00:00You called last night's Celtics game a litmus test,
00:04and there were extenuating circumstances, but the Celtics failed it.
00:09Yeah, they did, but you know what?
00:11I think it was a horrible call by the referees
00:14and obviously throwing JB out the game.
00:18But there was a point in that game late in the fourth quarter,
00:21they were down by maybe, I want to say, like three points, okay,
00:25and they still had a chance to win a basketball game
00:28where their best player for this season was out.
00:31Jason Tatum was, you know, what's he, three games in off his return?
00:36No P. Pritch, so you had an opportunity, and I looked at it like,
00:40all right, still were able to hang in there, but you could take the L.
00:44And credit to Derek White because he stepped up big in Jalen's absence.
00:47And let me just say this, I'm not going to make it my lead this morning
00:50because that's just too obvious, but the reason that people hate on Jalen Brown
00:55is because they want him to change who he is.
00:59Yes, I agree with him getting upset with the refs last night.
01:03Do I agree with him having to be held back by four players
01:07when he got teed up the second time?
01:09No.
01:10You can't do that.
01:11But that's who Jalen Brown is, and you're not going to change who he is.
01:16And I understand I'm a hypocrite because if it was Kyrie Irving doing the same thing,
01:19I'd be like, he looks like a douche.
01:21Jalen Brown doing that is not surprising to me.
01:24I wish he wouldn't, but at the same time, his teammates all had his back.
01:30So, like...
01:31Well, yeah, of course they did.
01:33Well, Derek White was, like, yelling at the refs on the court.
01:35That was surprising.
01:36That was very surprising to me because that's not Jalen Brown's personality.
01:41But he's been fighting with the...
01:42I'm saying he's been fighting with the refs all season long.
01:44Fighting with or complaining about.
01:47But he has good reason to.
01:48Yeah, he does.
01:49I agree with you.
01:51So, he...
01:52There's a giant NBA conspiracy that is attacking only him when it comes to the officiating in the NBA.
01:59No, I think he just thinks the officiating is trash, and it is.
02:01Just the Celtics, because the Celtics have been so punished by these refs over the course of the NBA,
02:06the history of the NBA, they've somehow managed to win the most titles.
02:09No, we're talking about this year, but he's 100% right.
02:13Jalen Brown does not get the calls like other superstars.
02:16And so, that isn't...
02:17For him, that's something that he's been dealing with all season long.
02:22And, listen, every superstar player...
02:25Watch a Lakers game.
02:26Every time Luka Doncic takes a shot, he's looking and talking to the referees.
02:31Expensive week for Luka, by the way.
02:33Every superstar does it.
02:35And Jalen has the right to.
02:36So, there's a difference between talking to the referees and parading the official,
02:43and then coming back at the official, and wanting to jump the official.
02:49Like, there's a complete difference in those things.
02:52And so, you say, rightly so, Courtney.
02:55His teammates were there for him and were on Team Jalen Brown.
02:59Was he there for his teammates when they needed him at the end of that game?
03:03Or did what he did, being ejected from that game last night, did that cost them the basketball game?
03:11It cost them the basketball game.
03:12But I'm just saying...
03:14There's no buts for that one.
03:14That was stupid, what he did.
03:15Yes.
03:16That was stupid.
03:17Yep.
03:17And he let his emotions get the best of him.
03:21Yep.
03:21And I know you've been frustrated all year long, but you can't do it that way.
03:24Especially when you're your team's best player and, like, you know, you...
03:29You're the leader.
03:30You're the leader.
03:31You're the best player.
03:32And then, when they need you the most in a critical game, like against San Antonio,
03:37you know, you're nowhere to be found because, unfortunately, you got kicked out.
03:40Can I cross sports, Greg?
03:41Yes.
03:42Do you remember an athlete that was an aggressor, that was a pain in the ass,
03:48that went on the ice...
03:49Oh, sorry.
03:50Went on the playing surface.
03:52Carl Everett.
03:53Yeah, yo.
03:54Don't talk to him about dinosaurs or Dan Shaughnessy.
03:56But Brad Marchand is a guy that changed.
04:00Yeah.
04:01And it didn't hurt his play on the ice, but he went from licking people to being the
04:05captain of the Bruins.
04:06And I think if he can do that, Jalen Brown can do that.
04:09Yeah, but I'm not going to put Jalen Brown in the same category as Brad Marchand.
04:13This is a one-time event that you...
04:16People are going to go back to him getting fined when he spoke out against them.
04:21Against...
04:21Yeah, but that...
04:22I agree.
04:23We agree.
04:23I'm talking about on the court, on the ice.
04:27Like, Jalen Brown, I don't think he's ever been ejected from a basketball game.
04:31This is one time where he let his emotions get the best of him.
04:34Yes, you can...
