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The Warriors are minus 190. The Rockets are plus 155.

Are the Warriors a lot

to beat the Rockets? I'm not sure if they

a lot. Now, we're going off

experience, then obviously, you know,

they got Houston on that. Houston got

youth on their side, and

they got to use their advantage, man. They got to make

them guys work, but, you know, when you

got guys like Jimmy Butler and Draymond

Green and obviously, you know, Steph Curry, it's going to be tough to beat them, man. They got them role players around them playing great basketball, so that's going to be an interesting series.
There's a lot of series I'm looking forward to, and their Rockets and Golden State is going to be one for the ages. Yeah.
But the thing that concerns me about the Rockets, who's your go-to guy? Right. They haven't been in this.
The Warriors have been in these situations. Steph knows what it's like to play championship basketball, to get ready to win a title.
Draymond has been there. He knows what it's like.
Jimmy Butler hadn't won, but he's taking team to the NBA Finals. He knows what it's like.
And they're role players. Now, I don't know what's going on with Kamingo.
Didn't really play. Moody got the assignment.
So it's going to be very, very interesting because you play with a team that understands what these moments are about and what they're like versus a team that's extremely athletic. Excuse me.
Smith, and you got got Dylan Brooks and you got Jalen Green.

You got Van Fleet. You got

Al Sangoon. He's for real.

Draymond's gonna

have his hands down with him now.

And them boys play, them Rockets, they

play hard, man. You know, in there,

he's going to have them ready.

They ain't going to be scared of nothing.

No, they're going to come out and compete.

I think the fact that they are young, Joe, is why you can't have them as a law. They play on both ends of the court.
And I think the pressure for them, especially when you're that young, you're just out there playing basketball. You're just out there playing basketball.
You're just out there having fun and doing what you need to do. And I think they have the Warriors to win, obviously, not only because of Steph, but because of the experience.
They've already been there before. But it's going to be a good series.
A very, very good series. They got a whole...
It's going to 7-2 now. Joe, they got a whole serve at home.
Yeah. Talking about the Rockets.
The Rockets got a whole serve. They do.
Because that's going to be the confidence booster

if you can win the first two games at home

and then have to travel to, you know, Golden State

to, you know, to try to get a win.

But, man, I just like the young Rockets team.

They play hard.

They're fearless.

And, you know, they know what it's like to play the Warriors

because they played them pretty well this year.

Yeah. Hey, Joe, if they come out the gate in general and win the first two games at home, well, it can get spooky.
It can get spooky. The one thing about the Warriors, the Warriors won't panic because they've been here.
I remember a couple years ago, they went down to Sacramento, and they had to go to Sacramento and win Game 7, and Steph Curry had one of the great on-time performances. He dropped 50 on them in a Game 7.
So the Warriors would not look. You lose the first two games on the road.
All they did was hold serving home. The series doesn't start until the road team wins a game.
So all Houston would have done is protect their home. They did not let the Warriors come in and invade their territory.
So we kept them at bay. Now, can we make an advancement into their territory by stealing a game at home? Now, Rockets are saying all we got to do is just hold serve at home.
If we went all for at home, we advance. The Warriors are saying we got to find a way to get one.
All we got to do is get one at home. Get one at home.
And we lack our chance. And I think that first game for the Warriors will be probably one of the best games for them to get because their young team in Houston, you know, having to understand the two seed you're the one being hunted like you gotta understand and know how to protect that and uh you can't wait to see what the intensity is gonna be like before you have to rip it up like Golden State they gonna already know so uh they know yeah the Rockets they cannot lose on their home floor they gotta protect they gotta protect the.
And I think it's going to be a hell of a series.

Yeah.

Golden State said, we already played a playoff game.

We beat Memphis.

Even though it doesn't go towards anything,

but that was a playoff-type atmosphere because, hey,

the one thing we didn't want to do was fall and now we're out.

So, hey, let's just go ahead and make it light on ourselves. And plus, I think they like their chances better against the Rockets than they do.
Absolutely. Absolutely.
Hey, listen, listen. I think they definitely will take the Rockets because, you know, they know and understand the moment, and they know that the Rockets will be a little inexperienced, even though they're going to play hard and they're definitely going to make it competitive.

But, you know, the Rockets definitely got, I mean, the Warriors definitely got

the team who I think they were seeking out to get in the playoffs.

Mavs beat the

Kings 120-106.

AD and Klay

combined for 50 points.

As the Mavs blow out the Kings, the game really

wasn't that close at any point in time.

