 Run it up. Run it back. Run it up. Run it back. Run it back. Run it back. Run it back. Woo! Happy Monday morning, y'all. Welcome to Run It Back on Fandall TV. And what a weekend in sports it was. I mean, we could just sit here for the, I don't know, entire hour. Talk about WrestleMania, obviously number one. Oh yes, in college basketball. And Shams running around getting scoops in the college game for us, which we'll get to here in a little while. But we did have a lot of NBA action. Guys, the Bucks told y'all, it's over. It's dead. It's done. They lose to New York for a straight game. They've lost six of their last seven jail in Brunson with, you know, 43 Dante Divenshezzo with 26. Giannis did have 28, but they did lose Middleton early. He got hit in the mouth. So I ask you, Shams, before we get to some of this action on the core, what's going on in that organization right now? This, it feels like a bit of a spiral. Doc Rivers, the players, coaches, everyone said it publicly and privately, like these losses, three in a row, they lose to subpar teams last week. And then last night against the Knicks, like you said, Michelle, four loss in a row, six of their last seven. This is the final week of the regular season. They've all said these losses are unacceptable. And they are trying to work through these issues. They know they have a lot to fix to play as one unit, play as one team. I'm told on Saturday, Doc Rivers called for a team film session that included nine of their top rotation players, veteran guys that includes Johnston and Tete Kumpo, Damian Lillard, Chris Middleton, Brooke Lopez, Malik Beasley, Bobby Portis, Patrick Beverly, Pat Conniton, Jay Crowder. And all of them went one by one to speak their mind, essentially, and talk through the issues that this team is facing. This team is dealing with, with just four games left in the regular season and then the playoffs. Yes, there's still the number two seed. After all this, we know all the ups and downs this team has gone through coaching, change of Adrian Griffin, bringing in Doc Rivers. This team is under 500 in the Doc Rivers era. And one source told me it's only the start of these tough and necessary conversations that this team has to have. It starts with hell. Last night, even Chris Middleton going down after getting a toot knocked out, they haven't been able to consistently, consistently keep their big three on the floor. But even still, Doc Rivers said, we can't lose these games, even when players are in out of the lineup. So the expectations were heightened the moment they got Damian Lillard and they're dealing with it now. And each day, it seems like they're having more and more of these conversations. So before we get to sort of where we think they are as a team and the whole landscape, but what do you guys, what's your reaction to this idea of a film session and sort of a one by one? Sounds like a town hall meeting is what it sounds like, Lou. Is that something that you would gather around? I've played, I've played for Doc before. He's one of those type of guys when there's some slippage there. He likes to get everybody in the room and be held accountable. And he likes to he likes to teach on film. You know, that's one of his strong suits. And, you know, I just remember going through a lot of these moments when we had some slippage with the Clippers where, you know, we would get everybody in the room and discuss defense of issues where we were on offense and trying to get everybody on the same page. You know, my, my opinion with the Milwaukee Bucks team, you know, they had issues that predated Doc Rivers, right? That's how the job even became available. They were 30 and 13 when they fired Adrian Griffin. And, and, you know, they still had some synergy issues that still was with some issues and them having that that record. You know, I felt like that team was talented enough you know, where they didn't need anybody to stand over there and coach. And so now that Doc is there and some of those issues still exist going into the playoffs, I think it's important for all of those guys to get on the same page. And then here's something that's also interesting to me. I'm looking at the standings. It may be more of a better match up for them to play Indiana than a Philadelphia team that just got a L and B bet. So behind the scene is there is there a situation where they might be playing a little chicken and trying to get a more favorable match up? Who knows? Those are some of the games that teams play as well when it comes to this time of the season. But, you know, for me with them being the team that they are, having guys that's won championships on this team, I would prefer them to be playing better basketball going into the playoffs. So who knows what's going on in Milwaukee? Yeah, when you go on a big skid like this, there's always, you know, players only meetings, right? There's always extra film sessions, just the whole morale of the mood and the facility is just not the same and it's pretty negative. So I'm not shocked by this. How Doc basically is making these team meetings with the guys that are on the floor, right? These are the guys that are going to be playing in the playoffs. These are the guys that got us in this hole. These are the guys that are going to get us out. So there's always different, you know, meetings or film sessions or, you know, kind of all cards on deck. How do we fix this with the guys that are actually playing? So this doesn't surprise me at all, especially when you've lost three, you know, you're three and seven in your last 10 games in the most critical part of the season before you get to playoffs, where you're kind of now starting watching the standings. Who can you play? Who's going to happen here? But these are real issues. And there were real issues with Griff and these are real issues with Doc. And I think just they assumed that they lost all the confidence in Griff. So let's make a change. I don't even think it was necessarily a Doc Rivers thing. It was they just needed someone different other than Griffin and hasn't drastically improved and changed. No, not really. There's been some nights where they've been more consistent. There's some nights where their offense is so good, their defense has stepped up. And I think initially when Doc took over, they