00:07i'm sorry if you were listening i know out of market you don't hear jeremy's updates but
00:11oh that's great that's some real intrepid reporting hey listen if you can go get
00:16kachuk this offseason go all in just imagine him next to the two guys you have to get rid
00:22of to get him like if i'm ottawa here's who i want for kachuk lucas raymond or dylan
00:29larkin full stop you're talking about a team in the playoffs right now that they're not giving away
00:35that guy without a king's ransom but just imagine him where i don't have to give up anything
00:40substantive cool all right let's move on this is like a video game trade here i'll give you a bunch
00:48of breadcrumbs no here's a bunch of my junk right well well no trust me you're really gonna like
00:56wallander right no so let's get to the pistons we uh we want to open with the lions so obviously
01:02rico and i were nervous friday and uh saturday did nothing to fix that the amount of things to break
01:08down in this game and this series are immense so here's what i'd like to do i want to surprise
01:15you
01:15okay what would you like to start with i have santa claus shopping list of grievances you start
01:24mike pick one you know what let's just go ahead and uh go with the uh jb crack kills
01:33for 400 hours right if anyone could explain to me because for me i'd like to see some form of
01:42drug
01:42test the lineup that jb bicker staff opened the fourth quarter with what it's like dude have you
01:49been sent here to destroy us danis duncan a sore green beef stew to open the fourth quarter of a
01:59playoff game one which you are not up by 26 what that crack kills that was insane you know what
02:09i
02:10honestly i think at that point jb i hate to say this had reached the we're gonna just throw crap
02:17against
02:17the wall and hope we can get lucky with the lineup somebody will get hot somebody will get us back
02:24into this game and maybe we can close this gap similar to what happened was it uh it was game
02:30two
02:30when all of a sudden you know he put in like the b lineup and and they got the team
02:35closer right before
02:36halftime i think he was hoping the same with this that he's hit a little bit of desperation well i
02:43think
02:43no no let me build on what you're saying here because i think it brings it into a larger
02:47discussion point he gave up on jaylen duran during that game yes he gave up because duran is atrocious
02:55and and here let me let me head this off at the pass it's like the battle rap scene in
02:58eight mile
02:59here i'll say all the things you're going to say to me and then we can actually move on
03:03oh but he's 22 if he's old enough to ask for a max contract he's old enough to get criticized
03:08pick a lane and before you tell me but he can improve he airballed a layup he went along came
03:18polly on a jump shot the ball went over the basket and your coach was like no no no bro
03:25more let's get
03:27him more looks yeah he has no offensive game none then you then you add to this assure thompson
03:37that was like a ben simmons passing up a layup moment assure you're eight feet from the basket
03:44no one's guarding you sub free throw line and he went nope we kick it out mike a sore's been
03:52that way
03:52the entire series they're daring him to just square up and shoot the ball right he gets like just half
04:01hearted defense playing on him like okay you know what we know and then when he does shoot it it's
04:07it hits the front of the rim and it's uh yeah we get the rebound but you're right they have
04:12been
04:12daring him to take a shot they don't guard him and he's gonna get a put back yeah he's gonna
04:18run the
04:19open floor and he'll end up looking at a productive game from that standpoint but the reason you're down
04:25two one look at a possession in possession out viewpoint rico you're now the reason they can blitz
04:34durin is because i'll just because of the absolutely ignorant roster construction oh the pistons want
04:42again okay cool good you do all your empty calories in the regular season because this is always what's
04:47well this is what is waiting for you the playoffs are different learn it you're playing three on five
04:54and they're killing you yeah they're even leaving tobias thank god tobias woke up a little bit gave
05:02you a nice second half the other problem look i love cade he didn't play well for about a four
05:10minute stretch he put the franchise on his back nine turnovers eight made shots you don't get to tell
05:15me you played well well mike it's funny that you say that because i am starting to wonder if they're
05:21wearing him down because cade has to carry this entire team yeah and you saw and it just seems
05:27like each game the productivity just gets a little bit less and a little bit less and a little bit
05:31less that in the end orlando is like he's gonna burn out and i know you don't have a plan
05:37b so and
05:39it's game three yeah that's the problem it's game three now again i'm not gonna write them off
05:46but you are in deep duty now yeah winning tonight is that that's not even like a question you lose
05:54tonight your season's over period it might be over now because honestly the way orlando's playing
06:00they have more answers to the test than you do and i don't know look i'm admitting this now i
06:07just
06:07cracked on jb for that lineup but in the same sense i want to give him some graces he doesn't
06:14have
06:16deployable weapons here like if anyone wants to call up look while i say you can't put that
06:22lineup out there to start the fourth quarter if you're going to call up and rip the coach tell me
06:27what he can do different well that's when you flow chart back to your trade deadline and you really
06:33didn't make that move to go out and get some pieces because well we already have all the guys here
06:38we're the best in the eastern conference what do we need to make moves for yeah or you were this
06:43or you
06:43were fake and it was a garbage east and this was the worry about the playoffs is this is what
06:50can
06:50happen and before uh here's the other thing they're gonna do this is what kills me with this crap
06:56before the series nobody i made fun of what all year i said i'm telling you you gotta add orlando
07:03to
07:03the pile of new york and cleveland and boston of challengers if they get healthy okay fine
07:09only now it's well they're not a typical eight seed right but here's the other side of that sword