It beat 14 points. At one point in time,

they headed up as many as 24 points. Joe, I'm going to ask you this.
Did tonight win redeem Nico Harrison? Does he make... Does the Mavericks fan say, you know what? AD ain't that bad after all.
He gave us, what did he give us? 27, 9, 3 blocks of assists to steal. Plus 10 and a plus minus.
27, 9, and 3. We can live with that.
It's all well in Dallas after they advance to face the Memphis Grizzlies for a chance to be the 8th seed and face the OKC Thunder. No, I don't think it's all well in Dallas.
It was a good performance by AD, but I kind of feel like the Memphis, they're they're going to get cheated this year, man. They don't have Kyrie without an ACL injury, and you know at some point, even maybe next game, they need guys like him who can take over, create havoc on offense, and put guys in the right position.
So I think it's going to be tough, man. They still got their work cut out.
They got to play against Memphis in Memphis, right? Memphis can't lose that game, man. That's going to be a good one.
But let me ask you this. Are you concerned about the health of Ja? Now, we saw him hurt that ankle.
He stayed out for a significant amount of time. He tried to come back in.
But you know you've probably had that injury where you go to shoot a shot, you land on someone's foot, ankle, you roll your ankle. How sore is he going to be? Is there enough time between they played last night, you had Thursday off, and you play tomorrow off, and then you'll play on Friday.
He's young. He's going to heal up quick.
You know, if that was me and you having a spray, it's going to take us about three weeks to a month to get back. He's going to bounce right back.
He's going to be ready to go. He understands the moment, I think.
And knowing that it's in Memphis, I'm sure he's not going to want to let them fans down. So I expect John to put on the show, man.
Ocho, this game, Dallas Mavericks,

they win 120-106.

Anthony Davis, I mean, they got contributions

everywhere. AD had 27.

PJ Washington had 17.

Klay had 23. This is why they got

Klay off the bench. Dante Exum

had 11. Brandon Williams

had 17 in 18 minutes.

5 of 6 from the 4. 3 of 4

from the 3-point line. 4 of 4 from the free-throw line.

The bench was very, very good for the Dallas Mavericks to overcome.

DeMar DeRozan had 33.

Zach Levine had a quiet 20.

They didn't get the kind of production they'd normally get from the bonus.

He only had 11, 13, and 5, but he's normally somewhere around 17, 18.

Give you that, and they needed that tonight.

But Dallas go on the road to Sacramento and win this game. Ocho, what did you like about what you saw from Dallas? I mean, this is exactly what you expected them to do.
This is exactly what you expected them to do. Obviously, the fans have been mad about the trade and AD coming and Luka leaving, Luka coming in, trying to remind you why I should have stayed.
But all this is for the Dallas fans and the organization, for the Mavericks as well, is you put a Band-Aid on the gas. That's all it is.
This is what you're supposed to do to Sacramento. So what you're going to see is later on down the line, when it comes time for a seven-game series, things are going to be a little different.
You don't have Kyrie. He's hurt.
Most of the bulk of everything is going to be on 80. They have to, what's the word I'm looking for? Be a score, a 30, a 32, a 35, to be able to lead that team to another series, which Luke was able to do with Kyrie.
I don't think he's going to be able to do it. Yeah, you definitely need, and Joe, you can speak to this, in the playoffs, you need a guy that you can put the ball in his hands and he can go get you.
And it's nice to have that as a guard because you don't have to get him the ball. He can come get the ball, bring it up in Kyrie can describe Kyrie can get his shot from anywhere.
He can finish in the paint given that he's not an above the rim player, but his layup package and his ability to handle and create a shot for himself or someone else is second to none. And so to that, going on the road now, you look at Memphis.
They got Triple J, who did not have a great performance the other night. Job was good.
Desmond Bain played unbelievable. Pippen Jr.
played really well. What does Dallas have to do to go in and to create a similar performance to what they had tonight? Hey, he's going to have to be dominant.
He's going to have to be dominant, man. He's going to have to put up big numbers in order for them to win.
I know they pretty much played by committee. You know, Klay got off to a pretty good start tonight.
You know, he shot the ball really well. But they definitely, they got guys who can put up numbers now.
They got guys coming off their bench who can definitely chip in and help. But I think with their size, they're going to give Memphis some problems as well, though.
That's why AD is able to kind of roam because he got Lively and Gaffer down there to kind of clog up the pain. You know what I mean? Yeah.
And he gets to play when Lively's on the floor. He always gets to play, for the most part, he gets to play the floor, which he loves to play, because when you have Lively, you bring in a Daniel Gafford.
You're right, they're a big team. You look at P.J.
Washington, goes about 6'8". Lively goes about 6'11", or 7'0".
AD goes 6'10". Daniel Gafford, 6'9", 6'10".
This is a very, very big ball club. And so the front line, and they challenge a lot of shots.
They had eight blocks tonight. AD had three.
Gafford had two. And so you know nothing.
Hey, it's simple philosophy to play off. Nothing cheap, man.
Nothing easy. You coming to play, I got to put it down.
I'm sorry. But with Memphis, Memphis got JJ and Big Eden down there.
You know, they're going to cause some havoc as well. But I do expect Ja to really put on a pretty good performance because they're going to need him.
They're going to need his leadership definitely on the court for them to be able to continue. And whoever wins the game, they got OKC.
That's your prize, huh? You got OKC. You're going to be in full fight.
What? Hey. Yeah.
Are you surprised that Spencer Dinwiddie, who's been a major contributor, he only got two minutes of mop-up duty tonight. I was surprised they went with Exum as opposed to Spencer Dinwiddie.
What is it that you think J's kids saw that he says, you know what? The minutes that we normally give Dinwiddie, we're going to give those minutes to Exum because he played 19 minutes and he had 11 points, 4-4, 1-1 from the three-point line. And both of his free throws had three rebounds, had what? Ooh, six assists.