started, you know, defending differently. Their coverages got different. Their terminology probably switched up a little bit, made things more simple. But this is a team with a lot of holes still on the defensive end. And this is a team where offensively, yeah, if they get going and they're healthy, they can be very, very good still. And are we panicking? Sure, because there's such a difference between the field and the Boston Celtics. But at the end of the day, they are still the second seed. At the end of the day, they still have enough talent to get by in the playoffs and still make it to the Eastern Conference finals. So looking at their upcoming schedule, it's brutal. And whoever they play in the first round, whether that's Indy, Sixers or the Heat, it's not gonna be easy the way anyway. So I think no matter where they finish six, seven, eight, it's one, two, three, whoever finishes six, seven, eight, it's gonna be a dogfight for them. So let's go to the Doc thing, right? Cause for, I didn't think that it was a Doc issue. I thought something changed with the vibe of this team when Yanis started talking about, oh, I gotta make sure everybody else is bought in like I am. It felt like the seeds were planted there for him to leave at some point. And then we had all the coaching stuff and everything that went on after that. So Lou, I don't know if you can put your finger on it. So why don't we just look at Doc for one second? Was that the right move? If you could do the hindsight game right now, did they make a mistake in making the coaching change? My opinion to me, Doc is a proven coach. You know, if you can have an opportunity to bring in a Doc Rivers caliber coach, you know, with the, I don't know who was in the pool of coaches that they were even considering, but if you can bring in a caliber of coach of Doc with the talent that you have, I think you give yourself an opportunity. I think you give that, you give that a look, you know? So I don't think there's any regrets there. And at the end of the day, like Chandler just said, there's still the second seed. They've had some slippage. There's been some issues throughout the course of this season for the Milwaukee Bucks. But through all of those things, they're still in a position to compete at a high level. So we don't know what the identity of this team is gonna look like coming to playoffs. We can criticize them all day long. And when the ball go ups, the start of the playoffs, they can become a completely different basketball team and figure it out on the fly and get all of those things together that we've been criticizing them for. So I don't think it's the wrong move yet. I think we should wait, see how this thing play out. And then we give our opinions from there. It's also caused spate of spate here. Losing Drew Holiday is huge. I don't care how good Damien Lillard is offensively, how much he can shoot it, how much on paper that sounds great, Damien Lillard and Giannis. There's a reason that Grant Hill and there's a reason that all these guys on Team USA are making it a priority to go and get Drew Holiday for the freaking Olympic team. Like he is that important. He is that good of a defender. He is that good of a set up guy and just a solid player that when you take that off any team, there's gonna be a hole. And so I think that initially kind of spiraled their defensive woes and kind of had a trickle effect from there. But I think Doc, I think players, either a play form, Lew have everything I know about him. He is a proven guy, right? So he's got the resume, he's known, he's respected at least to where I think they thought, okay, let's bring this guy in. At least he can relate to these players. He can get along with these players. He can bring the best out of them right away, do things that Griffin couldn't. So is it the right, the wrong hire? I think it's too early to tell. Like Lew said, this team could turn it on and dominate whoever they play in the first round, second round and then have a doozy of Eastern Conference Finals against the Celtics. They're that talented, they're that deep. Guys like Portas, Lopez, Connors, and Giannis. Chris Middleton, I think is key, him going down. Obviously he just got hit in the face, I think. So it's not going to be anything serious, but this team, they're like the Phoenix Suns. They have the firepower to be very, very scary. All right, so let's play that game for a second. They could do that and go ahead, Lew. No, just the channel's point. I think that's the best point of all. When you create culture and you win a championship with a certain group of guys, that may be more of the issue than anything that we're talking about. Besides Doc, not all of these things. Drew Holliday being missing off of this basketball team. That changes your identity. That changes your culture on defense. That changes everything that's been able to be successful for you. And once you get rid of him and you have an opportunity at a Damian Lila, obviously you give that a serious look. And that's what Milwaukee Bugs did. But, you know, right now when it comes to chemistry and synergy and things like that, it looked like it's costing them right now. All right, so, Lew, let's just hypothetically, what is your gut telling you? Are you thinking that the Bucks go further than expected? Or do you think that's more likely that we see a first round exit? No, I think looking at these teams around the East, I think the Bucks are still right there in a mix. I think they're still one of the teams that's gonna give the Boston Celtics the best run for their money, along with New York and how they're playing. And it's just, it's crazy to me that Philadelphia with Joe L and B back in the mix is sitting right there at seven. They're gonna shake up this playoff picture as well. But I think they're still right there. I think they still give Boston the biggest threat coming out of the East. Man, do you agree, Chandler? Yeah, I mean, when you look at it, it's deep one through eight, but there's no powerhouse other than Celtics. Like right now the Bucks, you know what I said last night, this is the first four game losing streak since 2021. They're not used to this. They're sure our emotions running high right now. Are they frustrated? They're playing and also they're losing to bad teams. So I think it's