 Golden Globe nominees just announced and still nothing for NBA best flop unacceptable. Run it back starts now Welcome to the soon-to-be probably nominated for many awards show run it back My name is Michelle Beal joined as always by stadium insider Shamsherani a In the house and of course Eddie with just always a new beanie or took or what do you call them? What do you call them? I think I I think I hear they're called scullies, but I go Yeah, beanie to took took took is the Canadian. Yeah, that's it guys We have a lot to talk about obviously a big weekend in a few days last week that we didn't get to and the pelicans played The Sun's 29 times over the weekend So let's just jump right into that right here And now this was a fun fun fun series I on with 35 on Friday by the way had a moment this yesterday when they beat him in overtime But Zion in his last five games over 30 points a game nine rebounds almost five assists Chandler Is he reaching another level? He sure is I mean 35 8 or 14 of 21 shooting this dude is so Efficient and let's not let all this drama between this new rivalry take away from what he's doing. He is fully in the MVP Talks, he's the best player on the best team in the West without Brandon Ingram pretty much most of the year So to me, yeah, and the most impressive thing to me about Zion is he doesn't force bad shots He doesn't take step back threes. I've never seen him really take a bad shot. So he's so efficient He gets to his spot. He takes open threes and teams Defense are tailored to let this man shoot and not get to his left hand and he still somehow does it He's insanely efficient. I mean, he's he's averaging 25 on 15 and a half shots per game I think the only other person to ever do that is a Maury and Charles Barkley Like he's putting up crazy numbers and he's leading his team to the best team in the West So you got to put him in the MVP talks and you know everything he's been through He's he's really really taken his game to another level MVP talks, I like it going bold to start the Monday Zion looks Zion looks amazing. He looks like the player we were hoping he would be I was talking with people over the weekend. It's like, yo, I get stuck between I'd love to see him lean out and just be even more athletic than he is and This is the perfect thing for him. He's the most powerful player in the league This is exactly what he needs to be. He's like young Shaq who jumps even higher It's pretty astounding watching him play. He's 14 to 21 Against the Suns even made two threes. He's 25 points a game And he's barely scratching the surface of like his skill level He's just like just trying to get as close as he can to the basket and just jump really high and throw it in there I think you know, willy green has done a great job Putting him in actions that makes sense for him getting him running downhill whether it's off A screen and we're kind of around the elbow area. They call it blade or just dribble handoff getting him running downhill He's a terrifying player to defend Nobody's quick enough if they're big enough and nobody's Strong enough if they're quick enough. So it's it's he's an absolute nightmare I can't wait to see him in the playoff setting and what he gives us there Yeah, I think he's just picking up right where he left off a couple years ago When you saw how dominant he was but he wasn't as refined as he is now And I know in talking to people around the pelicans, they feel like he's just going to get better as the year goes on You can already see it. He looks a lot better physically But also the way he's playing he just looks a lot sharper and he dealt with some injury issues Even this year he had a foot contusion just minor things that you know The pelicans are going to are going to be careful about him with And so I think he does have a chip on the shoulder this entire team is a chip on the shoulder And when he saw him the other night, he has that crazy dunk and then he speaks about how he saw his team losing the playoffs And what that made him feel like, you know, his dad went on local radio and talked about how Zion Williamson could have been playing last year in the playoffs He wanted to play but you saw the organization protect him and now he's back and he really looks like he's he's himself And he's picking up right where he left off before the injuries I'm sure they you know the the could of what a should is but I'm glad they were safe with him Because now we're getting the version of Zion that we all waited for and if you didn't see the dunk that shams just alluded to Here it is. It's uh games over. Okay. So just just know that But it's a beautiful glorious moment and he did he said after the game It was first teammates who got basically thrown away last season by that son's team Here he is after the game because he does address it and I want everyone to hear his actual words Yeah, get away chris paul God campaign you're not gonna do anything bad. Okay, we're not playing this out. I was totally kidding. Um Oh, we are gonna play the sound check one check two But you gotta understand. I mean you can understand it or not They sent my teammates home last year I missed all last year I got a I got carried away a little bit. I admit that but you know, I was in that locker room my brothers were down because You know, the son sent us home last year. That's a tough moment to be a part of so In that moment I got carried away. I admit that Oh carried away. No, he doesn't need to apologize. Chandler. Does he I mean, listen, what an answer though That's like an unwritten rule. You don't do that. You don't do the games over. You have class you dribbled out You see that all the way from high school basketball to the mba. Wait, wait, wait, wait But can we just be honest here the word class being used in a game in which chris paul was Pretending I don't know that that's fair. I totally get it as a nasty though Lighting in air. Listen as a player. I hate it now as a fan and media. I love it. This kid has been You know weight shamed the last couple years. He's been injured this team put his team out He basically on live tv showed the world. I'm healthy I'm that dude and I'm gonna give you a little