He brings good energy. He brings good energy to the table.
I think Dan Whitty is more of an offensive threat. And Exum, Exum's going to come in and he's going to be more of an edge factor.
He's going to play hard defensively. He's going to knock down the shots if he opens, especially in that corner.
So I think he probably just leaned a little more on Exum probably because he had a little bit more confidence in him than that. And plus, he's looking to get everybody involved as opposed to Spencer Dinwiddie looking to get himself involved.
Yeah, Dinwiddie trying to get into his bag. Dinwiddie said, I'm playing for a contract, bro.
Keep it a buck with you. I'm trying to get this contract.
You're right. I think the thing is with Edie, look, he reminds me.

I think the thing is when you look at Memphis, when they were at their best,

they had, what's the guy?

What's the big guy they had?

He just traded him to Houston.

Adams.

Steven Adams.

Yeah, big Steven Adams.

Yeah.

Job was tremendous in the pick and roll.

He gave them, Adams gave them extra opportunities. Zach Eaton can do that, but Zach is going to have to be, he's going to have to be a little bit more active because I think he's a better offensive weapon.
He was player of the year. No matter what you think of him, his game, college game, compared to the NBA, he was a player of the year.
He was an All-American. And so he has the offensive skills.
Now, it's not him shooting threes, but around the rim, I'm not so sure they run a whole lot of plays for him. He's not a guy that you run, hey, you want 14 points? Get it off the rim.
There you go. You like to get it off the rim.
The thing is, we'll have him on the floor. They're going to keep him in pick and rolls.
You know what I mean? Because he's probably going to play back a lot of the times. He's not going to be up to the pick.
And for the guards, you know, that's definitely essential for them trying to get to the basket and just create opportunities for everybody on the squad. That's where Kyrie would be extra beneficial.
because you put Edie in the pick and roll and you know he doesn't want to hedge and he doesn't have the lateral he doesn't have the lateral quickness or the excuse me quickness or to be able to drop back so Kyrie like oh yeah as Shaq would say barbara, junkers, floaters, passes like it'll be a pretty sad to see. But like I said, they got other guys on their team who are capable of having a big night.
So even winning you a game in the playoffs, and that's what you need. Yeah.
Nick Marshall did a lot of having the ball tonight. They let Clay bring it up early, but Nick Marshall was really in charge.
I thought Exum coming in gave him a boost of energy as you mentioned. Brandon Williams was sensational.
He was absolutely sensational. 17 points in 18 minutes.
He got it and got it going early and a lead that was like 8-9 all of a sudden became 18-19-20. Yeah.
What's his name? No. Najee.
Oh, Najee Marshall. My bad, Najee Marshall.
I thought you was talking about Brandon Williams. I'm like, I'm seeing Williams.
Najee Marshall, he did a lot of ball handling, but he's not a natural point guard. He's not a natural facilitator.
And I think that gets a lot of teams because, oh, he can handle the ball. Just because you can handle the ball doesn't mean you can run the offense and I think we saw that with the Phoenix Suns because Booker yeah Book can handle the ball but Booker's a dude you go back and look at the Suns and study them they work best when when they had CP3 hey Katie you can get that shot right there.
Hey, Book, you can get this right here.

Stop pretending

just because somebody

can handle the ball,

they can run an offense.

Those are different things.

Handling the ball,

running an offense.

It's just like a quarterback,

Ocho, you know,

hey, he can throw the ball,

but can't he run an offense?

Nah.

Go ahead, Ocho,

what'd you want to say?

Nah, I just,

I just came back from using,

um,

watch me.

Wash your hands?

Yeah, my bad.