really even sinking in more. But yeah, I like them against the sisters in the heat. I think it's gonna maybe go six or seven, but I like them. And then I like them in the second round against whoever else they decide to play. So again, they're so talented. They are that Phoenix Suns kind of team to me where if they do figure it out, they're still really, really, really good. But it's just you don't want to be talking about these type of things. We're talking about the coaching if that's the right move, a weak left in the regular season. Like this isn't where they want to be just vibe wise and team morale wise. They want to be peaking. They want to be cruising right now to that first round matchup. And they're not. They're talking about Chris Middleton's out again. They're talking about as damned do we mess up by the fire and grift still is dame. You know, there's still all these questions still and it's April. That's not right. Yeah, four games left and we're having a conversation. We had two months ago. It feels a little bit weird to me right now. Let's go to the West for a minute because things are happening over there as well. They have been. It's been jumbled up in Clippers. Woo, 26 point comeback. That is kind of awesome. Third largest comeback in franchise history. Paul George had 23 of his 39 in the fourth, but we can talk a lot more of the Terence man, a mere coffee of it all who hit some of the biggest shots. It got the attention of one bones Highland. People were paying attention to this game but three straight, six of their last seven. That's what they've won Chandler. We're over here talking about the Bucks not peaking at the worst possible time. What do you say about this Clippers team right now? Yeah, I mean, this is a big time when the fact you hit it on the head Terence man and a coffee huge threes down the stretch. Now you can look at how did this happen? How did they get down so deep here? The calves were up 80 to 59 at halftime shooting 80 per 60% of the field and had 40 points first and second quarters. They went on 10 0 6 0 and 80 runs all separate in the second quarter and still somehow find a way to trick this game. So I think to me it shows a lot shows that the Clippers can allow this to happen still but are still resilient mature team that can come back and Paul George was unbelievable 39 11 and seven. He looked like prime Paul George perfect from the free throw line 16 16 which was also great. But the fact that they do have this deep team where Terence man and your coffee they're the ones hitting the big shots down the stretch with Kawhi Leonard out is awesome. It comes back to me with James Hardman like why Kawhi Leonard out? Why are you taking 11 shots? Like I'd like to see him take over 17 shots especially when Kawhi is out. But again, I talk about kind of the morale of the team and the vibe Clippers right now seem to be figuring out starting to win some games and that's kind of the attitude. That's the momentum and the positivity you want at this point of the season going into the postseason. You obviously want to get Kawhi healthy because he's there a chance to be a real contender. But this is a big one. This is a nice comeback when this is a field they feel good today at the facility. Lou, this is your team. I mean, for a while there we're starting to think it doesn't look good. How are you feeling now? Yeah, I'm still rolling. I'm proud of my little brother's mirror coffee having the opportunity to play and making a big impact on offensive defensive man and Terence man has always been one of those guys where he's a glue type of player. He's just one of those guys that's gonna go out there and find ways to impact the game positively. And so for them to be a big part of that run I was personally proud. That's why I had the big smile on my face. But I still like this team in the West when it comes down to it when it comes down to being healthy and having all of your pieces and if somebody go down still being able to afford an injury or two here and there the Clippers are that basketball team they're deep enough to have to be able to go through some adversity and still be able to survive everything so I still like them in the West. What about this Cav scene? They've lost three in a row. Again, worst possible timing to start looking like you're falling apart, Chandler. Are we thinking first round exit? What's more likely for them? It's tough because it's so tough and we didn't touch on it but it's crazy because the Orlando Magic are just sneakily 46 and 32 and they're half their game behind the Milwaukee Bucks. Guess who they played two more times this week? The Milwaukee Bucks. So they have a chance to go up there and sneak that second seed but the Cavs is tough. No matter who they play, it's going to be tough. It looks like it's going to be New York right now but they're still Orlando, New York and Cleveland they're a half game away from each other so there's still a lot of shifting that could happen but same thing with them they need to have a Mitchell healthy just as the Clippers need while Leonard just as other teams do the guy they do have a lot of pieces. I do like the additions. I thought they would have a much better season but they've obviously been up and down and inconsistent with incidents this year. I kind of saw them in the two or three spot this time of year is what I would predict but yeah, the series against the Knicks it is not going to be easy. Can they pull it off? Yeah, I'm giving them a fighting chance for sure but the way Jalen Brunson is playing I trust him more right now than I trust this Cleveland Cavaliers team. Yeah, they were on such a tear for a while there that was that stretch. My opinion, the game of the night is up next, Sixers at San Antonio. This one was fun. Who knew I didn't have this on my docket for yesterday? Tyrese Maxi, career high 52. It was a double overtime game win for Philly. He was not efficient. He went 19 to 41, two to 10 from three but he was 12 to 12 from the line and it is his third 50 point game of the season. No indeed in this one, Chandler. So how impressed are you by what Maxi continues to do? I'm super impressed. This is what I want to see James Hardin do when Kawhi Leonard's out. I want to see him take 41 shots. This is what they have to them to win. He took 41 shots