 What's the word y'all welcome back to call game Kenny for whatever you want to call it quick ps8 We're about 20 games into the NBA season and because of that we kind of have an idea of some of these teams right I think early in the season I was watching as much basketball as possible trying to watch every single game because I was trying to see Signings trades coaching decisions things like that to try to get a feel for these teams And I know we're 20 games in we kind of have an idea for most of them I understand teams can go on droughts teams can go on runs and we'll talk about them then But i'm saying that to say they're going to be teams that I don't watch as much now Because I kind of understand who they are Like my my chicago bulls are fitting to this category if they weren't my chicago bulls I have to watch every minute of every game But there will be teams this season where I kind of my watch time has went up and it's slowly going down like for example And I'm sorry detroit business fans to say this but like What's the reason right now to watch the detroit pistons? You get what i'm saying like why? I will tune if a if it's a closed game with five minutes to go like that That run that they went on against the utah jazz the other day I'll tune in 100 but i'm not going to sit here and vividly watch a detroit piston game because I kind of Understand the result of it. You know what i'm saying? So hopefully y'all understand that and that that means like maybe more condensed episodes or whatever it may be Leave a like subscribe if you're new I kind of want to start off this episode talking about the miami heat because right now they are 7 to 14 And they just lost a game that I would say is inexcusable Every team goes through bad losses is inevitable as basketball is basketball sometimes the shots go in sometimes they don't You know, it doesn't matter who your competition is sometimes you're going to lose But today to lose to the watch the wizards who at before this game was the worst team in basketball record wise I don't know if they still are even after this game, but not even just losing to them They lost to them without russia westbrook in the lineup So I want to give quick praise to the watch the wizards bradley biel re hatching more was aggressive Um a couple clutch clutch rebounds down a stretch same thing with troy brown jr Then yam dia was um hit the big old dunk from him. I think that was his first NBA dunk ever So good overall game for them, but we have to talk about the heat I think that a lot of us fans if you remember my preseason preview about the miami heat I my pose the question and I think there's something that we all agreed on um try to find the answer to How much of what happened in the NBA bubble was sustainable? How much of it was legitimate? You know I'm saying and if you remember the gm survey a lot of gm scouts and people around the league Believe that what the miami heat did that legendary run that had them in the championship against the l.a Lakers was fake They were a team built for the bubble environment And so far this season i'm not saying that they're looking like to be true because i'm not going to make any bow predictions right now But it is really really rough if you remember me talking about them a couple weeks ago I was saying that watching them is hard for me because they're missing jimmy buller If you're missing your star player, you're going to lose a lot of games. It's just it's just real But not only were they missing him they were missing other players to the to the virus They were missing players with injuries and stuff So I took a A very very slow approach to watching the miami heat but over the last couple games jimmy buller's back today They were pretty much at full strength. I know that avery brally ended up going out halfway through the game But they were pretty much at full strength and they end up losing this this game And it's a bad one. Um, I've never really watched a miami heat game where I thought that's supposed to whoa Am I allowed to say sposer got out coached by scottie brooks? All right There has not been many times and me watching miami heat games. I can say that he's been out coached Today was one of those days And maybe it's not out coached that he made like overalls is really baffling decisions For example, if you didn't watch this game, let me fill you in the miami heat are down by three and they have possession of the ball Who out of all players on the miami heat? I'm this is a little trivia question you at all of their players in the roster Who is a guarantee must be on the court? You say dunk and robinson because I think every NBA fan would say Oh the guy that has broke three point records in his first couple years should be on the court when your team needs a three But instead he wasn't and the two people that were out there that were questionable was kelly olinic and gordon dragic Now I understand if kelly olinic was having a great game a gordon dragic was having a great game Keep them on the court, but both of them are bad today So I don't understand how dunk and robinson isn't on the floor When you need a three that was just there was just the weirdest thing But overall this team this team has been really struggling But