04:36And the referee was like, all right, giving him some chance.
04:39Like, I'll let you berate me a little bit.
04:40He crossed the line.
04:41He teed him up.
04:42Yeah.
04:43Then he walked away and came back at the ref.
04:46And then another referee is the one who teed him up and threw him out of the game.
04:49That's the one that pissed him off, though.
04:50But also because of...
04:52Clearly because of what he said to that second round.
04:55Yeah, no, I agree with that.
04:56As soon as the sentence wasn't out of his mouth, whatever he said, and he was on his
05:02way to the locker room where he began to live tweet his frustration for the rest of
05:09the basketball game.
05:10We call that a Sandoval, when you're live tweeting during the game.
05:14But yeah, that...
05:15He needs a Kevin Durant burner for that kind of activity.
05:18No, I don't care about him tweeting in the locker room.
05:21No.
05:22Tweeted once.
05:22It's not live tweeting.
05:23He said, this is the S I'm talking about.
05:25Yeah.
05:25Yeah.
05:26Yeah.
05:26I mean, like I said, it was the other referee who kind of stepped in, which I'm like, dude,
05:33you're over there.
05:34If the other guy doesn't like what he's saying, then let the guy who teed him up initially
05:40tee him up with another one and throw him out of the game.
05:42But if he doesn't do it, you stepping in and then teeing him up, I'm like, just kind of
05:46play your position over there.
05:48And that's what actually got him heated.
05:50And that's what I mean.
05:51It was the second ref that really got him going.
05:53But you can't do that, you know, in a game like that.
05:55And I agree with you, Greg.
05:57You can't leave your team out to dry like that.
06:01But I also understand that he let his emotions get the best of them.
06:05But that's not something that Jalen Brown does all the time on the court.
06:10By the way, both of those referees last night could have used a pair of those new glasses
06:14that I see you wearing this morning.
06:15Yeah, I got to wear the new glasses, especially for the up close and personal.
06:18I mean, that is a major milestone when it comes to life, Gramps.
06:22Yeah, I've been fighting.
06:23So what happened?
06:24You've been fighting the glasses?
06:25Well, you know.
06:26There are people that are watching the show already on Twitch and on YouTube.
06:29Hello and good morning, everybody.
06:32And you can listen to the show on the radio, obvi.
06:35But if you happen to be home, you're having breakfast, family, you want something to watch,
06:40and you don't want to watch the Today Show, you can watch this show on Twitch or on YouTube.
06:45So can you take those things off the top of the head and put them down?
06:48And we'll do a quick review fashion-wise.
06:51I like them.
06:53I like them, too.
06:55Some Oakley's.
06:56Yeah, those are very, very nice.
06:59I like the look.
06:59Because they're the clear frame in the front, but then on the sides, you add a little bit of class.
07:07And I can't wear them to, like, look at you or look far away because they hurt my eyes.
07:14They're only for, like, holding my phone or, you know, stuff up close is where I...
07:19That means, surprisingly, you are farsighted.
07:23Okay, so that, yeah, because...
07:24One would think that would mean you're nearsighted, but it actually means the opposite.
07:29Yeah, I always get confused.
07:31When it's real close, I can see it, but putting these on, it just highlights a little bit.
07:37I feel like you look like you make more sense right now.
07:40Like, if you have glasses on, you just seem like a more reliable source as a general rule.
07:44I wear glasses every day.
07:45It doesn't really work for me.
07:46Well, I can't overcome some things.
07:49No, you look like you're about to undergo some kind of a science experiment.
07:53Right.
07:54Or perhaps you're here to drill holes for my new cabinets.
07:59Yeah, so when I do it, it's like...
08:01They look a little bit like safety goggles.
08:03Well, that's, yeah, because I think it's because they're clear.
08:05You know what I mean?
08:06Yeah, right.
08:06So are they brand new, or do you usually wear them at home and you just don't bring them?
08:09No, I just wear them at home.
08:10I never, like, really...
08:12But my wife's always getting on my ass, like, take them out, take them out, because mainly I'm looking...
08:17I got them because I'm always looking at my phone.
08:20Yeah.
08:21And, you know, it's a little bit...
08:22Or, you know, reading a menu or something like that.
08:25Right.
08:25Once a day.
08:26But I feel like if I bring them out, I told them, like, I don't want to bring them out
08:29because I know I'm going to lose them.
08:31Maybe that's what Jalen Brown said to that official.
08:35Like, the ref needs glasses.
08:37Yeah, I mean, that's not like what he said.
08:39That's all it was.
08:40I mean, if you have a ref, you got to have thicker skin than that.
08:42Like, you know...
08:42How bad could it have been?
08:43Yeah.
08:44He's like, you know...
08:45All right.
08:45Well, Celtics with a loss last night, and Jalen Brown ejected.