and that's exactly what they needed for them to win the game. You know that you're going to have Joelle back. You know you're going to have to monitor his minutes and his health going forward but outside of Joelle and me, Tyrese Maxi, he's the guy. He has been an unbelievable, you know possibly most improved player this year. He has become a household name. He's an all star. You have the green light to go and take 40 plus shots when your big fella is out and you are trying to rise in the rankings the final week of the season. So this was super impressive. I don't care that it was inefficient. Kelly Ubrey also played good chippin' in 26 but we can't beat it out. I'll take a 19 out of 41. That's efficient to me. I don't know. You're saying it's harder to actually, it's harder to take the 40 shots than to actually go 50 percent. That's 20, that's 20 May shots basically. That's efficient. I'm just thinking of his arms. All the fame percentage is what he shot last night. That's okay, fine. If you want to look at it like that it's just if you think about the 41. By the way, what is this? He's the first player to score 50 in high school and the NBA in the same arena. That's a weird little piece of trivia that is. They're really going for it. They're going for it. That's what trivia is about. I bet you that's not even right. I guarantee you someone else did that. Oh, you're hearing that somebody. I guarantee you like someone in high school who did that and another, you know what I mean? I feel like that's such a reach of a stat. Okay, well, we'll spend the next week trying to figure out if we can. Put our guys on it. Put our guys on it. Put our research, get on it, please. Stick it with the sixers for a second here. They won five straight, sit their seventh right now which is kind of crazy, a game behind the Pacers. Hey, let me read you their schedule. Pistons, magic, nets, all at home. So easy question. Do they win out and secure that sixth spot, Lou? Yeah. Wow. All right. Because to me, two of those teams are already done. They're already packing up. They're in get out of the season healthy mode. So, you know, we won't have a summer rehab in Orlando Magic. You know, they're still in a playoff run. But like I said, when you have Joe L and B back and you're trying to make a run for something, I like the 76ers team over a lot of teams coming out of the West including Orlando Magic as well as their plan. So I think they get these last three and they went out. Hmm. I don't think they beat Orlando. I think Orlando's gunning for that hobbling as Milwaukee Bucks team right now. The only good thing is, and we didn't touch this on Milwaukee, they play the Celtics, the Magic twice in the Thunder. The Celtics don't care, right? So like that sounds like a crazy schedule, but the Celtics in the Thunder, they pretty much they know where they're gonna fall, right? So those aren't done. The hard part is the Magic twice. The teams that still have some shifting, still have some moving up and moving down to do. So the sixers are in a good spot. The fact that they're all in home is great. The fact that they had Joe L and B, the back is great. Well, the Thunder can still move Chandler. I mean, it's tough, but they technically could move. They matter to the Thunder. It doesn't matter to the Celtics though. Definitely doesn't matter to the Celtics. Yeah, but I have a question. Do the Celtics view tomorrow's game in Milwaukee as like, if we win and Orlando went like, we have a chance to move Milwaukee down to three or four, and we don't have to face them in our accident. Strategy? Like, is there any motivation like that? Yeah. Yeah, do y'all think about that? I don't think they're scared. They're home court all the way through regardless. You know, if they see what they're home, they're home court all the way through. I don't think they're worried about anybody, honestly. I'll tell you this, though, the most intense game of this whole postseason is probably going to be that 7-8 Eastern Conference play-in. I think it's going to be the play-ins on both sides. I do too. Because nobody, it's going to be the best. They want to win that game and be that two-seat and play Milwaukee or Orlando. That play-in first game, whether it's sixers and Pacers, sixers and he, that game is going to be intense as nobody wants to Celtic smoke first round. No, just put that off to the last minute if you possibly can. Chandler, don't worry. We're going to talk some mavs here. It's kind of crazy what these two dudes have been doing and they seem to actually like each other, get along. But Kyrie had a season high 48. Luca had 37, 12 assists, nine rebounds and 25 of Kyrie's points. We're in the fourth quarter and over time. They beat Houston officially official now. They're out. But they embraced at the end of this one. They just seem to be really liking each other. Lou, are we surprised at all? Considering where we were in the Kyrie Irving story for a while there. And now we get to see this moment. What are you thinking? Yeah. We love a good bromance in sports, right? We love the guys are getting along and playing well together. But listen, this one-two punch is going to be dangerous. This is exciting. This is, we're finally getting to the point of the season where all of these storylines and everything that's happening is starting to make sense. Dallas were limping for a while in this season. They figured it out and put themselves in a great position for a nice four or five matchup coming up here if they can stay in that spot. So having these guys clicking and being on the same page at this time of year is priceless. It's going to pay dividends and it's going to be exciting to watch. Yeah. Again, this duo just, it's working. And they found a balance on when to take turns on how to play and transition, how to play in the half-port offense. I've talked all year long. This is the deepest. This is the most balanced team Luca's had and Kyrie Irving's the best player Luca's ever played with. So that alone makes it this much easier. And yeah, look at the standings. The way Luca torches the Clippers, the year-end, year-out, I love the Mavs in this first-round matchup. And it's not going to be easy. It's going to be probably the best series of all here. But yeah, when you have the offensive fire... I like the good