taste of what I can do and like I said as a as a fan You love it. You love this rivalry. You love, you know, these teams going at it But as a player, it is something that you definitely aren't supposed to do or just kind of dribble the ball out, but Um Crazy dunk like let's get him in the dunk contest. Beautiful. Yes. No, I don't want to hurt Shout out the suns the only people alive Are upset that Zion dunk like get get over yourself They did this Michael bridges did this in the playoffs and it was a whole thing So it's like, yo, this is the get-back. I I need these two teams to play in the playoffs Give me seven games of this. I don't care how we get there. What round or whatever But like I get it unspoken rules, but it's 2022 now. We we flip bats We don't throw it guys after that. Like, you know, it's fine Let's zion dunk don't ever get in the way of zion dunking. We we think that the game is better Hey, here's the thing what's funny too about zion like he he can honestly do no wrong right now This thing we can admit it's a little tasteless, right? And we're still protecting him just the way he handed himself in the media and his answer and He just has this charisma about him That's very likable that even when he does something that he really shouldn't do it in the game I find myself like protecting him in this weird way. I I don't I love him. I love everything about him He's so likable. By the way, if we don't get this in the because you've got the chris paul Officially unofficial favorite player hosie alvarado that rivalry for me is it started last year when chris paul refused to say his name correctly Now alvarado won't even say his name In interviews just that player if we don't get more of this and I think they play again God, I think they play again soon, which is insane to me But this is the this is the I don't know western conference finals that we want, right? I feel safe in saying that Please But chaylor, I the unwritten rules thing I've always had a problem with that as just a fan and media person especially in baseball I think isn't it just silly? I mean, everyone's a highly paid professional. Just seems silly Look and here's speaking up Also, if you're gonna if you're gonna break those unwritten rules, you better do a banger like xion did Yeah, y'all don't y'all don't like that. I'm going down with your hands. Love the rudigo bear This man's eight feet tall. I did a little layup like that He better hang on the rim and get a t and actually mean it if he's gonna do that at the end of the game That's the most rudigo bear thing of all time. That was absurd I hope the the french national team the soccer team is just embarrassed right now Wow, you're going you're crossing over to soccer for this one Because they're just doing too great Hang on the rim or something bro, like what are we Hey, this is my point though, but it's really the same thing, right? But we're going at go bear and we're protecting xion Well, yeah, you know, I mean it's crazy. Don't you dare put them in the same sentence? I actually think what rudigo bear does is way more insulting. Am I wrong? At least the other one was a show Everybody won but this one is just like and then to get in beasley's face as if a you're gonna do anything But b Like what what are you backing at shams? That's that's weak. That one is weak and it's weird that we got both of them in the same weekend Listen, I know if channel was in that position. He would have dunked it with two hands and slapped the backboard So that's what I'm expecting out of you in that situation No, I like that like xion Winston's dunk was nasty. You know what's crazy is last year He wasn't even ready to play he was thrown down like this You know between the legs windmill dunk and it's like he's such a freak athlete It's crazy. I just want to take like a second and just admire that Indented the floor when he did that dunk. That was one of the most wild videos I ever seen the floor Dip three inches. It was weird. If you're gonna do it. You got to do it You're at home. Get the people like give the people a show they paid for it Almost like rudies was just like he wanted two more points. Like, you know, it was it's a big difference That's stat padding. That's what really is one Brutal. Oh, well, I love it. Uh, this was it was the gifts that kept on giving We do have another fun story in the league. Um, it's a little bittersweet, of course with with the passing of paul silas his coach His son did not coach yesterday, but the rockets beat the bucks p s That is their fourth straight home win The league mourning the death of paul silas today and if you listen to everyone When somebody passes like this that's such a large legend. There's not a bad word to be said You can tell how much he was respected and loved but on the rocket side of things chandler. I don't know Is this a comeback story of the season right here? What are we looking at with this? I mean, first of all, all right people silas. He's the man three time champ and people forget he was lebron's first coach Uh, rest in peace and and this is a situation where this this team listen that the mba is so deep Even the bad teams have very very good players. I don't care if it's boston go into san antonio No shade There's no there's no easy nights. There's no there's no gimmies and the rockets, you know As much as these teams want that number one pick. That's the front office. That's the owners That's that's them kind of speaking that and playing the people they think aren't going to necessarily win a lot of games But these kids are young these kids are talented. They have jailing greens and Porters and jabari smith who's starting to who they have these guys that can go out and they can they can win games And also shout out john lucas is he got his chance to kind of fill in there? He's awesome every mba player loves john lucas Um, and this was kind of an opportunity where the head coach is out You have to substitute teacher in there and let's go have fun and let's play hard Let's get a win for for silas and they did that and Is it smart big picture? Absolutely not but because they should be losing every single game they should but Sometimes in those 