small, because they're too big. They can switch pick and rolls in certain liners, but they just, they also turn the ball over a lot and they get, teams get out in transition. They're not a great transition defense team. So it's, they have a lot of issues, which is why they're currently in the 10-seed in the Western Conference. But listen, it's going to take one or two games. They're going to be right in there. Anthony Davis left this one with a, I hate these, by the way, Cornial abrasion, which can suck for a minute. Is he going to miss more time? I mean, that's an injury where it really just depends where you get hit, how bad it is timing. And his, I was literally shut after the game. Do you not like Cornial abrasion? No, no, no, carry on. Come on, let's go. What do you mean carry on? So, Anthony Davis, Michelle, is listed questionable to play tonight against the Hawks. Until there's optimism, he'll be able to play. He's been able to regain his vision, I think in the last 24 hours. Goggles, we got to go Goggles. AD with the Goggles. No, you got to keep it closed. He's got to play. I got him in my prop bed a little sneak peeky. I'm not sure if he's going to have Goggles or not, but I know when that game was going on on Saturday and I was there, but what I heard is in the fourth quarter and even after the game, like he could barely open his eyes. I don't know. But I think as overnight went on, by the time it got to yesterday morning, his eye, he was able to regain his vision, feeling a lot better. And I think very well, he could very well play tonight. Have you ever, I had one once that, I had to go to the emergency room. That's how bad it was. They give you these drops that numb everything. It's like this magical drug land. It sucks because you got to keep your eye closed. So it can heal. Yeah, I've had that. Yeah, those jugs are cool. Corneal abrasion. Can you not say it? I got it. Corneal abrasion, corneal abrasion. You were calling it corneal abrasion? I don't know. I didn't even know what it was. I didn't know the term. I didn't know. I didn't know. I didn't know. We'll take a quick break. Well, we come back. I can't believe you guys are doing this today, but they're going to pick who's going to win the NCAA title just like that on Monday. Right. We're going to run it back for a turn. Yeah, yeah. Run it up. Run it back. Run it up. Run it up. Run it up. All right. This is not too early, right? Everybody's today, tomorrow, going to be doing your brackets. You've got to get them done. And guys, major upsets. That's really what we're all waiting for come Thursday. So, Chandler, start us off. Okay. Looking in my bracket right now. Yeah. First major upset in this tournament, according to you, will be what? The 13 seed Samford is going to knock off Kansas. Dang. That's my big one. I saw that the two best players, McEuler and Dickinson, they might be out for Kansas. I don't like their mojo right now. They've not looked great as of late. Samford, I like, is a huge upset in the first round. Who else we got here? I love Drake beats Washington State. It's a 10-7, not the craziest one. Okay. And then you have one, which I like the follow-up of that one. You just took it. But I... Oh, I did? Yes. Oh, I thought you had New Mexico. I like New Mexico over Clemson. And then, by the way, I like... 11-6. I like New Mexico the next round to beat the three-seed Baylor. I love New Mexico. What is going on? Okay. Eddie House's kid, your old master friend's kid. Oh, that's okay. Tino. Eddie House made me a fan over the weekend. That's my son. That's how I'm gonna be at the game. So we like New Mexico. So we like New Mexico. I should be barking this morning. Shout out to Eddie House, Eddie House Jr. I hope this is Nevada. Shout out a little to Ramblers. Give him an X. Shout out a little to Ramblers. What do you mean, shout out? Are you... For the NIT? Are you in here? I'm just trying to read all this. Just a guy? I also like Nevada over Dayton, if anyone's interested. Really? Why is that? Dayton made the NCAA tournament? Yes. There's no one else. And you know what else? I like Michigan State over St. Mary's, too. Me, too. Me, too. And then I like Michigan State in the next round as well. We crushed Dayton a few weeks ago. I just wanted to... So here's my thing, Michelle. You were at that game. What's interesting is I got Samford beating Kansas. Okay. And I also got 12 McNeese beating five Gonzaga, which means one of those teams could possibly go to the sweet 16 of McNeese. Two upsets. Samford. Right next to each other. I mean, it's all a crapshoot. What do we know? It's going to be interesting. For the first time in a long time, there's no clear favorites. You know, obviously, UConn is probably the best team in the tournament. But that's so boring. But Houston has been the number one team all year and they get knocked off in their tournament, so it's going to be interesting. I like NC State, 11th seed over Texas, Texas, 6th seed. Ooh. I even like maybe a little Jimmy Madison over Wisconsin. Who knows, Michelle? I got to fill one out. You have a lot of upsets going on. I do. It sucks because obviously when you fill out the bracket and I pick like, you know, Marquette to lose to West Kentucky first round, that's when they usually go to the final four and my whole bracket is busted. But