one. When you have the offensive fire power, like Kyrie and Luca and these guys do this together. And by the way, the first quarter looked, they were down 42 to 27 in the first quarter and just completely flipped the script, completely did what they did that was working. And these two guys, they scored so many different ways too. You can't, it's kind of like that son's kind of look where, damn, are we going to double team KD today? Cause then book's going to go crazy. Are we going to blitz book and pick and rolls because then we're going to leave KD alone on the ISO. You can't really guard both them. There's not two guys on any team that can shut these two guys down, which is funny because when you think about it, the two guys that should be able to are Paul George and Kauai Leonard, who are possibly who they're going to face in the first round. But this is just an exciting team. They're really fun to watch. They can shoot the ball. They can score in there. It's the deepest team Luca's ever had. This, I can't wait. This whole first round is going to be insane. And speaking of, why don't we go to the two teams in the West that again, who the hell knows what's going to happen? Lakers and Warriors. So yeah, we got, we got that week left here. The Lakers right now, ninth, they've won nine of their last 11. Warriors of court, 10th, they've won seven of their last eight. Lakers, a half game back to the Kings. That's where we got to concentrate for eighth with three games remaining. And the Warriors are one and a half back of the Lakers with four games left. So there is a world in which these both could advance in that top eight. So I ask you, what is more likely? Or do you see a world loop in which that does happen? For a while there, it felt mathematically like it couldn't, but here we are. For me, I feel like it's going to be one or the other. They're going to run into each other at that nine, 10 matchup. As it stands, you know, this is who these, both of these teams have been all season. It looks like that's what it's going to come down to. So I don't see a scenario where both get in and these, these, these, the standings change any, you know, especially with, with these games dwindling down to the last three or four. I think it stands as it, as it remains right now. And they're going to have to face each other in that first playing game. It's going to be one or the other. When it comes to one game, if I'm picking the Lakers or the Golden State Warriors, I'm going to still have to pick the LA Lakers for this one. I think they're just more equipped for the moment at this, at this point of the season, and they move on. So I hate to say it, but- Come on, Shayla, make it interesting. Tell, tell me they're going to, tell me the Lakers take up the Kings and we get an actual world in which they, they both go after the start. It's possible. There's just enough time, but I'm with Lou. I don't see it. I would rather that. I'd rather the Lakers and the Warriors there in that seven and eight seed than the Sacramento Kings and New Orleans. I think that'd be great for the league. I think it'd be a better for TV. I think it'd be better for ratings. It'd be better for everything. And I just don't see it happening. But again, that nine, 10 matchup, that's going to be something. As now we're talking about two legendary organizations. We're talking about two of the greatest players of all time. And it's going to be an exciting play. And I'm, again, the play in has just worked, man. It's, it's so excited. I hated it at first, just like the in season tournament. I hated playing works. And this is going to be an electric game. And I'd have to take the Lakers too. I know all I can think about is when LeBron was like, whoever came up with the plan should be fired. That might be one of the few times where his basketball opinion might not have been right. He's probably needed more than anybody at this point. And it's worked for him. It's completely worked for him. Shoms, the Lakers did lose to Minnesota last night. Do we have any updates on where Kat is in his progress? Great news for Carl Anthony Towns. He participated in his first team scrimmage on Sunday since that March 4th absence that he's had with that tour. Maniscus, Anthony Edwards said post game in his interview. Carnegie Towns will be back. Kat will be back is the exact words. Indeed, I'm told he is very, very close to returning to action. The Timberwolves have four games this week at home against the Wizards on Tuesday, then on the road Wednesday in a back to back against the Nuggets and then back at home for two to finish the season Friday against Atlanta and Sunday against Phoenix. There is optimism that Carnegie Towns will play before the playoff starts. And so that gives them, you know, a four game window here. Let's see when he makes the return. But obviously great news. I don't think the Timberwolves, when that injury happened, expected him to come back, but he's been working out, progressing. Obviously, you have to work extremely hard with that tour. Maniscus after surgery to get back on the floor in just a little over a month. Who in the hell back? Denver back to back. What? What's that? I said, it's crazy how quick these cats are healing. It's insane. No pun intended. See, it used to be season ending. The fact that and by the way, even if Carl Anthony Towns, just the fact that he's coming back and he's going to be on the floor and he plays 15 to 20 minutes gives the Timberwolves that much more and that much of a boost of a confidence just to have their guy back. So this is huge for the Timberwolves going into the postseason. The crazy ending of schedule. Speaking of, we've got we've got more schedule looking right now because the Pelicans and the Suns also play. This is a big one. New Orleans wins it. One 13, 105. You got 31 from CJ, 29 from Zion. Both teams sitting with a 46 and 32 record. Suns right now have the tiebreaker and they both have four remaining. Well, we can show you these schedules, Chandler, when I ask you this, because I'm asking who's finishing with the better record. So for a point of reference here, New Orleans plays at Portland, at Sacramento, at Golden State. Then they play the Lakers. Phoenix plays at the Clippers, then the Clippers at Homes, at Sacramento, at Minnesota. Damn, somebody hates the