what I will say is I would reserve overall criticism over reactions for at least two more weeks when they have their full roster And they've been playing together for a while. That's that's what I say But so far this year it has been rough and what makes it even worse is it okay? Hypothetically speaking this ain't this ain't a season they take a step back a similar to oh my god Was it 2016 2017 and 2017 2018? But they had a really good season then a year after that they were just bonds just out of nowhere Um if that's similar to this case, they don't have that first round pick I think that goes to okay see see I'm pressing you bad man I think that goes to okay see or something like that But it's just yeah, it is it is kind of weird some of the things that that are going on this this team Because if you remember our preview when we were talking about like the bucks We were talking about the Phillies like a lot of the top teams in eastern conference We talked about how They got better other teams got better and the Miami he did it a lot of their reliance on them getting better Is hoping that tyler hero pretty much does the exact thing he did in the bubble But for a full season and plus the playoffs and so far it hasn't been the case You know I'm saying they even lost j crowd who was such a big part of that championship run So um big weird we'll we'll talk about them again throughout the course of the season And we'll come back to this and see how much of what I'm seeing on twitter from other people's over reactions Or how much of it is it real all right. Let's get to some of these other games that I end up watching um The mavericks beat the hawks big win for them because they were on a terrible terrible win screen The best thing about this is that they had a poor zingus game He played like the player that they they paid him to be um and I know they won this game I wish that this team had another player on the roster or in their their five that they usually close out games with That I would say is the average to above ours playmaker. Luca's great. He ended up with 14 It says we know Luca's a great playmaker But the Atlanta hawks do like this double team at him and they didn't have that secondary playmaker to do Literally anything and I thought that's what josh richerson was traded for to be but he hasn't lived up to that It's been a weird season for josh richerson And I and I remember the trade happened and I was like that's a win-win trade The 76ers get shooting josh richerson comes into the the dallas mavericks and he's gonna be a playmaker He's gonna do all the little things play defense alongside luka. He just hasn't been good and I remember the miami josh richerson was really solid I was a big fan of and these last couple years has been really really rough for him Um, the the hawks lose this one. They don't have deandre hunter. That's a big big blow Especially when you consider that cam writers really struggled today a cam herder had a good game until the the The mavericks do like the zone at him and he was really kind of fumbling the bag But the biggest takeaway again And this is the same thing we said all last year and I thought they found an answer for this When tray young is not on the court the team is buns I thought them signing rondo and them signing chris dunn who hasn't played yet Would have been the remedy to to stop in the bleeding when the benches in and tray young isn't But today was a prime example that when tray young was off the floor the team is dreadful Shout out to john collis for having a great game But they lose this game because they don't have backup point guard play that that's just that's just what it is That's just what it is. Um quick brief ones The clippers beat the cavaliers Um because paul george hit double the amount of threes is the cavaliers hit as a team So easily check that off w it's good to see that this the clippers continue to do that thing I think they're the best team in basketball record wise and that's good And and I've been seeing a lot of clippers fans like why aren't you talking about us? Why don't you talk about us? I'm not just to me but like to the overall media and I think that's better Like last year y'all had the magnifying glass on your roster everything that you did wrong Everybody was talking about you don't want that just go into the playoffs with no buzz Surprise some people it's good to see paul just playing this way Can't wait to see what they end up doing in the playoffs the bulls lose to the nicks on the good old Baseball series the bulls win the first game the nicks win the second game at the end of the day jula's randles unstoppable He was in the shots. I've never seen a player like him hit Alfred payton took 20 shots, which is ridiculous But he he ended up scoring 19 Overall it was weird to see that iq didn't get as many minutes especially since he played so well At least in the first game the bulls missed every shot and they gave up a bunch of offensive rebounds If you can't hit your threes you give up offensive rebounds you're gonna lose But my one last thing before we move on to the next game when it comes to the chicago bulls Love Kobe white I I think And this is what we kind of knew already, but it's I think it's starting