48 minutes talent's gonna take over and you're not gonna tell jailing green go miss shots Go like that. The kid's gonna hoop Yeah, the rockets are five and four in their last nine games Jalen green he's been great this season. He's up this scoring I'd love to see him shoot better than 41 from the floor But he's he's continuing to mature into a better player and jabari smith has just been better over the last Five six seven eight nine games. He's finding his stride This is a a collection of strong young players who are learning to win in the weirdest dumbest of ways But this is how you develop your team you get together as many young talents as you can You got a veteran like erick gordon kind of steering the ship when need be at a great post game speech yesterday Just celebrating all the guys and and like chenler said they got a good group of strong minds there With with silas with john lucas well respected voices Even though they had their run-ins with kevin porter last year things have been smoothed over And I like what they're building there much like we said about our lando last week When you start collecting these young talents eventually they mature into two better players And they got to just keep going with what they have put together so far Also, these are these are big. These are they beat the suns and philly And now the bucks like these aren't these aren't easy wins too. So they're definitely finding something but not smart Yeah, I mean look the bucks can find a little solace in the fact that they were beaten by a rocket team That did beat some other big big big teams But shams i know that the bucks are still trying to sort of find their footing middleton still getting his his Sea legs under him. Where are they on that? Yeah, for them the big thing is getting chemistry and chris milton just got back in the last week or so and then last night He exited within I think six minutes of the game. He had a sprain ankle. We'll see how bad that is I think he's going to be reevaluated today But this is this is a buck scene that does need to find some rhythm chris middleton needs to find some rhythm I'm not worried about them But they do need chris milton to find his groove because we know that's the guy that they need To be himself if they're going to reach that championship level joe engels should be back I think in the next two to four weeks and that'll be another good boost on their wing But uh, this is a team that I think is trying to find their rhythm They want chris milton to stay in the lineup of course to find that stride Right as they watch boston sort of keep on cruising. Those are the two teams everyone's watching This is the injury management portion of today's show and today's focus will be on eddie's team The brooklyn nets somehow getting a win against the pacers with eight Players not in this one. Okay worse. Look eddie for you the nets resting all these dudes Or the pacers losing to that lineup The pacers losing this game at home is embarrassing No, no offense to my guys on the on the team the young fellas camp had a great game Dearon sharp had a great game Edmond Sumner had his revenge as well But you can't lose that game at home if you're a team that's trying to win games And we've kind of debated a few times whether or not the pacers are But you know that that kind of happens you let your guard down you hear all these guys are out And you feel like you're playing the b team and you just rest just a little bit But it was weird because the pacers were up late the the the nets had to make a huge run To to seal that game and it almost gave it up anyway But yeah, I mean for the nets look they played nine games in 14 days They they were in the middle of a stretch of I think five games in seven days and it's just a lot that they got Multiple guys coming off surgeries. They got kevin who's 34 years old leave the league in minutes Roy Royce O'Neill is like third in the league in minutes It happens. It's just a schedule. It is what it is. I I know fans are complaining at me like I make the rotation But look, it's easy to say like yo my 400 dollars when it's not your knees and your ankles and your whatever Have you that is injured in your nursing channel. You've been there. You played four games in five nights You played back-to-back you understand it like yo, it's easy for me on my couch to go I went to the gym and I played five games in a row and and it's way different to play the highest level at absolute maximum effort and to already be alienated as it is anyway Oh, it's it's it's tough and this season is so long man between all the preseason the training camp the shootarounds The film sessions everything kind of goes into a season. So that's I mean me as someone who has hurt a lot of my career I have the utmost respect for these guys that Play and play every single night. It's hard to do but this game to me was nuts. This is a game that you know, it's tough to swallow if you're the pagers because The nuts went into this game thinking they were going to lose and camp thomas He came thomas is the only one not surprised by the way he played because this is the dude that put three See he put free ct at his instagram bio and he wanted to show them like I should be playing He's cut from the same cloth as Jamal Crawford as these Lou Will guys. He is an absolute bucket and Maybe they should throw him more in the rotation because because kd is not going to be able to do everything But this was a classic case of these guys getting the opportunity and just playing hard and playing free and You know, they know they can make mistakes in a game like this because there's no one else to put it And and this this was hopefully huge for their bench and those young guys just confidence that they know They can go in and carry the load them and win an mba game Shoms the league can't be happy about this though, right? Like the fact that you have eight players resting kevin dorantz Not at the arena But on the other hand you do have an indiana pacer's team Like you got to win that game So i'm definitely more it's it's more kind of you know responsibility on their part for losing the game that it is On the nets like you have to