We were getting

where we couldn't

Thank you. Go ahead, Ocho, what'd you want to say? Nah, I just came back from using, um, washing me.
Wash your hands? Yeah, my bad. We were getting where we couldn't pay the bill.
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Oh, there's been one constant during the entire Luka Doncic trade fiasco is that Nico Harrison and the Mavs continue to make some worst PR decision imaginable. Nico said he has no regret in the Luka trade.
When you look at this trade, we targeted AD. With our philosophy of defense wins championships, we wanted a two-way player that could lead our team, and that was Anthony Davis.
Everyone's going to have the criticism, and I'm not sure what Mark Cuban said, but that's a better question left for him. But we got what we wanted.
My obligation is to the Dallas Mavericks. It's what's best interest of the Dallas Mavericks.
And that's what's the most important thing. Some of these decisions are going to be unpopular.
Maybe to Durkin, maybe to some fans. But my obligation is to the Dallas Mavericks.
Is he trolling at this point? No, but actually he should stop talking about it. He's making it worse.
I'm not sure what his angle is. I'm not sure what it is.
For the betterment of the future of the Dallas Mavericks, you want to make the right decisions long term. Letting Luka Doncic go to the Lakers is not making the right decisions by the fans or the Dallas Mavericks organization.
Now, I'm not saying there's nothing wrong with AD, but I mean, when you talk about longevity and wanting to keep your job based on the decisions that you make for the betterment of the team, it would have been keeping Luka there. But that's not his...
But at the end of the day, that's not his call. That's ownership's call.
And the Dumont family said, okay. Mark Cuban just tweeted.
What did he tweet? He called him stupid or something. I guarantee you.
I guarantee you. He said, Dirk is the Dallas Mavericks.
They're not forever. No one should ever forget that.
That statue will be here forever. Loyalty never fades.
Tomorrow night, 15 guys will put on a Mavericks uniform, and they'll do everything they can to win for themselves, each other, and the fans. Our squad busted their, you know what, fight through incredible adversity.
They have my respect and support. Should have everyone's.
I'm a Mavs fan. I'll always love and cheer for everyone who puts on our uniform.
Tomorrow night, and however many games we have left in this season and ever in the future, whether I'm in the stands or in front of the TV or following every play online, my heart and soul is committed to rooting for our Mavs to win. That will never change.
I know fans are upset, but don't be upset at the players. Support them.
Root for them. Rally behind them.
I don't know what M.M. What is that? Okay.
Well, what Ash said. Mavs fans for life.
Hashtag Mavs fan for life. Man, that was so PC.
I thought he gave some truth based on the decisions that was made. He's upset because Nico called out Dirk.
Maybe Dirk maybe Dirk is upset maybe the fans are upset and he's looking at like bro if you're a part of the you know Dirk ain't just it's kind of like Ocho it's kind of like if you were to call out somebody from Cincinnati or when I call out somebody from the Broncos or the Ravens. It's a little different.
We played there.

People still remember, you know, your number 85 is up.

My number 84 is up.

People remember what I did in Baltimore.

So it's a little different.

Right, when it comes from you.

And somebody else criticizing a guy that played here.

Right.

Okay.

Like you said, Dirk is a legend.

Right.

20, what did Dirk play? 20 seasons? 20 seasons or 21? 20 seasons. Same uniform, never left.
Have an opportunity to live, get bigger paydays. He said, nah, this is my home.
And so, Nico, my recommendation, 21. My, my, my, yes, Ocho, just let it go.
Fans are going to be upset. Fans are going to be upset.
And especially because it's still so fresh. Time.
Let time pass and you'll be okay, but don't mention it anymore. You're not going to make these people, these fans forget.
And no matter how much you say you wanted Anthony Davis, you targeted Anthony Davis, and we want to be a two-way team because defense wins championships, fans ain't really trying to hear that. They ain't trying to hear that, man.
You gave a guy away. When you traded a guy that was there, he came there at 18.
Dallas was all he knew. Those fans, Luka is all they knew.
And now they don't have him anymore. And...
We know what he does on the court. I don't care.
But all that other stuff. And you say, at some point the fans will forget? They will never forget.
Because there's a type of player that the Lakers got. They understand.

Luka will always remind them,

Dallas, Nico Collins,

and the owners on what they did based on his play

in LA. And they're going to always

resent that because he's going to be

the superstar that they had.

He's going to always remind them, this is what you let go.

Every

single year. In every game that he had, like he had that game when he went back, he dropped 45.
Back in a full. That should have been, he should have been dropping that 45 on the Lakers for us.
You saw the other night, he had 39 against the Houston, I think the Rockets, and he didn't play the fourth quarter. So when you see him go off of those type performances, you're like, what are we doing? And AD, look, AD is a phenomenal player.
AD is an all-75 player. He's been an all-NBA selection.
He's been an all-star. He's been an all-star game MVP.
He's won a title. He's not Fettuccine, but he's not Luka.
Not Phoenix Sun-5, Boone holds him. The Suns became the third team in NBA history to start the season 8-1 or better and miss the playoff.
They joined the 1970 Detroit Pistons and the 2001-02 Milwaukee Bucks. KD is looking to leave the Suns.

Ocho, who should be held accountable for the Suns' failures?

You look at before KD got there, were the Suns playing well?

Were they failing before KD got there?

Prior to he got there, they were in the NBA Finals.

NBA Finals win?

They lost to 21. They lost to in 21.

They lost to the Bucks

and the NBA

Finals and then they lost

in the what?

They beat the Clippers one year.

That was the year they went to the Finals.

The next year they beat the Lakers

and then they lose to the Suns.

I mean the Nuggets

They lost to Luka

To Dallas

They was the number one seed

They ended up losing to Luka

You know what when it comes down to it

I'm assuming you can

Some of the blame does go on the players

Some of the blame can't go on Kevin Durant

I'm not sure how much of it you can put on one individual player when collectively, obviously there is a group of five that have to play and have to gel together. You think, obviously, when you have these super teams where Bradley Beal and Devin Booker and Kevin Durant coming together, you expect the results, obviously, show on the court.