there's a lot of good college basketball teams where there's a lot of, if you have good guards in the NCAA tournament, you can advance. And a lot of these teams have really good guards with the transfer pool, with NIL. These kids are older now. So I like the mid majors that have these transfers that are on their fourth and fifth year. The transport, hey, listen, the portal is going crazy right now. That's what I mean. I like them over this young team that actually just recruited kids from high school. Like looking up, just looking up Grand Canyon antelopes to see if that would maybe something I'd be interested in. I'm not sure yet. Sweet 16, we need a Cinderella, the Cinderella story that we can keep our eye on. My Cinderella is going to be Colorado. They're going to win their play in game. They're going to lose to Florida first round. Well, Florida just got dubbed. Hold on. You have them beating Chandler's Florida? I do. I do have them beating Chandler's Florida. We have fast boys. He stayed in the play. They're in the play. They're in the play. They're in the play. They're in the play. We're not worried about the blue turf first. They're in the play. Colorado is going to beat them prime. Coach Prime is going to beat them. You just covered your eyes and pointed it. I actually did. I actually did. That's the beauty of watchmen. That's a fight, by the way, waiting to happen. All right. Let's just jump to Final Four, Chandler. What do you got? Okay. So my Final Four, I think we have a little difference. I think Chandler's got Florida. I like Florida, for sure. And again, I'm a homer. And we didn't look good in the SEC championship last night, but we do have a lot of transfers, a lot of good guards play, and I like UConn and the championship against them. Boring. With my brain, I think UConn wins it all, but with my heart, I picked the Florida Gators to win it all. With my heart. With my heart. And then I forgot who I picked for the other two. Clearly. Tennessee and Arizona. I love the kid Dalton Connect on Tennessee. He's an absolute stud. I don't know how college is best on a guy like this. I like that. He's 6'8", he's 6'9", he's athletic as shit. He can shoot the ball. You guys had 30 plus points like 10 different games. He's an absolute stud. We can agree there. I got Tennessee in my Final Four, Houston, Auburn, North Carolina in my championship game. I have North Carolina in Houston. Houston as the winner. Houston takes it all. Calvin Sampson. They shot out Calvin Sampson. Shout out to Coach Sampson. They shot out last year. They were one of the top seeds. They didn't get it done. I think this is their opportunity. Houston wins it all this year. It's like two-one seeds. That's not fun. Well, I got some upsets. But listen, in a tournament of a lot of mid-major action, you got to go with ... I'm going with a mid-major. No, okay. Yeah, you're right. You're right. It's not too bad. Chandler, favorite memory from playing in this tournament for you? Just like surviving in advance and every week it's so much fun. Whatever region you're in, it's why I wanted to go to University of Florida. I love the idea of March Madness, college basketball growing up. I love Billy Donovan and I love, when I was a junior and senior in high school, arguably one of the best college basketball teams of all time was the Joaquin, Noah, Quirby River, the back-to-back. I just thought it was fun. It's a little different now at the NIL and with transfers where there's no accountability. If I go to even these kids on Florida right now there are a bunch of transfers that didn't pick University of Florida originally, so it's lost a little bit but the kids are getting paid and they're financially more stable now at a younger age but to me it's just so much fun to play. It's a job, Chandler. Yeah, it is. It's so much fun. I almost have a bad memory of the tournament. Jimmer gave us like 50 and we got knocked out by BYU. But those games are just so intense. It's like a playoff for the NBA. Kind of. It's the best. I always find it fascinating maybe I'm the only one but there are some names that come out of the tournament that we never really hear from again. I find that to be a fascinating part of this whole thing. There'll be a kid on Vermont this year who will have 30 and they'll beat Duke and this kid will just be a household name and it's the biggest, greatest opportunity for these low major teams that have an opportunity to take on the big Michigan State's Kansas Duke so it's fun. One games provide an advance. That's why you see all these upsets because these teams it's the biggest game of their lives. There's no career afterwards for a lot of these kids. They're not going to the NBA. Some of them don't even play overseas so this is their everything and so you can see that with the intensity and they play. Lou do you do anything? Do you have like a ritual to watch the tournament? Is there anything that you want to do for a few and binge watch games you know as the tournament unfolds? It's tough to not to watch NBA during this time like this is does take a backseat we're a League League we're contractually obligated we don't have to we could do the NCAA tournament you remember while we're in the locker rooms the NCAA tournament is on every TV guys are in a training room you're getting