shout out the nets for for how they looked And how cam tom has played these guys played hard all the all their guys will be ready to go for tonight except for rois o'neill in dc against the wizards and I think wednesday they play the raptors. So I think you know that'll be a curious game as well given how the how the Raptors look they could have done the scotty barns kevin dorantz situation So i'm curious how much people will still look at that as well I mean eight dudes Can you imagine eight guys on a basketball team not playing? It's just fascinating to me. Um, yeah as a fan it kind of sucks, but but I sort of I get it a little bit Warriors watch the marquise moors to a great game for the vet. Do you know the one vet that played great game? I don't want to leave him out The one vet how dare you by the way the warriors this is the team that has earned enough equity People have not panicked and here is a moment that says this is why the light switch may or may not have been flipped on After the blowout win over the Celtics 123 107 on saturday I don't even know that it was that close chandler Was this a message? Is it really and is it a message to us or to themselves that hey, we still got this Uh, I think a little bit of both but more to themself and look their their issue has been on the road all year long And the warriors this is a team that none of us have worried about all season long But yeah, this was a very impressive win even drain mom before the game is sitting there on the court With the guys live saying like all he sees is the bucks and the Celtics like he they are confident They're coming out of the west And they know they're gonna have to go through these guys to get a championship But this was this was hopefully one of those games that kind of turns things around for them Clay Thompson seems to be finding his legs Jordan pool they all had they have a balanced attack And this is without Andrew Wiggins who I Firmly believe is their second best player and second most important player all year long So this is definitely a big win the Celtics have been the top dog all year long And this was hopefully a turn around for them and kind of gets them going on the right path But I'd like to see them do it on the road. They're way too good. They're 2 and 11 on the road, which is which is pretty brutal Yeah, look the the warriors are the warriors that champs we've been saying all year long We're not worried. We're not worried might have looked a little crazy a couple times But they're gonna get up for the games they care about this is a great Decision by the league to make this the first prime time game of the year It was premier matchup. It felt important. It felt with that crowd like There was a real sense of tension and then stefan clay give you a vintage stefan clay performance Vintage last brothers 10 threes between two of them. They both score over 30 points You're really just not gonna beat that team when they're doing that. There's just no way around it You cannot match that firepower, especially when jason satan plays the way he's played He's gonna have to figure that match up out because if he wants to win a title It's probably gonna go through san francisco in these guys and he didn't even have angie wiggins to deal with that night So it was it was a little worrisome They've they've had a great trip so far, but you got to be a little troubled by what happened out there if you're the Celtics Well, I'm glad you mentioned that because he's got a little bit time tatum does to think about it process marinate They play again on january 19th I live for revenge chandler. Will this be a revenge game for the Celtics? Yeah, I mean one would think obviously this is this this is prime. Tyler We just said this is the whole world just saw them kind of get cooked on national tv and What a lot of people don't understand is whether you lose by 30 win by 30 If you have 40 if you go 0 for 10 the mba is such a short term memory move on flush it and and On to the next one mentality and that's what the Celtics are gonna do here They they realize that they had a bad game tatum was six of 21 Is the next time they play a little more and is it circled? Yeah, probably I'm hoping it's that's also a national tv game, but yeah when I put my parley winner pick on that day I'm taking the Celtics in the spread Oh, look out world Maybe we'll be good by then Take the warriors by 20 Exactly Save us. Save us. Yeah. Yeah, I've seen the Celtics a couple times in chicago. They lost both times like I don't know This is just weird sometimes. I mean this team is so dominant this year and Steve Kerr was was raving about them saying They're literally impossible to beat and then they beat them But they've had a couple clunkers this year I don't know if it's just stuff that's kind of out of the norm for them Given the trajectory they're on this season, but they're not Immune to having those types of clunkers. They've already had it this year. So I'm curious how many more they have Yeah, they're on like a really weird two week long road trip as well I don't want to shoot them bail for losing this game It's a big game They're a few days off to prepare and be be prepared for it But they started out in the east coast in brooklyn went to toronto and then they're doing the whole west coast road trip They played the clippers tonight and the lakers after that Uh, it's quite the trip, but this is the team they had to be concerned about This is the only team they've lost two games in a road to in like years And yeah, they they didn't exactly show ups Um, I mean my god's at to figure that out man. And it's it's gonna be in the way for him This is gonna be You know his issue if he wants to win a title I like the vintage psychological warfare um on ker's part about yeah Can I can I just pose a hypothetical because producer extraordinaire dan and I were talking about it? Let's say the warriors. This is the beginning of they're just they just go on a run, right? Would it be more of a baller move on january 19th? If in fact they're in position to sort of call their own shots to sit everyone And kind of mess with the minds of the cell ticks would would that be the thing to