Obviously, the match race and it didn't work, the relationship between him and Bowden.

How do you say the coach's name? Bowdoin-Hoser. Obviously, things didn't work, especially the way it started out.
It started out really good. Obviously, Aiden won, but not making the playoffs or play-in, for that matter.
I mean, it's horrible. Everybody has to be held accountable.
Obviously,

most of the

criticism and the critiquing will go to the

superstar players, especially one of the greatest

scorers of all time. So I guess

he can take

that criticism. Obviously, them not

making the playoffs, he would be

a part of the problem if he wasn't part of the

goddamn solution for that matter.

I mean, this is the fourth coach

in four years. They fired

Monte Williams. They fired

Thank you. part of the problem if he wasn't part of the goddamn solution for that matter i mean this is the fourth coach in four years they fired monty williams they fired uh uh uh who uh the lakers coach vogel who's in vogel uh vogel they fired bud they could find bud yeah they're about to be on their fourth coaches now bud got Bud got three more years at $10 million.
Vogel had several years at like $8 million. And I know Mike has tons of money, but you got to stay the course a little longer than a year.
Yeah, but that's the problem. When it comes to people, when it comes to owners, obviously in life, in life, the way they fix things, most of the time when you see a pattern like this where you keep firing coach after coach after coach after coach, it's sometimes you just throw money at it and you think it fixed the problem.
That's how it works in the business world. When it comes to the sports world,

you throw your money at it and then you allow it time to manifest.

You let it marinate for a little bit

until it can gel, until

it all works out.

I believe all, I think the only

player that's going to be there is Devin Booker.

He's the player that started there.

I think KD is going to be gone.

Bradley Bill is going to be gone. Bradley Bill is a little bit more tougher than KD for the simple fact Bradley Bill has no trade clause.
So he has to sign off on where you're going to send him. KD, you know, there's going to be a lot of teams, but you've got to replace what you gave up.
You gave up a bunch of first-round picks and players. You're saying replace.
You will never get the value of what you got for KD, but you can get something. Yeah, well, you got to refill the coffers up.
You got to get draft capital back. It's tough, man.
It's tough. Because KD played for all, now he came half the year with Monty.
They fired Monty after the season, hired Bogle, fired Bogle, hired Budenhoser, fired him. Now they're about to be on their fourth coach, but KD won't be there up under him.
I think Book stays. I think Book is the only piece that stays.
They're going to try to move. But that's what happens.
People just think it's more to building a team than putting three guys that can put the ball in the basket. And that's what everybody thinks.
Just, oh, oh, KD. Oh, Book, man.
KD going to give you 27. Book going to give you 27.
Bradley Bill going to give you 27. Okay, that's fine, well, and good.
Until they don't do that. Because they don't fit.
The pieces don't fit, old joke. And you know, when you think about it, obviously, you say those names, you say those names and understanding what they can do, you know, being able to score at all three levels, put the ball on the floor, catch and shoot, pop and shoot, whatever it may be.
I'm thinking, well, hell, man, they finna be, boy, they gonna be animals. They gonna be animals.
If you put Chase, Jefferson, and Tyreek all on the same team, you got one ball. Hey.
One ball. Hey, listen, just the thought of that.
Yeah. Just the thought of that.
Strike up the band. And see, you look at the Patriots, the pieces always fit.
One guy got a lot of, mostly the catches, and then everybody fit in after that. Right.
You get KD, who's KD. He's an MVP, finals MVP, four-time scoring champ.
Okay, he really doesn't need the ball. Bradley Bill and Booker, they need the ball.
But what they needed, see, they shifted Book to the point. He can play it, but Book's a two.
He don't need to be initiating the offense. If you look at Book, he had his best years.
He had CP3. CP3 was a facilitator.
CP3 knew how to get everybody where they wanted the ball, where they needed the ball to be the most impacted. But when you have all this, you got $150 million in payroll with three guys.
Ocho, something gotta go. You got this big fancy house.
You buy a big fancy house and you on a budget. Well, guess what? Be like O'Shea and Sharp.
They had nothing but a TV and then a bed.

In the bedroom.

Come to the house. You'll be sitting

on the floor like Indian style.

That's all I got for you.

That's what I had.

That's all I had. I overextended myself.