Suns. OK, what are you thinking? I mean, I can see them both going two and two. And it depends on the Pelican schedules easier. So and they just and they just beat them. So I'd have to take I'd have to take the Pelicans. But if I take this team, this, you know, this question in a series or like a play in, I swear, I'd still ride with the Suns. I still think they have more, which is crazy, because they're fully healthy last night. They finally had a big game from all three guys, twenty three from Durant, twenty five from Booker, thirty three from Bradley Biel, and then they give up, you know, thirty one to CJ and let Zion go off for a game near Triple Tubble and still find a way to lose the game. So they're still confusing me and I still and I still believe in them somehow. But I think New Orleans finishes with a higher record. It's going to be an interesting situation again. Come play in. Not wait. I see it. I see it. The opposite channel of New Orleans playing their last three out of four games. They're playing teams that these games matter. They're going to get some. They're going to get some tough runs right here. They're going to play against three really, really motivated teams. The Sacramento Kings, Golden State and L.A. Lakers, I think with Phoenix with the two Clipper games, the Clippers are basically going to be going to be in fourth or fifth. You know, they're obviously playing for a home court advantage. They're going to want to stay in their fourth spot. But other than that, they have the leeway to kind of rest rest some guys wanted one of the two of these games, Sacramento. Like I said, that's going to be a challenge. Minnesota is going to be a challenge trying to work back into back back in. But I think this road is a little bit more difficult for the New Orleans Pelicans, their last three out of four. So I like I like Phoenix finishing better with a better record than than New Orleans. And it is true, like these these last couple of games, we have no idea who's going to be resting and who's going to play. Who cares what seed? You know what I mean? So these games are going to be really unpredictable and hard to tell. Oh, it's going to be fun for your gambling channeler. Let us know how that all works out at the end of the week. Great. Take a quick break. When we come back, Shams with the news. John Calipari and where is Caitlyn Clark ranked all time when run it back returns? Oh, Shams delving into the world of college hoops. All right. What happened? John Calipari switching teams. Why? What? How? What's going on? John Calipari out at Kentucky. He's nearing a massive new deal at the University of Arkansas. The Arkansas Razorbacks. His time was out in Kentucky. It was done 15 seasons there, Michelle. They have not made it out. The Wildcats have out of the first weekend since 2019. And this is really a best case scenario for Kentucky, for John Calipari, for Kentucky. It would have been thirty three million dollars in a buyout to John Calipari. If they fired him, now they owe him zero dollars. He moves on to a new team, fresh start for John Calipari. And in Arkansas, he's going to get around eight million dollars a year. Obviously, a multi-year contract. And Arkansas is making significant NIL commitments to John Calipari in that basketball program. This is looked at as a pretty high level job in terms of the potential growth and the money that's being invested by the boosters and everything else in Arkansas right now. So John Calipari, it is a complete end of an era. I mean, you see all the graphics made right now of all the NBA players that have come through Kentucky, but that era is now over. John Calipari will be moving on. Yeah, he has contributed billions of dollars of NBA talent to the league. Guys, you know what? When the athletic director of Kentucky put out a two sentence tweet and said, I had a meeting with John Calipari and he will be back. I was like, oh, that's not that's not very exciting. But here we are. Moves have been made, guys. Chandler, right time, right place. Yeah, like like Sean just said, that kind of ran its course there from everything I know. And I've heard Calipari and the AD don't have the best of relationships. And now with this NIL deal and with the money, with the Walmart and the Tyson chicken money that Arkansas has, apparently they're putting together a huge little NIL pot where Cal is just going to be able to do what he did at Kentucky and do it at Arkansas and get all the recruits and be able to, you know, financially provide a lot of stability for these kids. So I think I think it's the right move. I think it's the right time. It's interesting. I was just crazy, just going from a, you know, a same conference from a Kentucky to an Arkansas. And it'll be awesome to see him go back and kind of see the reaction that the crowd and the fan base of Kentucky will give him after everything he's done for that school for the 15 seasons. But now I'm looking like who's getting that Kentucky job? Because that is a great job. You hear Billy Donovan, you hear maybe Patino. That kind of gets me going to see who's going to kind of follow Cal Parrish footsteps and who gets that gig next. But, you know, Kudos to Calpari. He's getting a bag. He's going to go to the same type of town. And then he's got a big old, big old pot of money from his boosters to get all the best players. So it seems like the right move. Do we have a preference? Do you want Billy Donovan to be the coach at Kentucky? No, fuck no. If he goes to Kentucky from Florida, no way. I'll never speak to him again if he takes that job, but it'd be a great job. Lines have been drawn. OK. Oh, the Gators, my bad. All right, I get it. So he's not out there. Chandler just said he's never going to speak to Billy D. You're never going to speak to him again. Get that out there. Get that. His first few feelings are just unacceptable. I get it. Yeah, but what if he wants to go back to Kentucky? You don't go Florida to Florida State. It's just he just don't do it. I get it. But what if it's the best job and he wants it? You're not going to take it just from somewhere? He should probably take it and I'll probably talk to him still, but I won't be happy. You're such a fossil full of crap. All right, moving on. Shams, we're all on Brawny Watch. Whether we want to be or not, it is