do? Chandler would that mess with you? No, I don't think I think they need to rest everyone the night before and they need to go in there and prove that This isn't just a fluke. We can't just beat you at home. We're gonna go in there and we're gonna dub you guys in your building That that's what I would do All right, fair enough fair enough. I just I like the mental part of it We're gonna take a quick break right here. Uh when we come back We'll get the latest on dyjante murray's injury and all of the magnificent dunks from the weekend when run it back returns Instead they'll go inside throw up a j griffin at the buzzer Well, shout out my once favorite baseball player david justice in there Look, that was the culmination of what was the longest one second I think in in the end of a basketball game. It was awesome hawks Of course with the wind but shams they they're also dealing with some other things dyjante murray. What can you tell us about what's going on there? He had an ankle sprain last week and he's expected to miss i'm told two weeks And so this is just another injury for the hawks. They're already without john collins But i'm told he could be back this week So you're gonna get one guy potentially back They have their garden dyjante murray out and I think the larger story here is that You know dyjante murray treyung they have not gotten I think the type of reps and the type of you know success that leona wanted going into the year When when the season first started treyung was coming off the ball more than ever in his career and then he's In the last really month. He's reverted back to how he had played really his entire career So they need both of those guys to get on the floor and get a rhythm together if this team is going to be successful Yeah, that they keep showing that shot over and over again Looks a little cringe shams. Thank you. We shall speak manana as always appreciate you and we've got a little this man has a family Some good dunks over the weekend some unexpected some not so much but luca Luca is our first poster of the day not in it. He basically made it and it's over drew holiday what Yeah I mean this is because it's luca and this this really isn't what he usually does right But he had him he hit him with the full one handy. I like it. I like it. It's not it's nothing crazy Yeah, like we couldn't get a little bit of Extension nothing just just that over the little guy over the smaller guy Look, I mean, I guess he's happy doesn't dunk a lot. That's fine. He enjoyed it lost again Is if he did it's almost like he did the zion dunk based on his reaction. Uh, I don't know what to do with that I will say I don't know what drew. I don't know what drew holiday was thinking here because anything other than like a Finger roll at the front of the rim. He's scoring here. Anyways, so he kind of put himself in harm's way here You always take the jump backwards shot attempt, right? That's cool How about caruso? Little fun action right there a nothing. Oh Yeah, that's pretty nice. That's pretty nice. All right I thought we were talking about the dunk here and then I then I see that that's What's impressive about a pass like that? It's pretty much the only pass at that moment besides over the top that can get to him And it's risky And it's risky. Yeah, like it was a crazy angle even without the nutmeg, but then to do that. That's like, yeah That's that's nice Good work. All right, like who thinks i'm gonna do this right now. That's I think that's impressive I like that one more than I I probably should how about Shangoon this one was I need to prove this by the way By the way, I don't know if they end up reviewing this I don't think they did but as a coach you have to if a guy does this to somebody and they call it a charge And he's begging like that you need to review that and let this body Oh, it was it was and uh, it's an offensive charge sit down shingoon rude I mean, I don't you know, I don't even care that it's a charge because this is a straight body Oh That college is always in these moments always. What is pop paying these guys like come on Okay, we're gonna do this. I will fly to new york right now. We will do this tomorrow live on the air It's time. It's time. What a call Okay, first of all the spurs are on a two game winning streak right now. So I don't know why we're gonna slander Thank you playing cleveland tonight I do love the fiesta job rant. How about that Got alternative. He's got options in the air, which is a nice thing to have Chandler, could you could you hit the fillet like that? No, no The little fillet I I got the gritty in my bag. I just do not have that type of fillet A lot of things being said right now This is this is just silly though Right. Yeah, like I like this layout more than the luka dump to be honest. Oh, I do too. That's a crazy finish I'd give anything to be able to jump up there and just gently put the ball in the rim like that. That's amazing That's it's not fair. I would do anything to just be in the air for that long Period or to jump more than two inches off the ground like that all of these things would be fantastic John wall I love this I love this. It's not not the greatest move of all time, but but this right here. This is the john Right and for where he is he's back in dc like that's awesome I also love the fans the fans didn't boo the fan the fans like actually cheered him on as an opposing player After a bucket on the home team, which was awesome to see I mean, that's his city like he said right I almost I look the reaction by him is it's it's a lot, but it's fine. It's fine They're also at this point in the game. They're also losing Here you go, eddie All right Big fella you you'd like to see a big eye dunk it on a big guy like that's like a real You know, you really had to really had to work for this right here Day runs had a rough season. So I love to see him having some success getting out there He started the season in rotation eventually came out of it, but yeah, that's that's nasty You celebrate that one And it's in the fourth quarter. It matters. That's cool. Right. It's a close game at that time like things are happening It's better than that luka dunk