I got a house that was outside of my

budget. So

it wasn't no sense in me going more over budget and putting furniture, a whole bunch of furniture in there. I got a bed and I got a TV.
That's it. Let me tell you how long ago this been, Ocho.
I know you didn't know this, but Mitsubishi used to make TV. I remember that.
I had a Mitsubishi. Yeah.
Sure did. Got a Mitsubishi.
Yep. I ain't heard that in a long time either.
It was a tube. It was a tube TV.
I ain't had the money. With a knob.
You know, back then, yeah. With a knob.
TVs that went on the wall with $10,000, $15,000, $20,000. I said, oh, no.
Put this thing up on a chair. I can see.
Because you know, we put it on a chair, phone, but you had a little TV. Or you had the big floor model.
That's what they call them. Yeah, we put our TVs, obviously, at Grandma Place, we had the crates.
Remember the crates that the milk had in? Yeah, milk crates. Yeah, milk crates.
We put our right on the crate. Oh, you had a floor model TV.
Oh, yeah. Floor model TV.
Oh, that was big. Might show the picture.
Yeah. But they have no sound.
Right. The little one had the sound.
See how we do that, Ochoa? See how we did that right now? Get us on one more floor model TV. Y'all remember Sony, Sylvania, Xenia? Hey, Xenia.
Hey, my grandma had the big Xenia in our room. RCA.
Remember with the RCA, with the megaphone, with the dog? Yeah. Hey, that's so bad.
Hold on. I bet you remember the satellites, though.
The big satellites. Oh, yeah.
In yard. Yes.
Yes. And my granddaddy had one of the big old satellites.
Yes. Yes.
I remember that like yesterday. Oh, that's so bad.
But it's because, I mean, if you go back and look, at the beginning of the year, the Suns were 20 to 1 odds to win the NBA title. They had better odds than everybody, except probably Boston.
Yeah. Wow, that's crazy.
Man. It's just, it's a bad, it's a, I don't know, but where does KD go? Miami you know I'm always saying Miami now obviously they're going to have to give what are y'all going to give up to get him? I don't know that's up to Pat Riley and Mickey Harrison I'm not sure what that looks like but as long as we keep Bam we're going to be alright I think and finding some other pieces that we can get from somewhere else, we got to have some.
But I'm just, I think it would be great. It would be a great place.
I think KD might have a house down here. I'm not sure.
I've seen him down here numerous times. Man, you got that kind of money.
You got a house everywhere. Yeah, but hey, listen.
KD do it quite well for himself. Yeah, yeah.
I just listen.

We need a star.

We need to do what the Lakers do.

Always find a way to pull one out our –

I'm getting ready to curse.

I'm not going to curse.

Pull one out our hat.

We need to do that.

Pat Riley needs to do that.

Just to get –

Have you seen the attendance at the games?

It's not what it should be.

First of all, they don't come till late anyway. Y'all don't be there to talk.
Look, I done been to Miami Heat games. I went for the championship game.
And at the start of the game, I'm like, well, damn. Do y'all really know this is the NBA finals? Yeah, you're right.
You're right. You're right.
And remember, they was leaving in that game six before Ray hit the shot. And they tried to come running back in.
Tried to come back in? Nah. No, that ain't going to happen.
I'm trying to say, first of all, there are only a handful of teams that have the draft capital that they're going to need to get KD. Right.
And the question is, are they willing to break it up? OKC has the capital. Who? OKC Thunder.
They got like 13 first-round picks. Can you imagine picks can you imagine SGA and Kevin Durant

yeah we said the same thing about

Devin Booker and Kevin Durant

there you go

we said that

we said the same thing about

James Harden and Joel Embiid

can you imagine

now James Harden has found

the fountain of youth

he looked like the James Harden of old

yes

that he does

Thank you. Can you imagine? Now, James Harden has found the fountain of youth.
He looked like the James Harden of old. Yes.
That he does. Kawhi got those knees healthy.
He looks phenomenal. I don't think KD doesn't strike me as a guy that lives with regret or looks back on, but probably maybe a better move would probably have been going to the Knicks.
Hey, like you should have done the first time instead of going to Brooklyn? Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Maybe going to the Knicks from the jump.
I don't know. It's too late now.
They might be an option. I don't know.
I'm just saying instead of going to Brooklyn, maybe go to the Knicks. Maybe things would have been different.

Different.

We'll never know.

Yeah.

We'll never know.

We just know this has gone horribly wrong.

This is,

there's no way around it.

Look,

we don't have to blame anybody,

but we can say this unequivocally.

This was terrible.

Yeah,

it was.

It was. The Warriors beat the Grizzlies 121-116.
Jimmy Butler, 38 points. Steph Curry, 37 points.
And they held off a very valiant and game Memphis Grizzlies team by the score of 121 to 126. This game was really, really close, so now the Warriors advance.
They're the seventh seed, and they take on the Rockets. That game probably will start Sunday.
Q, watching this game, what did you like about what you saw from the Warriors? Damn that, man. I heard that Raiders shot.
I'm the president of the raider nation always remember that okay all right now now getting to this gang we knew what was gonna happen it was close but we know you know steph is you know the man and uh proved it once again hitting shots, big moments, Warriors advance.

You know, we knew what was going to happen.

I thought the game would have been a lot.

You know what?

It would have been interesting to see Q, Ocho, had Ja not tweaked that angle.

Yeah.

You know, he goes up for the shot.