to really show He's a two. He's a shooting guard It's no shame in that we gave him a chance at the point guard position. He's a two Um, so we we need point guard play bad. We need point guard playing playmaking bad That he's young as our best playmaker off the bench. We need we need more point guard play Um The thunder beat up on the rockets who were looking so good But I think john wall misses game. This is one of those games that I literally didn't watch But from what I could tell there's basely alhofer play very very good and Theo Maladon great defensive plays, I guess the timbles blew a game that I was 100% sure When it was happening that they had the bag secured Bro, the spurs are such an under the radar team at 12 and 10 DeMar de rosans getting no love across the league that man is crazy He took over this game him and trey lios. What's is weird to say? The um, the spurs went small ball having trey lous being the center and he was stretching the floor I think the start of their their run I think they were down by 15 in the fourth quarter and they ended up winning this game The start of the run came with trey lous hitting the big shot And the trey lous put the ball in the floor and like dunked the ball and he drew a foul I'm like wait, why is trey lous playing great all of a sudden? They didn't have um, they didn't have lemakas all today So trey lous moves up and drew ebanks moves up in the rotation But a great great comeback. This man de mar is so so good I asked the question on twitter about a week ago where I was asking people Who are some players in the history of basketball that came into the league known as non-playmakers but turned into playmakers De mar de rosa is the perfect example of this He was not a playmaker's first couple years of his career and now at the old age of 30 plus He is great. There's so many great passes. He threw this game and it was just overall a beautiful beautiful comeback I had turned this game off I when the game ended and I got the little thing like oh this the spurs went I had to go back and rewatch the whole fourth quarter because I couldn't believe it The timber was uh, I don't know why why noz reed was out there because like I mentioned They went small ball for the spur so noz reed didn't really have an effect there And he's not a defensive player anyway when I talk about trey yarn trey lios putting the ball in the floor That was to get past noz reed because it was so sweet um And then any better fourth quarter planning bro the angel of russell took Hella shots in that fourth quarter and he wasn't hitting any of them So they need better they need better production. Um in that fourth quarter better game plan in that fourth quarter Zion has an a mate. I zion is getting better every single time I watch him play and you know, it's crazy He's not the nba token boy anymore a pretty boy anymore like every season this a guy luka was the guy Zion was a guy last year and this year's lamella ball no matter what lamella ball do is everywhere Which is cool lamella ball is a great crazy fun player But nobody really talks about zion anymore Which is kind of even in the card market for a little while his value had dropped significantly I'm like why he's playing his best basketball? It's because he's not doing highlight plays who cares about highlights this man is unstoppable His playmaking has got so much better just throughout this season throughout this season and he hit a three Huh lanzo ball looks really good and he's starting to put together multiple multiple games They're allowing him to play more on guard instead of him playing off the ball Which is everybody knows that that's how zion. I mean that's how lanzo should play Overall good game on national tv I don't really know what to take away from the suns man They're about as confusing as he gets they haven't booker take some of the toughest shots I've ever seen They're super confused. I don't know. I need to watch way more of them to really get a gauge Of how good that team can actually be and then the last game I feel like I'm going at it the second the kings get a win Let's talk about d.r. Fox because d.r. Fox is so fun to watch My boy was asked who's the fastest player in the NBA? It's got to be d.airan I know john walk him to run for his money russia westbrook is still fast in his oh age But that man d.r. Fox is zero to 60 and zero point two it feels like bro He is gone so many possessions. He's got past his defender And I know that the bosses seltzer's were light-handed because um because kibba walker didn't play So charmont waters got a lot of run and I was rooting for charmont to have a good game But he just didn't he just didn't have a good game Now I wanted my short king to stand up and and have big moments And they were this close to coming back and winning this game man It was the miss free throw get it back just take him. We had a good Goodest look it just missed it. It's how he's howlin burn is everywhere on the court deflections Offensive rebounds just hitting shots that he shouldn't hit Overwrought like I've been saying the kings are fun when things are going and today was one of those days when things were going Wow, thank y'all so much for watching if you enjoy leave it a like man call game