like it is right We got to start rating these like in order of what's great and what's not so great We will get on that When we get back chandler's going to share the gritty with us. Can't wait for that Don't know how we're going to show it. Uh, dame and yannis should they pair up? Probably and should players call their own files? That's next So hypothetical team taking is sort of fun to do and dame lillard was basically given that option. He said he would pick Yannis to win a championship. Love this idea chandler. Would this be the greatest duo in the league? Uh, yeah, that that's who I would pick as well. He's he's the best He's the best player in the mba and he would go fantastic with dame Who's an undersized guard who can shoot the ball stretch the floor? Not really great defensively yannis can kind of make up for everything great that dame doesn't do to me Yeah, this would this would top the brown and tatum though, you know This would be the best duo in the mba because yannis can pretty much do everything dame can't dame can do everything yannis can't and It would be one of the best duos of all time Yeah, yannis is a lot of guys best teammate available if possible And you know the things he does they're so complimentary to a lot of the superstars We have in the league now imagine yannis with steff, right? Like, you know covering up a lot of defensive holes and and being able to just Pound the paint whenever he wants. Well steff is shooting from 35 feet He would fit with a lot of guys perfectly. I get I hear you 100% dame I don't know if that's like a signal like I don't know if you're trying to let them know out there in portland or what But uh, you're absolutely right get that guy Out there in portland and out of the eastern conference away from from from my guys over here I would love that But they would be monsters together. I'm with dame. I'm with chandler. That would be What's dame get fine for uh, illegally? It's somehow tampering you're totally tampering right now I would like oh if you cut the league in half like I've suggested These are the teams that we could probably put together. I'm just saying 15 teams 20 teams boom done Um kairi in the news, but you know kind of sort of he covered his shoe logo with I am free pretty poor taste Considering that was the weekend where britney griner was actually freed from a russian penal colony But that's kairi for you getting interest from new balance Allegedly, you know what eddie? How desirable of a shoe free agent is he still? I wonder because I know people keep saying he was the best selling like he's signature shoe Those are articles from a few years back. I don't know that that remains true now He is a very popular sneaker But it's been a tumultuous year for kairi and you're in some change I don't know how what his cue rating is at this point and I don't know that he's the most profitable player out there But he is a name that matters He is absolutely Adored by the kids and the the pure hoopers and of the world and all of that. It's worth a try I don't know that it's a the shoe in No pun that it was thought to be last year when it seemed like nike was just going to extend him But it's it's it's worth a shot new balances Is trying to ride kawaii to the promised line. I think puma would be interesting for him as well Uh, I don't think adidas takes a shot there. I wonder if he'll go overseas to one of the tiny sneaker brands and kind of just make his own signature line or whatever Uh, or even just independently make his own sneaker But I mean, I think it's worth a shot. I don't think he's the absolute peak sneaker seller that he once was but You know, everybody loves a comeback story Yeah Yeah, I just I listen he's still kairi and kids buy shoes and I don't know how much Kids are affected by all the drama around kairi But yeah, I mean, I don't think he was what he used to be but like I said kids still love him Kids still gonna buy his shoes his shoes are very comfortable. I love kairi shoes when I played Was it a little dramatic to cover it up and do that? Yes You're also now a free a shoe free agent So this is the time where you can start wearing whatever you want and trying other shoes You don't have to wear nikes anymore and cover up the the logo. So I'm not really surprised by anything I'm not surprised by anything he does at this point, but I do still think, you know There's a market there for him to to get a new shoe and to still have kids all over the world wearing them Heard a little from a little birdie a little sourced with the team kairi was going to rock the iris and questions They didn't like to feel didn't rock with them So, yeah, we might see some 06 kobi from kairi soon as a sneaker free agent I love that like I love the versatility of just yo, I'll rock Jordan threes today I'll rock the the claw threes tomorrow or whatever the kawaii shoes are called. I'd love to see it Um, but kairi and iris is just tickles my nostalgia bone And it like nothing else. So I hope he does find a pair he likes and wears those soon Yeah, this is the window and wear whatever you want. Uh, we're doing a little you buy in that We're starting things off with So here's the deal the numbers they ain't bad 27 8 6 Are you buying that? He's still a top five player in the league chandler. I know I mean, here's the thing there's there's like 10 to 12 guys that are capable of playing like a top five guy on Any given night? So it's tough to put him in a top five with his age Um, but yeah, I mean this is one of the best two players of all time And there's going to be some nights that like I said at his age where he's not going to be able to carry the low But what he's doing and what he's done is Astonishing that the guy's still playing at this clip and you're 20 with these numbers Um, still, you know Still got it and and it's so impressive what he What he's doing but top five if I was ranking at top five person to be here right now I would not put him in the top five But like I said, there's there's 10 to 15 guys that any given night can look like a top five player because the league is so talented But as long as lebron's still playing he's still somewhere in that range on any given