He comes down on the guy's ankle, and he came back in the game late,

but he wasn't Ja. Desmond Bain was unbelievable.
He kept him close, big threes, stealing the ball, doing a lot of good things. Triple J played an outstanding game.
But I just thought if Ja had stayed in there, it would have been interesting to see. We never know.
Who knows? Maybe Steph goes crazy. He goes instead of 37, 38, he goes for 50.
Right. But it was a good game.
It's what we expected it to be. This is the first time the Warriors have actually got out of the play-in.
There had been 0-3, so now they're 1-4 in the play-in tournament. Ocho, what did you like about what you saw? Listen, I enjoyed the game to its fullest.
I probably thought that the Warriors were going to come out and be victorious in the win. Obviously, playoff Jimmy, as he's known to be called, showed up.
Play in Jimmy. Okay, you're right.
Play in Jimmy. Listen, he had 21 at the half.
He came up and he showed out. Steph Curry did what he did, ending the game with 37.
But I think the game might have been different, even though it was close. If we got a jaw that wasn't injured and didn't mess up his ankle towards the end of the game, you know, Death and Bane did what he did to keep him close, but obviously Steph Curry coming in clutch towards the end of the game, and it is what it is.
Yeah. I mean, look, this is the Warriors time of year.
We know what they're capable of doing. It's amazing to me that they haven't gotten out of the playing cube considering all that championship game pedigree.
All the time they've been in NBA finals, they've been in Western Conference finals, they've had tough ball games, but for whatever reason, it's hard for them to get out of the play-in. If I'm not mistaken, I think they lost to the Lakers, a couple of lost to the Lakers, lost to the Grizz, but they haven't been what we thought they would be, especially in the play-in.
So now they get an opportunity to advance. They're the number seven seed.
They take on the Houston Rockets. The second-best record in the Western Conference, but this is a young team that's not really battle-tested, Q.
How do you see this matchup shaping out between the Rockets and the Warriors? Well, you know, the Warriors got that pedigree. They know what it takes.
Rockets are scrappy. They're defense.
They're all over the court. They're running.
They're gunning. They're shooting.
They're kind of doing it all. But they're all different animals.
You're playing the same team over and over again. They get a chance to lock in on you.
You get a chance to lock in on them. And, you know, in basketball, by the third game, you know all the moves they got.
They know all the moves you got. And it's just the will to win.
And so the Warriors are battle-tested. They got that will to win.
Even though I like the Rockets young, scrap the team, I just think the Warriors got everything it takes with Draymond and Jimmy as hungry as ever. So I expect the Warriors to come out of that.
Well, you mentioned you're the, what did you say, the godfather?

President of the Raider Nation, man.

President of the Raider Nation.

So what are you with the Lakers?

Are you the godfather of the Lakers?

What are you for the Lakers?

Oh, man, you know, the Lakers, I mean, I haven't put a name on it.

You know, there's something greater than love. You're the mayor of Lakerville.
I've been a big fan, man, since I was knee-high to a horse fly. And so it's just really all about seeing them gel, you know.
Do they have enough time to gel to go all the way?

We'll see.

They got a nice squad.

I like the size of all the role players.

They're all damn near the same size with the same athletic ability.

And so it's pretty cool to see them teamed up with LeBron, Luka, and AR-15. Cube, let me ask you this.
Where were you when you heard the news the Lakers were trading Anthony Davis for Luka Doncic? And did you believe it when you heard it? I didn't believe it. I was at the house, and I know my son.
He had a podcast he had to do, and he was just freaking out on the podcast because he couldn't read the news at the same time. And so it you know, it was hard to believe that was true.
But the Lakers always pulled the rabbits out they had. You know, I'm like, I felt the same way when they got Shaq.
You know, I felt the same way when they got LeBron on. You know, it was like, man, how did the Lakers pull this off? Yeah.

Great front office.

You know, I never count them out.

No matter, you know, how the team looked from year to year,

you know, I never count that front office out.

Even bringing AD in was amazing to me.

Gave up a lot to get in, but it worked out.

You got a championship out of the deal.

Yeah, without a doubt. Q, you're the co-founder of the Big Three.
Last year was your most viewed season. How do you take it to the next level? And it's being reported that Dwight Howard said, my last year playing professional basketball, I'm going to play it in the Big Three.
There we go. You know, star power.
You know, the same thing that you guys got here, star power. So that's what we bring in the league.
That's what people want to see. But also the style of play.
You know, I think people love the big three because you know, there's still a place for the big man. You know, we still defense.
You know, we let them trash talk. We let players be themselves, you know, not penalize personality.
You know what I mean? And so I think people, you know, love that. Fans want that.
That's what's missing in some ways in the other professional league. And so him to come and do his, you know, last, you know, go around the country in the big three, it was going to be a fun summer.
But, you know, we also got other players that's great too. So, you know, now we're in cities.
Now, you know, we got a team in LA, a team in Dallas, a team in Houston, Chicago, Detroit, Boston, and the DMV in Miami. So it's going to be interesting to unlock those fan bases and start to grow the big three from that model.
What made you decide

to come up with the big three?

You're sitting around,

I mean, look, you're busy.

You know, you're in Hollywood.

You're back to doing music.

And I see, I think now, Q,

you're back more into music now

than you've ever been.