ready for games and you can hear you have like monitors that are on there and whenever your college plays another what's the what's the biggest bet you've seen? It's automatic thousand dollar bet well yeah it's automatic even like Johnny Manzo was hitting 10,000 that's the buy-in that's the minimum that's the minimum Florida I do like that you've seen bet Chandler it's it's I've seen millions of Florida I've never put millions but you talk about school pride like I will be betting school pride is real though school pride is real even for me a couple hundred thousand that deep no no no I just said I will be betting an offensive amount on Florida with whoever they play Colorado or Boise State I would take a lot of money I'd be surprised if I bet you're out are we taking a break we're taking a break we're going to take a quick break when we come back that man has a family don't throw that away that's your bracket we've got to figure it all out that man has a family I'm big enough actually I haven't filled one out yet run it or run it back run it or run it back around the league we go that's weird Kyrie didn't have the only buzzer beater of the night bam pretty good one two or three it rains and pours pistons you know it shouldn't but you know it's crazy when it came Fordney is going to catch a fine here because after this shot he punted the ball into the grapple is that wrong I mean violently punted it which I saw some means to like why the pistons act like they care they lost I mean look is that not I think it's a good sign that they care yeah I guess this is what the cookie crumbles for them this year yeah makes sense it would have been a bad loss from I was going to say a month away go find you some talk it up that shot's helping you get a better pick it's a long crappy season though by the way 12-3 pointer of the career of his career for bam which is kind of crazy yeah I would have felt like it would have been more how many this year do we know four I think four this year yeah he's been shooting a lot more he's been shooting more mid-range shots it's crazy he's knocked some corner threes down Spoe said that there's a karma to this whole thing and that the ball finds the dude this makes me think of two terms in a basketball world one I'm a credit to a coach I'm not going to say his name because he's an asshole and he's a troll on Twitter at this point why are you talking about George Carle? listen if the shoe fits wear it I'm not going viral with George Carle again he was like picking on me on Twitter like if you're going to get in the media anyways good teams find a way to win and bad teams find a way to lose that's one basketball gods don't mess with the game that's where the karma comes in play the right way do things the right way good things that happen it is true the minute you don't box out on like a three your guys getting the offensive rebound or if you don't close like you don't close out like the ball's bouncing to the guy you're supposed to be covering it it is true where you don't mess with the basketball gods you don't you know take advantage of the game and again this is just this is a bad break also that we don't have we haven't had our wimby moment yet in the show but luckily it's here we go right now 33 points 16 rebounds seven assists seven blocks god he's so close leading the Spurs to a 122-115 win over the next he also shot 14 or 26 from the field so he is the first player in NBA history to reach all of those numbers what do you think about that there's not much more to say Michelle at least they won this box and 81.4% of all active NBA players that's insane listen it's it's insane I can't wait to see him do this on a good team it's coming I can't wait to see him on national TV big moments game on the line and I want to see him and no doubt I think he's going to be that guy I think he's going to do it but we keep seeing numbers like this it's crazy I know we keep talking about the quadruple double that's coming so he needed even once upon a time how critical we were of Russell Westbrook when he was going to his store of numbers and we were like oh he's number chasing this and that and now we're really hoping that this guy gets all the numbers and stats in the world and he's on the worst team in the west well I didn't have Fandall back then okay so that stuff didn't matter to me as much it is crazy even those highlights watching him go behind everything he does it's pretty cool I agree with Chandler though I'm ready to see him do it on a big stage when these numbers are very meaningful and he's turning the corner that's when it's going to happen well they're trying Chandler let's get to some of that man how about Jalen Brown a nice little a steal back to our regular schedule program it's not a running back show until the white dude gets done this is what I got this is what I got a 50 hey shout out to Grayson Allen the Grayson Allen I know he took Jalen Brown ass that's a great point actually that's what Grayson Allen did this is a playground too this is a playground too for sure all right mech itch oh well well that is Kevin Durant oh no this was a slight push off if you see it from a different like ever so slight like it's a dead ass look charge he surprised himself he barely got the ball around his back this is nasty what's the score in