night Yeah, I love lebron. He's my goat. I think he's he's the greatest I think he's still an elite player top five is a lot There's the league has some great players atop that group Maybe if we do like a tier system that is satisfied people more and you know, I say he's tier two He's high tier two or something but top five is just a lot Uh, but yeah, I love that. He's came back from injury hit the ground running looks amazing and he's he's he's great theater again And I was worried about that early in the season It was a little word that we were finally getting the actual wash king And not the hashtag wash king with the king emoji that lebron likes to use So, uh, I'm happy he's back and doing lebron stuff It's just crazy at year 20 27 8 and 6 is like him wash like get out of here like guys got so unbelievable I would just like to do a crossover sports reference for perspective because we just saw that Yara miry auger at 50 years old played a hockey game yesterday somewhere in the check republic and had two assists He had to do it because he owns the team and his lineup was decimated by illness I'm just saying lebron's not the only great that can play in old age. It's happening all over the world Uh, how about keldin johnson? Oh now here we go. This is the topic I can get behind keldin johnson War 30 point games before turning 24 than anyone in spurs franchise history except the greats Tony parker and tim duncan eddy Are you buying that keldin johnson can be part of a spurs big three? Yo, I like keldin a lot I think you know a little bit of collusion by pop to put them on that National team, but I like them a lot. Well, you'll want to status this specific I just I just stopped caring before the the description is over So like, yo, it's one of those major leagues stats from you know from that old movie Shout out to keldin, but I don't even know what this stat means. That's great. You know, yeah You tell me congrats, bro Well victor if you get victor women and then we start the big three I don't know who the third is chandler, but uh, let's hypothetically say the others victor Who's the third? I don't know we we could just I mean, yeah, it's gonna be him He could be a big three. I just don't know how good the big three would be but he could definitely He could definitely be a part of the big three and like yeah, you throw him on on boston right now with those other two You know do a duo. Yeah, he can be a big three, but I think he still has you know ways to go I love him. I love his game. I love him at kentucky. I loved him on team usa I love that. I love everything about it, but he's also putting up numbers on a bad team trying to lose So you got to kind of take it with a grand assault It's great energy. He's he is fun to watch and all those Trae young I guess first go. Yeah, poor D. Don Trae young shooting a career Low 28% from three the only player that's below 30% with over 150 attempts channeler Are you buying that he is no longer an elite shooter? I mean here here's the thing it's a it's a it's a weird argument because No, he is an elite shooter He just doesn't take elite shots and his shot selection is pretty poor like you put him On the nets and joe harris his role this guy is a knock down elite shooter just taking wide-ass open shots But the problem with trae is he's the opposite his eye on he's he's hoisting up 35 footers He has the ball in his hands at the end of the shot clocks He's taking step backs off the dribble crossovers like dudes literally throwing the ball between guys legs Taking jumpers like how are you supposed to shoot a high percentage when you when you're when you're taking Pretty bad shots a lot of the time So I do think trae is an elite shooter, but his numbers are going to take a hit just that Simply his shot selection and where he's taking them on the floor It's physically impossible for a guy to have good percentage with the way he's shooting the ball But it's he an elite shooter. Yes, but he's just a bad shot taker That's weird Are those things can they be mutually exclusive if you're just consistently taking awful shots Maybe you're just an awful shooter like I don't like you Maybe I took the you put him in you put him in joe harris's role You don't think this guy's shooting 45 50% just a knockdown and catching shoots. Can he stop himself? Back up and shoot him at court if you put him in joe harris He's a fascinating player. I think his I think his reputation as a shooter has never quite been matched by the actual results He has range and he is willing to shoot from just about anywhere But yeah, I'm not surprised that he's not shooting so great. He's gonna get his points. He's gonna get to the line I seen him in brooklyn a few nights ago. He looked fine Like he shot two or seven from three wasn't like he was knocking them down But he looked fine and you and I talked about this before I think his best trait is as a passer and playmaker But he's just thrust into this role and he likes to play this style where He's just gonna shoot 20 times a night. This is what it is I would love for him to take better shots. I would yeah and absolutely benefit from that So I hear what you're saying, but like isn't that a little self-inflicted? It's it is and it's interesting is because you would think he'd adapt with the new additions with by ghandovic with murray Like these guys can hoop like I think do less and you'll get more if I were him If we're playing one on one, I'm shooting everything from 40. You're gonna just laugh and get the rebounds. It's fine Yeah, you're right I think it's frustrating sometimes to watch him play. I think his teammates must get frustrated. Um Julius Randall it's that time here. We got to ask about Julius Randall in the nicks It seems to happen all the time averaging 27 and 9 over his last five Eddie Let's do it again. Are you buying that the nicks can build around Julius Randall? Yeah, if they're gonna bring in other stars for sure I think Julius is a great young player. I don't have young. He still is at this point But he's a great modern big player. He can handle the rock He can shoot a little bit from time to time and he's just a handful to deal with The earliest Zion