00:01Joel Embiid just scored again yes gentlemen uh even though the Timberwolves have a lead in their
00:10series are they done yes just no DiVincenzo no Anthony Edwards yeah you lose talent like that
00:17I think it materially changes a series and I know we're going to talk about Wagner being hurt for
00:23Orlando I think it materially changes this series so yeah I'm going to write them off yeah they're
00:29definitely written off of this series but I've already written them off depending on what
00:33happens with uh Ant-Man uh with the Giannis thing in the offseason I thought they could be a player
00:39for that but if he's hurt even longer they may not be a player for Giannis anymore in the offseason
00:44wait you mean if Giannis is hurt no I'm saying if Ant-Man is hurt significantly because you already
00:49loved DiVincenzo for probably the entire year oh he's gone he blew his Achilles Ant-Man I believe
00:55it is a bone bruise so we'll see how long that's going to be a couple of weeks yeah obviously
01:00could
01:00it could it reveal more maybe go ahead all right guys uh the NBA stinks are they're trying to figure
01:07out how to stop tanking and they've come up with this new draft lottery system that they've called
01:13the 3-2-1 proposal they're going to extend the lottery out to 16 teams and it's a lot of
01:19you know
01:20they're they're trying to protect the top teams but the top teams can't have you know three picks
01:26in the top five over a certain amount of time period this is just a lot of to me noise
01:33can this whole
01:34tanking thing be fixed can this new lottery system actually work for the NBA no they are over
01:41complicating things that's all this is it really is they're over complicating and they're making it
01:47worse and worse and worse I kind of compare it to the college football playoff and over
01:51complicating the basics you go to four you go to eight you go to 16 you you don't get hung
01:57up in
01:57the middle we go I just I don't know that tanking will ever truly be removed and I know this
02:04year you
02:05had at least 13 teams tanking a little bit of that was unnatural because teams were missing people like
02:11a Halliburton or whomever but Rico I don't know what you do to fix it I think the only thing
02:17you
02:17could do you know what do you just normalize the odds that every team who misses the playoffs you're
02:23all going to get the same number so you may as well try you could do that but I've Rico
02:30you've even
02:30seen it you've seen plans where if you just miss the playoff you get the first pick and if you're
02:35the
02:35worst team they back you up to the end of the lottery the NBA has a myriad of on-court
02:41competitive
02:41balance problems see I've thought that the um a couple things that day before I get to you a couple
02:47things the NBA could do to fix this one heavily weighted for the three or four worst teams and and
02:54you could see you'll know like when the Pistons were bad they were bad they were trying they just
02:59stunk and they couldn't win and then they got rewarded with the fifth pick how do you really feel
03:05though oh dude they were awful and the the other thing I think the NBA could do is a little
03:10bit of
03:10transparency instead of having Deloitte and Touche in a back room say what you want about the frozen
03:17card but when you do the lottery in front of everybody it kind of takes away any type of
03:22conspiracy sure of oh well of course you were going to give it to that team now we're all going
03:26to
03:26watch it live as the teams go go ahead David yeah what I was going to say is yeah it
03:31would have
03:32prevented if this top five thing happened Spurs wouldn't have Wimby Castle Harper Pistons wouldn't
03:37have Cade Asar Holland Rockets Green Jabari Amen Reed I don't know if this fixes things but
03:45I guess try I guess I'm just try I guess sticking with the lottery guys is it a consensus that
03:53AJ
03:53DeBonza Darren Peterson and uh Cam Boozer the good boozer gonna go top one two three in the lottery
04:00this year I can't speak to the other two buddy but DeBonza would be the number one I Peterson has
04:06to
04:06prove he's serious about basketball he has to prove he's going to be available um Boozer just has
04:11limitations he's just he's not the measurables you want DeBonza to me is the complete package
04:18that to me is the number one pick anything that happens beyond that I need to see you know what
04:22do the
04:22interviews go like what do the workouts go like Peterson's got to answer some serious questions man
04:26I'd be scared now again that doesn't mean I don't take Peterson over like look I like a cuff but
04:32here's
04:32the problem a cuff's a small point guard yeah so you get into that Jalen Brunson discussion of can
04:37you be a 1a on a championship team as a you know a tiny little guy I don't know but
04:42DeBonza that's
04:43plug and play he looks that's like Cooper flag 2.0 he's gonna walk in he's gonna lead his team
04:47in
04:48points rebounds and assists maybe block shots he said he said it all sorry there I'm passionate
04:56about it because the Peterson thing bothers me well uh he's the consensus number two pick as of
05:02right now Mike that's that's why I was asking about those three uh you know what sticking with
05:08the lottery once again and David this is more for you not gonna ask me about that game last night
05:12are
05:12you I'll get to it but Dave is back Yaxo Linda Borg is he a lottery pick this year
05:22yes I think he is I do I think he's shown scoring ability I think he's shown uh the ability
05:27to rebound
05:28as well at the position that they need him at um so yes I do think what scares me is
05:33I'm looking at
05:34some of the mock drafts and they have him going to Oklahoma City that is a perfect spot for him
05:38because Oklahoma City has about 15 first round picks the next six yes and they don't need babysitting
05:45exactly they need a grown-ass player who can give him 15 minutes a night that's the Axel take Axel
05:50at
05:5024 years old he's gonna come in he's gonna do his job they already have their developmental people
05:55including like Nikola Topic who had to beat cancer and you know come over from Europe they already have
06:01enough of these developmental players Yaxel's that plug and play we know you're a role player we don't need
06:07you to be a star that would make total sense it would Mike um any panic in Beantown after last
06:16night no I'm annoyed because when I say the Celtics have a soft underbelly it's performances like last
06:23night dude they just duplicated basically game two they've lost twice in Boston and it's it's this
06:29team lacks a killer instinct there's a softness to them and then when the threes aren't fall look this
06:35is the trade-off Missoula ball is about defense you play at the slowest pace possible and you're
06:40going to take and make more threes than your opponent can handle the problem is the defense wasn't there
06:44last night I mean they got shredded Quentin Grimes was on fire and Bede couldn't miss um you know it's
06:52just there's a soft underbelly in that they lack a killer instinct there was no reason to go back to
06:59Philly you're up 13 at the half close them out but this has been my problem since day one Jalen
07:05Brown
07:05and Tatum are very likable guys they're not bad people but there's a softness about it if you've
07:12got a killer it doesn't go down that way it doesn't so I'm annoyed there's no panic I'm annoyed annoyed
07:19uh final thing have the Knicks turned things around yes after last night are they becoming a team that
07:25you should be afraid of well considering you're down 3-1 to the Magic I'm pretty sure you're afraid
07:30of anyone but the Jazz but I just I'll say have they turned it around and probably avoided losing
07:36this series yes okay um but I'm just if if you face the Knicks if you turn the trick and
07:43come back
07:44against Orlando I think there's the you're in the Knicks head there's something there okay just like
07:51you're three and I think you're three and eight or three and nine the last couple years against the
07:54Magic that that's the Knicks with you I think there's something there okay that's your basketball blitz
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