07:15you're not a typical one seed you have to own both sides of that yeah and see i don't think
07:20you get to
07:21do that because you went wire to wire as a one seed it's not like you got the one seed
07:26in the final game
07:27of the year you coasted to that one seed you got you maintained it when your star player had a
07:32collapsed lung and now you don't get to say well we're not like every other one seed don't compare
07:41us exactly you're not like every other one seed because one seeds have people who play basketball
07:47for money you have cade and a lot of bookies that doesn't win in the playoffs this was a unique
07:56regular season i can respect their effort i love how they go out every night they want to kill people
08:01but when it gets to the playoffs you have a singular game plan over a two-week stretch
08:07one thing to focus on look at what's happening and here's the problem rico i admit this i don't know
08:15what they can do to change the dynamic of the series because there's no whiz bang pow substitution i can
08:23make no brother when when jalen duran is getting outplayed by wendell carter and people thought it
08:29was a joke like oh you don't know basketball he's much better not in this series not in this series
08:35wendell carter's better i hate to say it he is the guy went out with 17 and 14 and you
08:41you know again
08:4135 minutes of play 30 minutes of play you're putting up eight points nine boards look the other problem
08:47jd's reaching a prove it phase where he's now trying to prove to people no no i haven't no you
08:52don't
08:53see this is my issue of why i can't max out a rim runner that's what he is he's a
08:58rim runner he's
08:59a destroyer in the pick and roll provided we're not in a playoff series it's not a cold night in
09:06february where the thunder is sitting eight people no no no this is what a max player needs to be
09:11he won't take and make a 15 to 18 foot jumper he has absolutely no post moves he takes forever
09:18in a day and then i'm sorry off glass air ball i shot a ball over the rim come on
09:25man like
09:25this is the problem with him wanting that type of contract
09:31brother i'm with you it almost feels like
09:36you know what you're getting ready to max out andre drummond again
09:40i'm not mad at that it's just like do you really feel like you can win a title i wish
09:45i i said this
09:46earlier i wish it was the case and i know it's not the perfect thing that could happen this summer
09:51and it won't happen but i just i'm spotlighting in my dreams what i would do i wish austin reeves
09:58was going to be an rfa i would just do a sign and trade with the lakers luka needs a
10:03guy like jd
10:05we need a guy like austin reeves you put a backcourt together of cade and austin reeves i'll play beef
10:12stew b ball paul and i'll draft somebody or i'll find a vet i'll piece it together like the celtics
10:16at center that i can work with this hey look i know it's a summer conversation jd could still redeem
10:24himself this series the problem is i don't know how it seems less than probable or plausible that
10:32that happens because i i think that they made an effort to really show no no he is that guy
10:38and it's showing that he's not so the question becomes what is the confidence level of you
10:43the piston fan look i i'm not going to write them off that'd be disrespectful are they in deep trouble
10:50yeah you're damn right they are the team that wins game three when a series is tied at one
10:55regardless of seating wins 80 of the time i don't make the rules what's the stat for the team that
11:02has won 11 of 12 quarters well that's the other problem is you're cataloging the way this is going
11:10and look that was the first game desmond bain played like the guy orlando paid up to get this past
11:17summer they needed that shooting and bain is about a 38 percent shooter now he did he opened up seven
11:23for
11:23seven yeah but he was making up for being dreadful the first two look if if orlando's gonna hit 14
11:30or
11:3015 threes on less than 40 attempts i think they were 15 to 33 you're not winning this series because
11:36what did the pistons do what they always do what they do 10 for 33 we they suck at taking
11:42and making
11:43threes like that's the whole problem is you watch the pistons on saturday and like i've called out the
11:48celtics flaws because i i know them i watch them do i think there's a softness but if they get
11:54rolling
11:56a team like the pistons you physically can't beat them okay i know we're talking pistons did you
12:02really need to do that to philly in their house yes did you really need to not only destroy them
12:07but then go to their refrigerator and make a sandwich you know i put your feet up on the couch
12:11i'll tell you why you were rick james i'll tell you why okay because those drooling animals
12:15had the audacity to say we want boston before the series started you want boston you got it now
12:21and now boston has got your wife in the sack those animals i love it i hate philly i love
12:28it
12:29mike's over here going i didn't wipe my feet on the couch yeah i wipe my feet on the couch
12:32and not only do i have your wife uh go make me a sandwich and have it sitting right here
12:37on the bed
12:38and then turn the chair around put joel and bead in that odd chair you're gonna watch this
12:46oh i love it i mean it said the celtics were plus 45 from the three-point line last night
12:51that's my issue with the roster construction my message would be this i am not writing this team
12:56off this playoff series i don't think you're a bad team none of those things have left my mouth
13:01saying you're a fraudulent one seat if you lose to the eight no no that's just the rules of life
13:06but stop being stubborn stop acting like you have to build a team this way because detroit
13:13and things and 313 and tough stop the league moved get cade the help he needs you need certified
13:22bucket getters you don't have right now yeah peyton pritchard would be your two and that's not a
13:28compliment no no when you sent me that text i laughed like oh come on mike oh wait a minute
13:35he's he's actually right and it wasn't smart assery or no i thought you were just joking the moment
13:41because he was red hot and i'm like i'm making a point he was nba's sixth man of the year
13:44and he
13:45plays starter minutes he'd be your number two what about chisel got it
13:50you
13:50you
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