a talking point. We are keeping our eye out and there was some news. Where's Brawny going? Brawny James is declaring for the 2024 NBA draft, but he's also maintaining his college eligibility going to enter the NCA transfer portal, leaving USC, regardless of where this goes. I'm told this is just the start of the process where Brawny James priority is to stay in the draft, of course, but that's going to depend on how the evaluation comes from his team workouts, team visits. He's going to have to go through a thorough evaluation through this pre-drive process. When I talk to NBA teams, there's a clear consensus that as a defender, he's already at that caliber of an NBA defender. We know about his basketball IQ as well. Obviously, great genes there. But shooting, offensive game, ball handling. I think those are all things that scouts talent evaluators will keep an eye on as he goes through the pre-drive process. And I think if there's a draft to be in, though, this is probably the draft by all accounts to stay in. And it's not like Brawny James, the guy that's hurting for money. This is something that I think him, Rich Paul, his agents at Clutch Sports, they're going to make sure he finds the right situation, whether that's in the first round, the second round, if he does stay in this draft. And any GM that takes Brawny James and takes on the persona of what this is all going to mean, you're going to have to have some level of comfortability with their job status as well. So we'll see where Brawny James ends up. We'll know in the coming weeks and months. OK, hear me out, guys. Remember that video of Linda Rambas and Jeannie Buss all huggy, huggy with LeBron? Based on that video, I think Brawny James will be a Laker and they will all just stay put in Hollywood. Where are we on that? Good theory? Yes. Go, Lou. I mean, it's low risk versus high reward, right? You know, Brawny is two or three years out of being somebody who can give you an opportunity to to win basketball games and become a young talent in his league. So if you can get Brawny in the late first round, early second round with a draft pick and have an opportunity to keep his pops happy, have an opportunity for him to be in a system where he's not needed right away. I think this works out. And like Shum said, if there is a draft to do it, this is the draft. There's no disrespect to these young guys out here. But it's not a lot in his draft. And so if you can get an opportunity to get a Brawny James and have an opportunity for him to be in your environment, in your organization, along with his father, I think you do it. Yeah, if I'm a team and I have a late, you know, first round pick, early second round pick and I'm just in front of the Lakers, I'm thinking about taking Brawny James and sabotaging this whole plan that we think they have, for sure. Because look, if he was LeBron's son, would we be talking about like this? Probably not. But he does have the tools and the intangibles and the length and the, you know, he does have that to be a better pro than he was college player. But that's also not saying much because he wasn't very good this year with the health issues and what he's on the floor. So that's a completely different story. But if you get their chance, yeah, getting LeBron James and you're either a small market town, like, you know, like, like a Memphis or like someone, something like this that could use the Jersey sales and the buzz and the TV games, sure, you're not going to get fired as a GM for taking Brawny James with the 33rd pick if that means you get LeBron James. I promise you will not get fired doing that. So yeah, if you're a team that's also a contender and you're right there and you can get this kid, not play him and get LeBron James and sure, throw him in some games and blowouts and keep developing him and maybe he does turn into something. Yeah, I think it's, I think it's extremely, extremely low risk for high reward, like Lou said, to take a flyer on him. So we'll see, obviously with the rules now, he could just also go back to school. He could transfer, he could not enter the draft. So it really doesn't matter until it's final. But yeah, I'm taking the risk of drafting him with the 29th pick. If that means next season, I get LeBron James for sure. I think this is Lakers all in, though. I don't think another team really gets an opportunity at him. I think he's Lakers all in. That's the only way it makes sense. If like, if he goes to who knows small, well, the small market team for this. Yeah, like he goes to, like LeBron's not going to Memphis. I don't care what he said in the past. I don't care. Obviously, the narratives already starting to change a little bit, right? Like he's already said, I don't know how long I'm going to play. I don't know how I'm going to feel this in that the narratives in the timelines are already starting to change with things that he said in the past and in years in the past. And so if he goes to a Memphis or a team like that, Brandy, I think you're on your own. And so are the Memphis Grizzlies going to be as patient with Brony James as the Los Angeles Lakers? I don't think so. So I think this is Lakers all in. I noticed that Chandler always sends everybody to Memphis. I appreciate it. The consistency has been there all for two seasons now. Yeah, we're going to love how you're there with us. I know it's like we like them. We hate. I don't know. I don't know if she friends again, that's fine. We'll see you in the morning. OK, Chandler doesn't like them. Thank you, sir. And we do have some hot headlines to continue to speak about gentlemen's Iowa, South Carolina. You know, the result wasn't the surprise. South Carolina won this one becoming national champs. Third one, 10th team to compete in an undefeated season the way they did. But Caitlin Clark, obviously, is the big story of the weekend. She's now lost consecutive title chances. Does it, in your opinion, Chandler, do anything to what her legacy has been overall? No, because she played them on stars last night. That were 38 and no. And by the way, congratulations to South Carolina. That's what an unbelievable season. Like, you don't just do that by luck or by chance. That is an unbelievable. They have did not lose a game from October to now. That is insane, too. So Don Staley, shout out the