comparisons were Julius Randall and we just gust over Zion for 20 minutes already So there is a lot to like there Now is he you're gonna be your best player on a contender? No, probably not Is he gonna be your third best on a really good team? That's absolutely possible The problem for the nicks is they haven't found a player better than him since they've had him Yeah, they they can build around him because because they are they're just they're just not finding other good players He reminds he's Jeremy Grant to me. He's not a one option, but he's not a four or five option He's somewhere in that, you know, two to three Just depends on who else you put around him. But yeah, you put RJ Barrett and jayla brunson Yeah, he's the number one option. I don't think they'll be a very good team But he's a great player. Just the nicks have got to give him a better supporting cast They got to give him a true one option for I think him to kind of reach his potential, but They're building around him. So I guess it's possible How is that not happening? I don't understand. Uh, Jabari Smith Now these numbers are up, okay He's shooting just under 47 percent from the field 43 and a half from three in his last 10 All of those numbers up from his first 15 games But channel, are you buying that the Rockets would still draft him at three if they had to do it all over again Um, uh, probably not, but I do think this kid he's got a lot of Richard Lewis in him I'm worried. I think he can be a good piece. He's got great touch. He can stretch the floor He's kind of that, you know pick and pop for Um Is he a star? No, I don't think he's a star Maybe he could kind of transform into one But I do think he could be a good complimentary piece To a star because of his shooting ability because of his size because of the versatility and everything he can do on the on the court um But at number at the third pick I want the star I want the guy to you know to find pieces to build around and I just don't know if he's that but he's showing some promise He's in a tough situation when you're when you're a young guy like this And you get drafted to a team with no real leadership with no vets besides Eric Gordon With a losing team a losing culture. It's tough. So this is his growth is kind of getting stunted here Which is by the the franchise and the and the you know the timing of what they're doing right now But he can play and he can hoop and he's got great touch But I just I think he's more of a complimentary piece around a star that can have a lot of success I love the russard Lewis comp by the way like if you don't remember russard Lewis He was absolutely born in the wrong era. He plays the day Me got a max contract then so let me not say that but he plays the point He's probably making 400 million mba dollars Great stretch big before we knew what stretch bigs were I like zibari and look we're talking about 30 games into his career and in the development He's made so far. He's only 19 years old Uh, it at number three. I mean, I guess the option is do you go with math or in do you go with ivy? And and then they've had up and down seasons as well. I think matherin's been pretty amazing Uh, so I mean, yo, you got to see this out. You're drafting guys for 10 years not for 10 games Would they think about it? I mean, I I bet if you asked them, they would have rather had to toup it And and and made it a little easier to make that decision But uh, I I still got my zibari smith stock. I like that. He's Got through a rough patch and he's shooting a three ball. Well, there's a ton to build on from there I like that giving him giving him some more time. I feel like that's only fair. Uh, we'll take quick break when we come back Do everything opposite of what these dudes say and you will win money parley time What a what a memory lane walk this is so this is all the way back on wednesday Uh, the four leg parley those big red x's mean exactly what you think they mean Nothing, but I will say this boys There is value in the talent that you two have exhibited and your consistency to constantly get it wrong and I applaud both of you There has to be a job for you guys somewhere in this world. How do you feel good? I blame Anthony Davis I don't I blame danny because he fumbled Danny. I don't know like I'm blaming somebody. That's not us no accountability No, no zero. That's good. But the beauty is you get to do it again and again and again today's a new day Eddie give us your two All right, I'm going kd over 29 and a half points tonight back home in the dc area He's averaged 33 points again against the wizards. He dropped a guy last time. He was on this court I'm going over a couple days off lock. I'm all for it. It's a lock. I'm calling it That's what we're 27 now I'm taking the points with the thunder versus the mavericks. They've already beat him this year Uh, I'm sorry. I like shea. I like giddy. He didn't play last time I like what they their chance is here the mavericks just have stinkers here in there. They'll keep it close Okay. Yeah, uh, all right. I like those two Immediately, I thought it was Celtics minus two and a half when I took them now. It's three and a half We're gonna still roll with that. It's the it's the best team in the mba And but on the flip side reggie jackson, he's been great for clippers all year long He kind of been steady offensively He should be able to get 13 points for god sakes I don't feel good about channelers too. Like man. No I don't like when we like them. I don't like when we like them and that's the problem You're figuring out the pattern then there it is If you bet 20 you win 249 for the record eddie I think yours hit and I think channelers both miss. That's my side parley ladies and gentlemen That I just made up on the spot if you want to take that and run with it go ahead Um guys, I wish you luck One day this is all that we won't know until one p.m. One a.m. Eastern by the way that channeler flubbed these. Thanks I'll be long. I'll be getting a text. Just know you'll be getting a text That's good to do it for us today. We're on monday tuesday wednesday l the time. See you guys tomorrow. 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