his game it doesn't matter who's this guy who's this guy is it on the thunder yeah he was on the thunder mech itch star in Europe what did that happen oh I like this you got Jalen Johnson I like this oh on the Old Hawk John Collins that's like the weirdest lob I've ever seen though I gotta admit look that is kind of odd that was it was appropriately placed I was gonna say it it was like a little tear drop so you see a lob up high this is low look at John Collins even tapped him up like a good dunk John's seen this movie respect Miles Turner Nick Clapton step on up that court is so odd oh the two hand two foot two hand two foot a lot going on Miles Turner highly underrated this year he's having a year strong side there you go eesh I mean I love this for me is the best one because Keon Allen's face this was brilliant it's so good he's looking for the screen looking for the screen so Jalen runs in point like the screen's coming as soon as he looks it's perfect no to first law do not look back right feel around this is why you gotta communicate oh it's so good for the cartoon and the internet had some fun with it cause they've like slowed it down where his face he's just what just happened to me Keon Ellis it's really good really good almost had it almost had it alright we're to quick break more run it back when we return that dang it dang it first one on a Monday you know see what I did there I added some oof heat sixers amazing green that's a that's a game that we have coming up in a few hours many hours same record but the heater in the seven spot sixers are on the eight talk to me who needs it more Lou sixers yep that seemed easy they're in the seven they need to move up but realistically this is a must win for the six I think the opposite I think realistically is the heat they're a better team they're playing for the sixers no they aren't really how can you say one not playing for some other than there's because they have this one guy Joellen Bede who's out and the team took a huge hit ever since he went down so they're they're probably gonna be a play in team in a first round exit the Miami heat are looking to get out of that they're looking to right but sometimes when some what team shows you who they are that's who they are the Miami heat has been in this spot all season 76ers have not the heater a better team that's that's what I'm thinking I will say this Nick Nurse did say that the sixers are quite content with where Embed is right now as far as the progress and that they are quote hoping they better not bring him hoping to have him back oh man think long term Philly let's do it right well by the way if he's healthy let him play in the play if he's healthy let him play but it's tough now you see the rise of Milwaukee and you know how good Boston is if you had 7-8 seed it's like do you bring him back I don't want to make that decision I don't know I guess I'm thinking I'm thinking old school like you terror meniscus or ACL or something it's gonna take time and it's gonna be and can we see him on the floor again I mean he gotta from what I'm told he got a PRP injection in his foot on Friday and so at least this week next week be re-evaluated they're not sure when he's going to be back well that is not ideal but you know what is wrestle ball oh that's right live from Russia give me wrestle ball all day every day by the way you have to take your shirt off from what I gather before you can tackle no you got to watch look at that shirt off tackle is there like a tag like to alert the other team what if I grab your shirt whatever you can't wrestle basketball yeah pretty much well we ever see a player who would be good at this I got news for y'all this has nothing to do with basketball everything to do they didn't want to take their anger I can see Dwight Howard going to do this next he just I don't know what your problem is, though. There's actually people there watching. They bought a ticket. Look at this shit. Yeah, do we have a team that would, like which, I mean, who has nothing to... Like who's the MVP of this league? You know, the Tatler. I think Charlotte could win this. Clearly. This is tough. Who's this? Where is this? Who do you like? You like the White Howard? I got Grayson Allen. He'll be a star in this league. Yeah, Isaiah Stewart's a good one. That's a great one. Isaiah Stewart will be a star in this league. Shoms, can you get us salaries and wrestles all for tomorrow? I need to know what this is worth. How do you score in this? The games are to 11. I think you score the ball and you get a point for that, like a successful one. Look, he's got his shot off. Is that an an one? Did you see his shot? Did you watch this for the first time? No, there's no fouls, right? The rest, I don't know. If you can suplex somebody, there's definitely not a foul. I do want to know, the shirt off thing, is that required or is that just flair? We got, I need more information. I'm gonna go down to rabbit hole when I get in the car on my way home. Full book report from Lou Tomorrow. I got it. Russell Ball, courtesy of Russia. Russia. 500 letter essay. We appreciate it so much. We will be back tomorrow with Tyler Hans, bro. Hey. Psycho team. There it is. Run it back. One of my favorites. You in the morning. Favorite. Shout out to Nord 1 of. Oh my god, okay. Yeah. Yeah.