coach, the team. That's great. But no, Caitlin Clark has single handedly put this sport on the map. People I played golf yesterday at my club, every single TV has that Iowa game on everyone sitting there talking about there's grown ass men, wasted, betting, cheering, standing up, clapping. I have never seen that type of vibe and that type of atmosphere for a woman's basketball game. So Caitlin Clark, she's she's she's it's unbelievable what she's done. It's unbelievable. The recognition, even the wins and losses, they're going to come and go. Right. But what she's done for the sport, you have to respect whether you love her, you hate her, your eye rolling her at the attention. She's getting whatever it is. She's she's gave women's college basketball, at least for now, that boost of ratings. You see the ratings of the Yukon game, the most game ever. Like it's insane. So that aspect, yes, there's been a lot of great women before her to play. There'll be a lot of great women after her to play. But she has definitely lit this on fire. Yeah, I don't think this. Yeah, this doesn't affect her legacy at all. She was transcendent. She brought so much attention to the women's basketball game. And I and I love it. Being a coach, being around these young women, we were in the AAU gym yesterday and the lobby was packed with people crammed, watching these two small TVs behind a smoothie bar, checking this out. And a lot of that was because of Caitlin Clark. So, you know, she's been the best player in college basketball. She's run into the best teams in college basketball two years in a row. And the results show because of that. But that changes nothing that she's been a been allowed to do on the women's side of sports. I look forward to seeing her in a WNBA, you know, the talk is even transferring over to how she's going to be played to the pro level. And so with that, she's brought awareness to the WNBA and she's going to bring a lot of a lot of new fans and a different fan base to it. And I think that's what the women's game needs. So salute to Caitlin Clark for being transcendent and also shout out to Dunn, Staley and the South Carolina Gamecocks for being dominant as they were this year and all the other women that had a great impact on the year. And by the way, it's her WNBA arrival is already being planned for because teams are changing venues when the fever visit. I think the aces are moving to the bigger arena for that particular game. So it's it's badass. Think about the one two punch we're going to be able to see. We're going to be able to see her and Aliyah Boston as a one two punch to be able to play against the loss to play against the aces with the powerhouse that they have with the New York Lively with the powerhouse they have. This is the excitement that the WNBA needs. They need that star power. And Caitlin Clark is at the head of it. This is going to be fun. I look forward to seeing her compete against the rest of the pros. Adam Silver better be on the phone already with her agents getting her to All-Star Weekend too. Oh, yeah. It's moving. It's moving. It will. They're not going to miss that opportunity. There's no way. Quick break. When we come back, we will have a little Batman as a family. Running back, running back, running back, running back, running up. Oh, that man does have a family. Why not? Winby, this might be the one future I got right when I said he would lead the league in blocks this year in October. We got it. Is he is he defensive player of the year next year, Lou? It looks like it. Not this year, but next year it looks like it. This show better come back because it's going to be fun next year, y'all. That's all I want to be all winby. All winby. Which is the name of the show. All right, here we go. I mean, I don't even. What is that? It's like a cartoon. Call it a dime. It's crazy is this is probably like the fourth nicest play that he did. All game long. Everything he does is so nuts. It's so nuts. All right. Yeah, Mr. Robinson. Oh, dear. Oh, oh, bye. I'm sorry, Greg. Tori, Greg's on the bulls. We're not doing this. Come on, sir. I'm sorry, you take it. Japs, take him off the dugout. Oh, he almost hurt himself for that one. Let me see. One, two, three, four, five, seven. Oh, no, nuts. I mean, he must have tripped, though. That's crazy, but that was a very hard fall. I'm going to go ahead and say he tripped a little bit. Oh, this almost falls too. But yeah, that's nasty. Dude, we've seen these so many times and yet every time. Come on, there he is. Like, at this point, you just got to pull the ball out, man. If you look back and see LeBron James trailing, you just got to pull the ball back. Do you feel him or do you see him? Like, what is it? You feel him, you know, he's coming with him. He's got his soup. Oh, he's gotten so good at this that even if you do a reverse, he can he can beat it up. Yeah, like crazy. Lexi Pokeshevsky. Poku. Oh, it's clean. OK. Oh, yeah. He's up. Oh, no. No, he's working muscle. He don't got some muscles. He got half. This is amazing. It's like a little kid's like, look at me. This is for you. He may wait a thing. I can't touch. 160 pounds. So get wet. No, the ref didn't even see it directly. I expected his flex. That that was made me laugh. All right, Paul. Paul George again. They got it for you. Oh, my God. That was a game where. I mean, oh, my goodness. Sir, in his bag today. Oh, clean one, please. And he makes the shot, which is obviously the chair. A big shot. Oh, well, that's. That's how you don't. That's how you don't do a chase down block. Well, but I appreciate the effort. And guards know better. What are you doing? Kobe, he's effort. I'm not surprised. Kobe White, that's that's very him. Quick break. Wrap things up when we come back. Who you got Purdue, Yukon. It's a late ass start tonight out here on the East Coast. Lou, you first. I'm throwing a big, old, big, old, big, old bag on Yukon. That's that Chandler. Did you hear that? I mean, they're the best team. They've been the best team all year long, but I'll make it fun. I'll take Purdue. I think Zach Edie is too much. He's too big. Yeah, he's looking at you with that big. You see how he's looking at you? Chandler, he's the only little man that's looking at you like you're some kind of a genius. You should enjoy that. But I'll see you all tomorrow.