Maybe you've taken a break

from the acting thing,

from writing.

I know you got to,

we're going to get this

a little later,

but the Friday,

the last installment of Friday,

you're probably sitting down writing that, you DJ Poole. But in this situation, what made you decide to come up with the big three? I'm a fan.
And after the finals, NBA finals, man, I would hibernate until football season started. I mean, seriously, for people who love basketball and love football, those dark days of summer just got, you know, it was just brutal.
And so I knew there was a lot of fans out there like me who wanted something, a real season. Could we fit a real season into that window between the NBA finals and the start of the regular season in football? And so, you know, there was a great window.
And three-on-three was sitting there kind of dormant. You know, it was kind of the little cousin of five-on-five.
And so, yeah. I said, you know, why haven't it been professionalized? And there was no good reasons.
I looked at what FIBA was doing and I said, hey, we could do better than that to professionalize the sport. And we came up with great wrinkles, like the four point circles and bring the fire and, you know, first to 50 win, no game clock, but the shot clock.
So the games are fast, they fun, and it's what basketball should be. And so, you know, we put all the great ingredients into it, and it was a great idea.
And we had the connections and the people to make it come true. And Hall of Famers had blessed us.
George Gervin, Dr. J, Clyde Drexler, Rick Barry.
You know, these guys blessed the league and said it's something they want to be a part of. And so I knew if the Hall of Famers was into it, I was on to something.

Because they wouldn't get behind something that wasn't pure.

And so, you know, that's the way it started.

And it really happened after I seen Kobe's last game.

I was kind of upset that I couldn't see him play no more. And I said, man, why can't he play? And then I was just like, well, maybe it's just the 82 games.
Because if you can score 60 points in a damn game, you can play. I don't give a damn, you know, how old you are.
You know what I'm saying? You can play. So then I said, okay, well then, you know, what if it was half court? What if it was 10 weeks? It was first to 50 win and it was kind of a sprint and not such a long marathon or a long grind.
And you get a week to recover. You know, I just tried to put all the good ingredients in to make sure players were at their best.
We kind of looked at the NFL model, you know, an important game once a week. And, you know, you use the week to get your body right.
And you come out and you give a thousand percent. Joker becomes the third player to average a triple-double during the season.
He joins his teammate, Russell Westbrook, Oscar Robinson. Oscar Robinson and Russ are the only ones to average a 30-point triple-double.
Jokic's finished .2 points short of that. He averaged 29.8 points per game, 12.8 rebounds per game, 10.3 assists per game, and averaged, what, 1.2 steals, 1.8 steals per game, which was tied for second.
Dyson Daniels led the league with 3.0 assists per game. Jokic had more triple-doubles this season, 34, than any three players in the league combined.
No other players else in a Friday with more than 10 this season. I think LeBron had exactly 10, correct? Mm-hmm.
So that just goes to show you just how dominant Yoke was. Very, very.
Hey, I got a question. As dominant as he as he is right being that his game isn't based on explosion and being quick and and playing above the rim how long can he keep this up long as he want to um it's been reported he's about to sign a three-year 212 million dollar extension in the offseason which is the super max which is the a guy can sign for, which is that $70 million per year extension, which Luke was going to be entitled to this offseason.
So, because of his game, it's not a lot of pounding, it's not a lot of up and down. Right.
He's played another eight years. Consistency.
Consistently doing this. He got this, as long as his mind stays sharp.
But you got to realize those type players are not like American players. It's not the end all be all to them.
You hear them talking, he wants to get back to his horses. He wants to get back to his native land.
He wants to be with his family. That's what he wants to do.
I'm not saying he doesn't get the game serious. He takes the game.
You don't become this good. I don't care how talented you are.
Be this dominant without taking the game serious, without putting the work in. And that was the thing.
I mean, people talk about Luka. Luka put the work in.
I think the thing is with Luka is that you look at his body. He's never going to have a body like LeBron James.
He's never going to have a body like Dwight Howard. Neither is Jokic.
That's not their makeup. That's not their genetic makeup, Ocho.
That's not how they're going to be built. European players.
What European players you see built like that? Got caps on their shoulders. Abbed up.
Right. You're right.
Got quad, half straight, definitely. That ain't what they are.
Can you put the ball in the basket? Absolutely. Absolutely.
He had a phenomenal season. But Shea should win the MVP.
He's earned that.

He's been, I mean, all those consecutive 20-point games,

all those, he led the league in 50-point games,

led the league in 40-point games, 30-point games, 20-point games. He's been sensational.

And they have the best record in the NBA.

Oh, he got one other, Yeah. Giannis has 11.
LeBron has 10. So LeBron finished second.
Third triple doubles. But Jokic was far, far, far, far, far ahead of everybody with those triple doubles.
But it's going to be a very interesting matchup because there's a big body that can bang with it.

But here's the thing.

Lubac's going to have to be extremely careful

because he can get him in foul trouble

because Jokic got all those moves,

those ups and unders and loop-doop-doop.

So it's going to be very, very interesting

to see how this thing plays out.